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Harpaliya

village in Rajasthan, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ122697950 ↗
Source-derived summary

Harpaliya is a village in Chohtan Tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan, India. Harpaliya has a total population of 3,838 of which 1950 are males and 1888 are females, according to Census 2011. The estimated population is about 4600. Harpaliya 120 km away from district headquarter Barmer, Rajasthan. Harpaleshwar Mahadev Temple is a local temple where an annual fair is held.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Harpaliya” as village in Rajasthan, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1950, 1888, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Harpaliya, village and Rajasthan can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Rajasthan, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q122697950. Authority coordinates are 22.283, 76.950. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1950, 1888 and 2011.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Harpaliya”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Harpaliya primary sources, Harpaliya archive and Harpaliya research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Harpaliya”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Harpaliya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.