Charthaval

Charthawal is a city and a nagar panchayat in Muzaffarnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Charthawal
Town
Charthawal
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 29°33′N 77°35′E
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
Population
 (2001)
 • Total31,493
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Charthawal had a population of 31,493. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Charthawal has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 59% and female literacy of 42%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

There are many schools and colleges in Charthawal, a few names are given below:

  1. Jai hind Inter College
  2. Maharaja Agrasen Girls Degree College
  3. Gandhi Inter College
  4. Chandra Shekhar Azad Degree College
  5. Abul Kalam Azad Inter College
  6. Gandhi Balika High School
  7. Arya Kanya Inter College
  8. Acharya Abhay Dev Public School
  9. Sri Aurovindo Vidya Niketan
  10. Nalanda Public School
  11. Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
  12. Gandhi Shishu Niketan
  13. Bal Vidhya Mandir
  14. Adarsh Public High School
  15. Primary School
  16. Tasmia Public School
  17. Islamia Public School
  18. Kids Heaven Public School
  19. Kids Heaven High School

Religion

Both Hindu and Muslim religions are found in Charthawal.

There are many Hindu temples:

Thakurdwara was built in the thirteenth century. In 1910, it was repaired by one of the wazir's family member of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. There exist Sidhpeeth Devi Mandir on the top of Charthawal. At this, temple huge number of people worship in Navratri. There exist an old Bharo mandir in Murdapati Charthawal, where people visit every Saturday, and it is considered that one's every wish gets fulfilled if they visit there, many people visit there in the month of Asadh. There is a shiv mandir where exists a natural Shivling where a large number of people visit in Sawan.

There are many mosques in the town, but two are very old. One is situated at Sheikh

Garvi (west) (غركى), known as Jama Masjid Tagayan, was supposed to be built by The Mughal emperor फिरोज शाह तुगलक (मुताबिक 786 हिजरी) in the 17th century and other is situated in Sheikhzadgan Sharki (east) (شركى), was built in 360 years back, also known as Jama Masjid alias 'Amina Masjid' Sheikhzadgan (near Hakim Nazar Ahsan).

The world famous University of Islamic Studies Darul Uloom Deoband is just twenty km. away from Charthawal via Rohana village.

Business

There are two sugar cane crusher and Sugar Cane Small-scale plant (Kolhu) which produce Jagerry (Gurh in Urdu/Hindi) after processing sugar cane juice in Charthawal. They start their production from Oct. to May and get a hundred million business in the season. Bajaj Hindusthan Limited[2], Titawi sugar mill[3] and Rohana Sugar Refinery are around the town.

Charthawal is also famous for wholesale market of wood. There are more than 10 wholesale shop brokerages for wood sale. They purchase the wood of Eucalyptus, Poplar, Teak Sheesham and different types of wood from farmers and sell it to the plywood industries. The turnover of the wood market of Charthawal is between one and two million Indian Rupees per day.

Villages

There are 67 villages in block Charthawal. Akabargar is a small village near Biralsi town is one of the famous village in Charthawal. Akabargar is only one village which has a big statue of Baba Saheb Bheemrao Ambedkar. In 2018, villagers of Akbargarh arranged a program on the 127th birthday of this Baba Saheb Bheem Rao Ambedkar. In this program SDM and SO of Muzaffarnagar district join them. Villagers of Akbargarh are so kind. Especially Kutesra village which has a population of 22000 people is being considered to be turned into a town. Biralsi is also a very big village in Charthawal block. Kulheri, a sizable village, is about 4 km away from Charthawal. This village is known for the unity of the community in the village.

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References
  1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  2. bajajhindustan.com
  3. Titawi Sugar mill
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