Chhawla

Chhawla
Chhawla
	Suburban Village
	Chhawla Location in India
	Coordinates: 28.5614°N 77.0020°E
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	South West
Population (2001)
• Total	9,047
Languages
• Native	Hindi, English, Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Chhawla village is a census town in the South West district in the state of Delhi, India.

Demographics

In accordance with the India census of 2001,[1] Chhawla had a population of 9,047. Males constitute 57% of the population, females 40%, and 3% other. Chhawla has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 83% and female literacy of 68%. Thirteen per cent of the population is under the age of six. It is the biggest and ninth richest village of Delhi.

The surname, Shokeen, is a modified version of the root gotra of sheokand or shokhanda. Having it's roots in the descendants of the first and last Hindu Jat King of Delhi Maharaja Kaaleen bhaiya, with his capital at Mehrauli.

The villagers had fought for the Mogul Nawab Najaf Khan, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharaja Kaalu. The village does not hold any history of colonial suppression.

With its strategically prominent location between Najafgarh and Gurgaon, it was used as a gateway to Bharatpur State under Maharaja Suraj Mal and Maharaja Jawahar Singh of Bharatpur.

The current MCD Councillor of Chhawla ward is Pawan Sharma. Haryanvi is the common tongue and local language of Chhawla.

Chhawla Caste Demography

Chhawla is an abode for a minimum of 27 different castes and 8 different religions. The Scheduled Caste (SC) constitutes 12.56 % of the total population in Chhawla. There are no members of Scheduled Tribes (ST) living in Chhawla.

Spiritual history

Chhawla has a Jat caste majority, making it 87 per cent of the total population. Dada Bhaiiyà (also known as Dada Kheda, Nagar Kheda) is the grāmadevatā. Highly revered and respected following the tribal Jat culture. Asthal Mandir (Pachhiya Panna) is the oldest Shivalaya of the village which has been converted into a multi-God temple now.

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References

"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.

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[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.