Gochhi
Gochhi is a large village in the Jhajjar district and erstwhile Rohtak district of Haryana, India. It is predominantly a Jat village, with Ahlawat, Jakhar and Hooda being the most common surnames.Other than Jats, people of all castes are living in this village.Gocchi is home the Military Zamindar family.Many people(for 5 generation) from the family served in British and later Indian Army.↵The village is still known for its large number of officers in the Indian army.There is a plaque in the village, erected by the British, which speaks of the great contribution made by the people of Gochhi in the World War I.Dada Tate Singh Alhwat founded the village.Dada Tate(ताते) Singh Alhawat was brother of Balbir Singh Alhawat alias Baru founder of village Varhana,Sheru Singh Alhawat founder of village Sheriya,Digha Ram Alhawat founder of village Dighal.There is a well in this village of Mahabharata times. Dada Tate had three sons The eldest of them was Madu(माडू) second trilokan and the youngest was Popan or poban. There are two panas of their names as mada pana and popan pana in gochhi.
Gochhi | |
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Village | |
  Gochhi Location in Haryana, India  Gochhi Gochhi (India) | |
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| Country |  |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Jhajjar |
| Founded by | Dada Tate(ताते) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 124107 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-77,14 |
| Website | haryana |
Language
Haryanavi is the widely used dilect/language by the native people. Haryanavi originated from the devanagri script and mostly used by north Indians and Jat people. It is also called as Khadi boli and considered bold. This language has been used in popular Bollywood movies like Sultan, Tanu weds Manu, Tanu weds Manu return. Apart from that, people in this village can speak and understand other languages like Hindi and English.
Religion
Most people in this village are Hindus. However other religions are also welcome by people. There are some good temples in the village area. Famous ones are Shivaji and Shyamji temple. People are very religious and they like celebrating festivals together by making special food and inviting each other.
Culture
People of this region wear different type of clothes. It includes traditional clothes like suit, salwar and dupatta for women, kurta and pyjama for men. Old age people prefer wearing dhoti. Khandwa is being wore on head by men as a symbol of pride and honor.
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