Chautala Chutala | |
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Village | |
  Chautala Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Chautala Chautala (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:29°46′50.7″N74°31′21.2″E / 29.780750°N 74.522556°E /29.780750; 74.522556 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Sirsa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 16,178 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, RegionalHaryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 125101 |
| Telephone code | 1668 |
| ISO 3166 code | HR-IN |
| Website | haryana |
Chautala is a village nearSirsa inDabwali Mandal,Sirsa district inHaryana, India.[1]Chaudhary Devi Lal, formerdeputy prime minister of India belonged to this village, as their ancestors settled here 1919.[2]
Omparkash Chautala, former five termchief minister of Haryana, was the first person in the family ofDevi Lal, who started using this village name (Chautala) as their surname, although they belongs to the Sihag clan ofHinduJats.[3]
Chautala has a hospital, anindustrial training institute, government senior secondary schools for boys and girls, a private secondary school named Sheetal High School, two stadiums and two banks.[4]
Queen's Baton Relay for the2010 Commonwealth Games passed through this village.[5] 51st Senior National Volleyball Championship was held in Chaudhary Sahib Ram Stadium, Chautala in 2002.[6]
Chautala was the eldest of the four sons of Chaudhary Devi Lal, the legendary Jat leader who twice became the deputy prime minister of India. He was the first to have started writing his village Chautala's name as his second name, though the family's 'gotra' (clan) is Sihag.
