 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Chhachhrauli" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Chhachhrauli | |
|---|---|
| Haryanvi language | |
  Chhachhrauli Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Chhachhrauli Chhachhrauli (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:30°15′N77°22′E / 30.25°N 77.37°E /30.25; 77.37 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Yamunanagar |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 10,533 |
| • Density | 1,570/km2 (4,050/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Haryanvi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 135103 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-71 |
| Website | haryana |
Chhachhrauli is atown,tehsil and gram panchayat consisting of 20 wards in theYamunanagar district in the state ofHaryana, India. It is 11 km north-east ofYamunanagar city-Jagadhari. Chachhraulli is often known as "Cherapunjii of Haryana" as it receives the most rain in the whole of Haryana . (The average for Haryana is 450mm in monsoon and Chachhraulli receives 1100 mm.) It was amunicipal committee until 1998. Before independence in 1947, it was the capital of the princely state ofKalsia.
Chhachhrauli has two areas:
Chhachhrauli is very close to the boundaries of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal and Uttarakhand. It is surrounded by the historical Gurudwara Of Paonta Shahib, mythicalKapal Mochan (Bilaspur) and the well-known Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple. It is believed that the five Pandava brothers worshiped for some time after having won the Kurukshetra battle in Mahabharata.
Chhachhrauli has a biggrain market (Anaj Mandi) where farmers from the surrounding areas bring their agricultural produce for ale. It is the hub of many villages like Singhpura, Sherpur, Chuharpur Khurd, Urjani, Yaqub Pur, Dasaura, Harauli and Pipli Majra. On the Chhachhrauli - Paunta Sahib road, Balachor, Panjeto, Mukarib Pur, Manakpur on the Chhachhrauli-Jagadhari road,Ganauli, Ganaula, Chholi Basatiyavala on the Chhachhrauli- Bilaspur road.
Nearby attractions are:
Chhachhrauli was earlier the capital ofKalsia State created by Raja Gurbaksh Singh in 1763 and had two Tehsils outside Chhachhrauli, namelyDera Basi (near Chandigarh) and Kalsia (near Amritsar). Kalsia State was one of the eight states in Punjab which formedPEPSU after Independence in 1947. Later, it was merged with Punjab and, in 1966, with Haryana.
Chhachhrauli Fort was built by the Raja of the erstwhile Kalsia state. The fort here earlier housed the state departments, including the state treasury and Tosh-i-Khana, and with a Dewan-Khana for official meetings, darbars and functions of the Raja Kalsia. It still has a clock tower occupying a prominent place in the fort area. The fort also houses "Ravi Mahal" and "Janak Niwas". The fort is currently in ruins.
There is a Government Senior Secondary School, which was upgraded from a high school. It was opened on 21 December 1915.
The Haryana State Government started a Government College in 2008. Chhachhrauli also has a separate Government Senior Secondary School for Girls.
As of 2011 India census,[2] Chhachhrauli had a population of 10533. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chhachhrauli has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 63%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 71%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.