Jhojhu Kalan

Jhojhu Kalan
Sangwan Chalisi
village
Jhojhu Kalan
Location in Haryana, India
Jhojhu Kalan
Jhojhu Kalan (India)
Coordinates: 28°30′15″N 76°06′55″E / 28.50417°N 76.11528°E / 28.50417; 76.11528Coordinates: 28°30′15″N 76°06′55″E / 28.50417°N 76.11528°E / 28.50417; 76.11528
Country  India
State Haryana
District Bhiwani
Population (2005)
 • Total 8,000
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 127310
Telephone code 012502-
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR 19
Nearest city Charkhi Dadri
Literacy 95%
Lok Sabha constituency Bhiwani Mahendergarh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Badhra
Website haryana.gov.in

Jhojhu Kalan is a village in the Bhiwani district of Haryana, India.[1][2]

The village is Jat dominated with most of the people Sangwan, making it one of the biggest Sangwan villages in the region. Predominantly so, because of the common ancestry of the clan that still occupy more than a hundred and fifty of the households in the village. The village has also been recognized for providing the maximum World War II veterans from a single village in India by the Limca Book of Records, 8th Edition. The village is famous for 1st sewer line ever in Haryana. The maximum population of village is serving Indian Army. Jhojhu Kalan was announced "Adrash Village of Haryana" in 2014. It is a beautiful town and the people are very helpful and kind.[3]

Many adiministrative developments were done by the then retired Army officers post Indian Independence, in the areas of education, building up the first ever only women's school and college, grooming its girls equally in extracurricular activities like sports and homescience. The men of this village thus the embodiment of grit and spirit and its women of elegance and resolve.[4]

The Moghul and Colonial relics as preserved largely in and around New Delhi by the ASI manifests itself in amalgamation in the arches of the entrances and the layout of the few of the houses left in the village constructed by the masons of the pre-Independence era. These houses were made of rocks put together with limepowder paste, with ceilings emboldened with heavy wooden beams and tall pillars.

Jhojhu Kalan represents 13 Sangwan villages under "Sangwan Chalisi (40)". The village has contributed many soldiers to the Indian Army. It has common facilities including a senior secondary school for boys and girls, a girls' college, a civic hospital, public schools, local telephone and mobile exchanges, several banks and an electricity hub. It has four strong private senior secondary schools: Arya Senior Secondary School, N.R.J. Senior secondary school, Vivekanand Memorial Public School and KCM senior secondary school.[5]

Villagers go on a hill outside the village for religious worship which they call "Dohla and Gufadhari".

Dohla is surrounded by other mountains which look very beautiful. Dada Dohla Temple is situated near Jhojhu which is worshipped by Sangwan clan in the region.

The area has many small and big aravali mountain ranges and known for stone mining. There are hundreds of stone crushers in the area.

Jhojhu Kalan is surrounded by other Sangwan villages. Kalali and Balali are in the east. Gudana Kalan and Jhojhu Khurd in the West. Village Badal and Mehra in the North and Village Chandeni and Ramlwas in the south and village Rambaas in the west and town Dadri in the east.[6]

Current Sarpanch of the village is Dalbir Sangwan (Gandhi).

Education

Secondary schools

N.R.J Senior Secondary School

References

  1. ↑ "Map of Jhojhu Kalan, Dadri, Bhiwani, Haryana". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jhojhu Kalan Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Haryana India". AccuWeather. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jhojhu Kalan Village Population - Dadri - Bhiwani, Haryana". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia, Source; Llc, Books. Villages in Haryan: Katlaheri, Bhirrana, Jatusana, Kunjpura, Ghasola, Kaul Village, Dighal, Rania Town, Jhojhu Kalan, Mandothi, Amin Village. General Books. ISBN 9781155839493.
  5. ↑ Assembly, Punjab (India) Legislature Legislative. Debates: Official report. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Dept, Haryana (India) Land Records. District Village Directory: Mahendragarh.


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