Chirawa
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| Chirawa | |
  Chirawa
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| State - District(s) |
Rajasthan - Jhunjhunun |
| Coordinates | |
| Area - Elevation |
- 294 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
37,210 - |
Chirawa is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is part of Shekhawati region. It is known for fresco painted havelis.
Chirawa is one of the oldest town of Shekhawati and was a hub for this region since it was junction for Jhunjhunu, Khetri, Loharu, Surajgarh. It has lot of old havelis like dalmias,sakserias,somanis, suraj mal shiv prashads and shrimalon ka mahal and many more though they are not maintained that well now. Educational institutes were also a big attraction of Chirawa. It has one of the oldest college Chirawa College of the region. However now Chirawa has taken back seat with Jhunjhunu being district and Pilani having Birlas blessing. Khetri taking over being copper town. Still Chirawa is holding fort because of its locational advantage which connect many surrounding villages.
Chirawa is now known for its market, being place of Pandit Ganeshnarayan's (Handi wale baba) - said to one who blessed Birla and political activities. Chirawa is still a regional hub for the majoriy of the economic and commerce activities as it is connected with rail lines(Pilani that is very near to it does not have one). chirawa is also very famous for the Kasu Halwai's Peda( a delicious sweet).Interestingly, the quality and variety of sweets prepared in Chirawa can only be matched by the sweets prepared in Bengal. Chirawa may be one of the best places for sweets in the entire country.Apart from this, it has annual Gugoji Maharaj's mela and at that time people from all over the Shekhawati region visit Chirawa. Chirawa is also having the distinction of being the birth place of the famous wrestling coach Guru Hanuman and also the Dalmias who were one of the top five industrial families in India. In general, people from Chirawa and the surrounding villages are very aggressive. The first well known politician and the first man with post graduation qualification from Chirawa was Shri Hajari Lal Arrawatia, who is popularly known as Master Hajari Lal or Masterji as he was a professor of economics in Chirawa college before Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, motivated him to join politics. It was in his political time that great personalities like Lal Bahadur Shashtri and Indira Gandhi visited Chirawa.
[edit] Geography
Chirawa is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 294 metres (964 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Chirawa had a population of 37,210. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chirawa has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 56%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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| State of Rajasthan Rajasthan Topics |
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| Capital | Jaipur |
| Divisions | Ajmer | Bharatpur | Bikaner | Jaipur | Jodhpur | Kota | Udaipur |
| Districts | Ajmer | Alwar | Banswara | Baran | Barmer | Bhilwara | Bikaner | Bharatpur | Bundi | Chittorgarh | Churu | Dausa | Dholpur | Dungarpur | Ganganagar | Hanumangarh | Jaipur | Jaisalmer | Jalore | Jhalawar | Jhunjhunu | Jodhpur | Karauli | Kota | Nagaur | Pali | Rajsamand | Sawai Madhopur | Sikar | Sirohi | Tonk | Udaipur |
| Major cities | Alwar • Bhilwara • Bikaner • Jaipur • Jaisalmer • Jodhpur • Udaipur |
