Kosi Kalan

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Kosi Kalan
city
Kosi Kalan
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°47′N 77°26′E / 27.783°N 77.433°E / 27.783; 77.433Coordinates: 27°47′N 77°26′E / 27.783°N 77.433°E / 27.783; 77.433
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mathura
Population (2001)
 • Total 105,684
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 281403
Telephone code 05662
Vehicle registration UP85

Kosi Kalan is a town and a municipality in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Kosi Kalan is situated in BrijBhoomi, i.e., the area where lord krishna has spent his childhood days . Town was named Kosi for being treasury of NandBaba (Father of lord Krishna) (as Kosh means Treasure). This town is a hub of cultural and commercial activities. There is another saying about name, People believe it got its name from Kushasthali which mean place of Kush, Kush is son of lord Ram. The town is situated on the Delhi-Agra highway(NH-2)at 100 km milestone. The town is equally famous for its varied culture (since it is situated at tri-junction of Uttar pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana) as for its industrial development.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Kosi Kalan had a population of 45,684. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kosi Kalan has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 65%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 41%. In Kosi Kalan, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. But literacy rate has increased among the age group of 0–30 years in the last decade and every 3rd person in this group is either intermediate or a graduate.Kosi Kalan have population of many casts like Vaishya,Brahmins,Jat,Thakur,Jatav,Muslim subcasts like Kasai,Muslim dhobi etc.mainly and Balmiki,Cori,Mali,Mathil Brahmin{Badai},Gurjars,Nai etc.minorly and religions.According to election commission of India Kosi Kalan have more than 30,000 voters out of which about 28% Vaishya and 20% Muslim community voters.

Key Attractions

Pilgrimage in kosi kalan

  • Shri Radhakant Mandir Brahmanpuri.
  • Shri Balaji Mandir supervised by Shri Krishna Murari Baba
  • There is a famous temple of Goddess on the bank of Gomati Kund.
  • Maa Pathvari Devi
  • There is a famous temple of goddess on the side of talab and ramleela ground
  • Kaila Devi Mandir
  • Kali Mata Mandir (Ram Nagar)
  • Hanuman Mandir (Near Gandhi Park School)
  • Bhole Baba Mandir (Near Talab) 
 Radha Kant Mandir (Near Talab) Established by Shri Govind Saran Shastri ji
  • Nandgaon (8 km)
  • Barsana (15 km)

Ramleela function of kosi kalan is very famous northern India and kosi kalan is famous for bharat milaap in ramleela function and many people from all over India comes to see this bharat milaap to kosi kalan. this has been organizing for last 150 years to 200 years and presently it is organizing under the supervision of Pundit Satyanarayan Purohit for last 16 years.In Kosi Kalan Ramlila is also organised in Navratras which was organised 20 yrs. back under the supervision of Pandit Chandra Shekhar Sharma.

Its location on NH2 with equal distance from Delhi, Agra, Noida and Gurgaon (100 km), It is very well connected from Rajsthan, Haryana, Delhi and MP through direct bus connectivity also large number of plying locals (EMUs) has made Kosi Kalan an easily approachable place and convenient place.

Kokilavan, where lot of devotees come to pray Lord Shani (Saturn), is 8 km away from Kosi Kalan. Here the lord Shani known as son of lord sun and related to saturn planet is worshipped. It is the place of attraction for many devotees from the various parts of India and it also attracts foreign tourists. A lot of "bhandaraa" are organised every Saturday by the devotees and this devotion in the faith of Shanidev Maharaj has led the MD of Omaxe Construction Ltd to offer his company to develop the vicinal area. Now various dharamshalas can be witnessed and the prayers can be offered through well planned route.

Schools & Colleges

Kosi Kalan has schools of international quality such as G.M INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, KANHAVRINDAVANI Kids Paradise, VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL , SARASWATI VDYA MNDIR etc. which has medium of communication Hindi as well as English. Schools are affiliated to both CBSE as well as UP state Board.

Town has three government run colleges, Intermediate colleges namely M.B. Inter College, Hindu Inter College and M.B. Girls Inter college. Town also has famous degree college, Shri Brij Bihari Degree College that is affiliated from Agra University. These colleges has produced a number of scholars who are glittering around the world in various fields.

There are several private schools amongst which prominent are G.M INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, KANHAVRINDAVANI Kids Paradise, Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Vidya Devi Jindal School, St. Theresa school, Aadarsh Public School. There are several computer institute amongst which prominent are F-Tech Computer institute, adarsh computer ,ITCW etc.

Kosikalan has seen alumni of its schools to IIT, IIM, CA, lwayer and also other most reputed institutes of India.

Nearby village Paigaon has a central government's HRD ministry funded Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.

Hotels

Since Kosikalan is almost equidistant from Agra and Delhi, hence its geographical location is best suited for Hospitality industry, there are several Dhabas which are famous in India. Kosikalan has few world class Hotels as well. Few notifiable Hotels are:

  1. Country INN
  2. Dubchik
  3. Sagar ratna
  4. Jain Hotel
  5. Kosi Restaurant
  6. Sagar Ratna

Nearby visiting places

  1. Nandgaon (an ancient village and pilgrim where lord Krishna spent lot of time of his childhood which is just 10 km from kosi kalan.
  2. Barsana (It is also an ancient village and pilgrim related to Indian Goddess devi RADHA RANI just 20 km from kosi.
  3. Vrindavan (World known pilgrim of lord Shri Krishna just 35 km from kosi kalan.)
  4. Mathura (Again world known place, pilgrim and birthplace of lord Krishna just 40  km from kosi kalan.

Some other places are KOKILAVAN, BATHAIN KALAN , GOVARDHAN, CHAMELIVAN, CHARAN-PAHADI, KAMA FORT, ASHESHWAR MAHADEV.

Nearby towns

Industrial Area

Witnessing the large number of industries coming up in Kosi Kalan, it has come under the category of industrial area.

The first commercial industry named "Venus Industries", an Alarm and Wall clock factory, was opened here in the 1960s.

Many industries are already successfully running from here like

Varun beverages ltd. (Pepsico), Amir Henna Products Pvt.Ltd., CreamBell ice-cream (2011), Pashupati Fabrics (closed 2010), Mahan Protein Lts., Swastik Pipes, Shamken Fabrics (closed 2010), Vacmat Polymer, Gopalji Food Industry, Ginni Filaments, Bhole Baba food products, Saw pipes & ltd. (Jindal), Shiv oil & Dal Mills (Chotiwala) Shri Ram Gopinath, Usher Agro Industries, Swashtik pipes Ltd. JBM AUTO LTD (SPV)

News and events

  1. On January 1, 2011; people of Kosi Kalan banned the use of polythene to protect the environment.
  2. on June 1, 2012 ; Kosikalan came under attacks of communal riots
  3. The riots in the town has the effect of market closure for 20 days. Riots has left 7 people dead and hundreds injured.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  2. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mathura-communal-clashes-kill-one/1/198699.html
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