Chandausi

Chandausi
Devloping Town
Nickname(s): Chand-si
Chandausi
Coordinates: 28°27′N 78°46′E / 28.45°N 78.77°E / 28.45; 78.77Coordinates: 28°27′N 78°46′E / 28.45°N 78.77°E / 28.45; 78.77
Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sambhal
Elevation 284 m (932 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 114,384
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 244412
Vehicle registration UP 38

Chandausi is a city and a municipal board in Sambhal district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The original name of the city was "Chaand Si", meaning "Moon Like" (in Indian poetry the moon is considered to be beautiful). It has an average elevation of 284 metres (603 feet). It is 187.5 km from New Delhi.[1][2]

Industry

Chandausi is known for mint oil, which has become the city's main trade. The mint plant (Mentha piperata) is cultivated on a large scale. After extracting essential oils from the plant through distillation, the products are exported.

The city is also known for Ghee and traditional Ganesh chaturthi utsava. It is also known for the automatically moving statues' presentation, which is led by the representatives of Ganesha i.e. "Elephants", at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi, which is rare. A large crowd attend this festival in Chandausi. Ganesh Mela is stretched in the area of 10 acres comprising 350–400 of stalls, showrooms, halls, canopies etc. One can find the variety of shopping outlets, clothes, capital goods, eating establishments, entertainment, specially for children. Every next day there are many events and competitions for promoting and encouraging the young upcoming talented artists of Chandausi and surrounding area. The events range from dance, acting, singing, music to paining, sports and other activities. These events are organized by the private as well as Govt. bodies. They provide a good platform for the youth to enhance their skills and talents.

Chandausi is also known for its Gajak which is generally prepared in the winter season (October – February). Gajak is prepared with sesame seeds and jaggery (or cane sugar) with a method of preparation which is time consuming. It takes about 10–15 hours to prepare 5–8 kilograms of Gajak. The dough is hammered until all the sesame seeds break down and release their oils into the dough.

Information Technology

For more than a year, the city has also grown up in the field of Information Technology.

Programmers & Developers from Chandausi are providing a wide range of services like Web Solutions, Custom Application Development, Mobile Application on various platforms (like Android, IOS, Blackberry, windows etc), Digital Marketing, Domain Booking, Web Hosting, Graphics Designing, Printing and many more.

In Short the city provide Complete IT and engineering services to Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s) and web based firms of all sizes in financial services, learning, hospitality, consumer and other industries.

Major Companies

Areas

The City has many Areas. Areas:- Super Market,Sahukara Mohalla,Kaserath Bazar,Mahajan Street,Purani Penth,Bisauli Gate,Ganesh Colony,Sita Road,Bada Bazaar,Brahm Bazaar,Dispensary Road, Ghanta Ghar,Sambhal Gate, Avas Vikas,Chote Lal Colony, Khurja gate,seekri gate,Punjabiyan Street, Lodhiyan Mohalla, Bhagwati Vihar,Shakti Nager, Vaishno Vihar, Mayur Vihar,vikas nagar Gyatri Vihar,Kalandi Kung, Kaithal Gate,Subhash Road gaushala road, Bank road, Bangla bazar, Khoob chand bazar, Jarai gate, Gola ganj, Seekri gate,Dayal colony, Luxman ganj, Qureshiyan, Fish markit,Vishnu vihar, Sangem vihar, Pachsheel colony, Bahjoi road, Bara Mahadev,Hathi Khanna etc.

Demographics

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Chandausi had a population of 1,14,254 out of which males were 60,238 and females were 54,016. The literacy rate was 72.63 percent.[3]

Religions in Chandausi
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
 51%
Muslims
  
 48%
Jains
  
 0.4%
Others†
  
 0.6%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Transport

Chandausi railway station is on the Chandausi loop of Lucknow-Moradabad line.[4]

Temples in Chandausi

Chandausi has at least one temple in every area:

The temple is far from the main city so it has a quiet atmosphere. On the top of the main entry gate to the temple, there is the Ram Darbar which is said to be guarding the temple and its priests as there is no security around. A Primary school named 'Rambagh Bal Vidhyalaya' is taken care of by the same trust.

A huge crowd worships in this temple every Tuesday and Saturday as these days are the days of Lord Hanuman. The temple has idols of Shri Ram parivar, Shri krishna Parivar, Shiv Parivar, Goddess Durga, Lord Bhero ji, Lord Sai Baba etc. It is situated on a small hill (Teela) and has a cave under the Hanuman ji statue. This cave runs through a large area of the city.

Climate

The climate of the area is similar to that of the Indo-Gangatic plain, with hot dry summers and cold winters and an average of 35 inches of rainfall. Its climate is mostly pleasant.

References

  1. ↑ http://distancebetween2.com/delhi/chandausi
  2. ↑ http://m.indianexpress.com/news/shift-district-hq-to-sambal-residents/1001978/
  3. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway". Management Ebooks. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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