Chugawan

Chugawan Chogawan
Village
Cugāvāṁ transcription(s)
Chugawan Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Chugawan Chugawan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 30°49′45″N75°16′00″E / 30.82917584206751°N 75.26666219660096°E / 30.82917584206751; 75.26666219660096
Country	India
Area
• Total	6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,420
Languages
• Official	Punjabi [1]

Not to be confused with Chogawan located in the Amritsar district or Chogawan, Bhulath tehsil located in the Kapurthala district.

Chugawan is a village located in the Moga district of Punjab, India. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Moga, the principal city of the Moga district. The total literacy rate of Chugawan is 79.49%, out of which the individual literacy values by sex are 85.91% for males and 72.12% for females of the locality.^{[ when? ][ citation needed ]} There are about 497 houses located in the village. ^[2]

Land records

Example of a genealogical pedigree (family-tree) of a landowning family of Chugawan village in Moga district (formerly part of Ferozepore district), Punjab, 1887–1888

Shajjra Nasb (also known as Kursee Nama ^{[note 1]} ) records of Chugawan village from 1887–1888 and 1953–1954 have been digitized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via FamilySearch and are available for online viewing. ^{[3] [4]} These records detail land ownership pedigrees for families of the village. ^{[5] [6]}

Culture

The village belongs to the Malwai culture and the Malwai dialect of Punjabi is spoken by the locals. ^[7]

There is a shrine in the village dedicated to a fakir named Baba Sayyad Kabir, who is believed to be buried there. ^[8] It is believed that offering salt at the shrine cures warts. ^[8] There is a one-day mela festival held in Chugawan during the month of Chet (March-April) dedicated to the saint. ^[8]

Notes

1. Kursee Nama is also spelt as 'Kurseenama' or 'Kursinama'.

References

1. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
2. "Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Moga". Census of India. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. "India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees, 1887-1958," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-YZZP-8?cc=1867929&wc=M6PG-GPD%3A170343101%2C170937802 : 20 May 2014), Moga District Office > vol. 161 1887-1888 (Chugawan, HBN 31) > image 1 of 13; District Offices, Moga.
4. "India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees, 1887-1958," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-YZ84-N?cc=1867929&wc=M6PG-KP8%3A170343101%2C170649701 : 20 May 2014), Moga District Office > vol. 35 1953-1954 (Chugawan, HBN 31) > image 1 of 42; District Offices, Moga.
5. "India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees - FamilySearch Historical Records". FamilySearch. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
6. "India Land and Property". FamilySearch. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
7. Moga, Parminder Singh Grover; Singh, Davinderjit (20 May 2011). Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab. Parminder Singh Grover. p. 179.
8. Snehi, Yogesh (24 April 2019). "Table 2.2: Fairs and festivals in the 'memory of pirs' held in Ferozepur district of Punjab (including Muktsar and Moga) in the year 1961". Spatializing Popular Sufi Shrines in Punjab: Dreams, Memories, Territoriality. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9780429515637.