Chak, a Punjabi word, is the land revenue settlement/assessment circle marking a contiguous block of land. The word Chak comes from Chakar referring to a wheel in Punjabi, specifically a wheel associated with a water well. Historically there was one water well allotted per village and every village number allotted as per water-well wheel. Now the individual chak circles have come to be associated with the name of the village founded within the revenue circle. Chak circles are based on the British Raj era revenue collection system. To enhance the government revenue during the British Raj, new canals were built to bring the barani (rainfed) areas under cultivation by introducing the irrigation to the bangar (upland) areas of Punjab region. Block of contiguous land irrigated by the specific Rajwaha were given a unique chak number each. The migrant farmers were brought in to settle into those newly irrigated areas around the core of new villages [which started out as dhanis]. Those new villages were called by the same name as their corresponding irrigation circle chak number. Government left it to those residents to give "chaks" a proper village name later. In due time, the term "chak" became synonymous with the term "village".
Taranagar is a city and a municipality in Churu district in the Indian state of Rajasthan, situated at 28° 41'N 75° 3'E, about 120 miles northeast of Bikaner. Taranagar was earlier known as Reni, named for the lady Rinkali who came here to live from Vishalnagar Koyalapatan, currently Foga in Sardarshar (Rajasthan). Reni was the headquarters of the nizamat and the tehsil of the same name in the state of Bikaner in Rajputana. The nizamat consisted of five eastern tehsils of Bhadra, Churu, Nohar, Rajgarh and Reni. In 1948, the town was renamed for King Tara Singh, who ruled it in the mid-18th century.
Kharal is a Punjabi Rajput tribe predominantly found in the Sandal Bar of the Punjab Region of Pakistan, with significant numbers also present in Muzaffargarh, Multan and Bahawalpur districts, and further south to Sindh. Some historians record Kharals of either Jat or Rajput origin, yet, modern Indian and Pakistani census reports mention Kharals as Rajputs. Additionally, the Kharals were designated as a Martial race being known for their bravery and fierceness.
Hanumangarh district is a district in the state of Rajasthan in India. The city of Hanumangarh is the district headquarters and its largest city.
Lalgarh is a small town in Churu district in Rajasthan, India, situated on the border of the Churu and Nagaur districts. Raja Lal Singh named the village after himself. Previously, it was known as Kaniyana.
Kherli is a city and a municipality in Alwar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.Kherli mandi(Grain Market) is the second largest mandi in Rajasthan. Once upon a time it was so much famous that till now old jaipur people knows this as ganj kherli i.e. kherli mandi. Kherli is between the golden triangle where it is nearest to Agra(125 km) Jaipur(150 km) and Delhi(175 km).This area also comes under NCR but still they are not getting benefit of close proximity to these 3 big cities.
Jat Sikh are an ethnoreligious group and a sub-group of the Jat people and the Sikh religious group from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab owing to their large land holdings.
Patara is a village located in Jalandhar district in the state of Punjab in north India.
Rajiana is a village of Malwa region in District Moga, Punjab. The village is divided into pattis like Vigha patti, Narang ki patti, Haveli patti, Joga Patti, Ghoga Patti, Wazir patti, Rania Patti etc. The people of the village belongs to various religions, most of them are Jatt Sikhs of Brar clan. The village has three panchayats; Rajiana, Rajiana Patti Vigha and Rajiana Khurd. There are three water works and 3 water filters in the village supplying pure water to the villagers. There is a Co-operative bank, Revenue office, Corporate society for farmers, two petrol pumps, three Government schools, three private school, Government hospital, Government veterinary hospital, Multiplex and Hotel, two playgrounds, 5 mini parks, two marriage resorts, mobile towers and all other facilities.
Rajiasar Meetha is a cluster of three villages located in the Churu district of Rajasthan.
Dhani or Thok is a type of hamlet, the smallest conglomeration of houses, in sandy Bagar region of northwestern states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab in India. Per Census of India, 70% of Indians live in villages. 80% of the villages have a population of less than 1000 people and each consists of a cluster of hamlets. Most dhanis are nucleated settlements, while others are more dispersed. A dhani could be as small as one isolated house for a single family or a small cluster of several houses which could grow in number with successive generations, and even become a village by itself. All families living in a dhani are relatives or at least are of the same caste. An isolated collection of several of dhanis, which could be few hundred meters apart, constitutes a gram panchayat village community. A typical dhani in the arid zone of Rajasthan is a cluster of huts with a boundary made of dried shrubs around it and with owners' livestock such as goats, sheep and camels inside the bara. Dhani are atypically mud huts in Rajasthan. Houses in dani nowadays are made of modern brick and mortar, specially in affluent higher-per-capita-income states of Haryana and Punjab, and some richer families of Rajasthan.
Rajasthani people or Rajasthanis are a group of Indo-Aryan peoples native to Rajasthan, a state in Northern India. Their language, Rajasthani, is a part of the western group of Indo-Aryan languages.
Gaggon is a village in Rupnagar (Ropar) district of Punjab. It has population of 578 and total area of 2.4 km2. It is 5 km from Chamkaur and 12 km from district headquarters Ropar.
The Mochi are a Hindu caste found mainly in North India. They are the traditional shoemakers of South Asia.
Kant is a small village in the Alsisar mandal of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, India. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) away from Jhunjhunu on the North side, and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from Alsisar.
Baherwal Kalan is a village in the Kasur District of Punjab, Pakistan. The neighboring villages are Bhonikey, Rore, Taragarh, Khudian, Chak 41, Jaguwala and Kot Het Ram. It is the birthplace of Maharani Datar Kaur, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the mother of his successor, Maharaja Kharak Singh.
The Jat people are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries. Of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths, they are now found mostly in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and the Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Punjab.
Vijaipura is a village in the Sikar district of Rajasthan, India. It is located on the Sikar-Salasar road, to the north of Sewad Bari, 21 kilometres (13 mi) from the city of Sikar and 126 kilometres (78 mi) from the state capital Jaipur.
Atta is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on national highway 1 and located 2.2 km away from Goraya, 18 km from Phillaur, 45.8 km from Jalandhar, and 112 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.
Bachhowal is a medium-size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 9.5 km away from Goraya, 43 km from Jalandhar and 117 km from state capital Chandigarh. Bachhowal has postal head office in Bara Pind which is 10 km away from the village. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).
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