Charthaval

Charthawal
Town
Charthawal Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 29°33′N 77°35′E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Muzaffarnagar
Population  (2001)
• Total	31,493
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Charthawal is a city and a nagar panchayat in Muzaffarnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Charthawal had a population of 31,493. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Charthawal has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 59% and female literacy of 42%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Charthawal is listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana under the sarkar of Saharanpur, producing a revenue of 1,668,882 dams for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 200 infantry and 20 cavalry.

Education

There are many schools and colleges in Charthawal, a few names are given below:

1. Jai hind Inter College
2. Maharaja Agrasen Girls Degree College
3. Gandhi Inter College
4. Chandra Shekhar Azad Degree College
5. Abul Kalam Azad Inter College
6. Gandhi Balika High School
7. Arya Kanya Inter College
8. Acharya Abhay Dev Public School
9. Sri Aurovindo Vidya Niketan
10. Nalanda Public School
11. Saraswati Vidhya Mandir
12. Gandhi Shishu Niketan
13. Bal Vidhya Mandir
14. Adarsh Public High School
15. Primary School
16. Tasmia Public School
17. Islamia Public School
18. Kids Heaven Public School (Play to 8th)
19. Kids Heaven High School

Religion

Both Hindu and Muslim religions are found in Charthawal.

There are many Hindu temples:

Thakurdwara was built in the thirteenth century. In 1910, it was repaired by one of the wazir's family member of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. There exist Sidhpeeth Devi Mandir on the top of Charthawal. At this, temple huge number of people worship in Navratri. There exist an old Bharo mandir in Murdapati Charthawal, where people visit every Saturday, and it is considered that one's every wish gets fulfilled if they visit there, many people visit there in the month of Asadh. There is a shiv mandir where exists a natural Shivling where a large number of people visit in Sawan.

There are many mosques in the town, but two are very old. One is situated at Sheikh

Garvi (west) (غركى), known as Jama Masjid Tagayan, was supposed to be built by The Mughal emperor फिरोज शाह तुगलक (मुताबिक 786 हिजरी) in the 17th century and other is situated in Sheikhzadgan Sharki (east) (شركى), was built in 360 years back, also known as Jama Masjid alias 'Amina Masjid' Sheikhzadgan (near Hakim Nazar Ahsan).

The world famous University of Islamic Studies Darul Uloom Deoband is just twenty km. away from Charthawal via Rohana village.

Business

There are two sugar cane crusher and Sugar Cane Small-scale plant (Kolhu) which produce Jagerry (Gurh in Urdu/Hindi) after processing sugar cane juice in Charthawal. They start their production from Oct. to May and get a hundred million business in the season. Bajaj Hindusthan Limited, Titawi sugar mill and Rohana Sugar Refinery are around the town.

Charthawal is also famous for wholesale market of wood. There are more than 10 wholesale shop brokerages for wood sale. They purchase the wood of Eucalyptus, Poplar, Teak Sheesham and different types of wood from farmers and sell it to the plywood industries. The turnover of the wood market of Charthawal is between one and two million Indian Rupees per day.

Villages

Charathawal is known for its Tyagi people and there are about 12 villages of Tyagi's. There are 59 villages in block and Mahabalipur is a famous village in Charthawal block, which is 2 km away from Charthawal, this village is known for its bravery and its people. Khushropur, Chaukada, Ghisukheda, Nyamu, Kishanpur Majra, etc. are the villages of the Tyagi people.