Chhapar

Chhapar (छापर) is a city located in Sujangarh tahsil of Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India. It is 210 km from Jaipur and situated on road from Ratangarh to Sujangarh. PIN Code - 331502. It is known for black bucks but it is also home to a variety of birds. Here is a famous sanctuary known as Tal Chhapar Sanctuary

Location

The Tal Chappar lies in the Sujangarh Tehsil of Churu District. It lies on Nokha- Sujangarh state Highway and is situated at a distance of 85 KM from Churu & about 132 km from Bikaner. The nearest Railway station is Chappar which lies on Degana – Churu – Rewari metre gauge line of Northern Western Railways. The nearest Airport is Sanganer (Jaipur) which is at a distance of 215 km from Chappar.

The Tal Chhapar sanctuary is located on the fringe of the Great Indian Desert. Tal Chhapar nestles a unique refuge of the most elegant Antelope encountered in India, "the Black buck". Tal Chhaper sanctuary, with almost flat tract and interspersed shallow low lying areas, has open grassland with scattered Acacia and prosopis trees which give it an appearance of a typical Savanna. The word "Tal" means plane land. The rain water flows through shallow low lying areas and collect in the small seasonal water ponds.

Geography

The Geology of the zone is obscured by the wind blown over-burden. Some small hillocks and exposed rocks of slate and quartzite are found in the western side of the sanctuary. Area between hillocks and the sanctuary constitutes the watershed area of the sanctuary. The whole sanctuary used to be flooded by water during the heavy rains but with salt mining going on in the watershed. Hardly any rain water falling on the hillocks reach the Sanctuary

Chhapar is located at 27°49′N 74°24′E / 27.82, 74.4. The sanctuary is named after Chhapar village which is located at 27°-50' North and 74°-25' East. It is a flat saline depression locally known as "Tal" that has a unique ecosystem in the heart of the Thar Desert, Perched at a height of 302 meters (990 feet) above sea level.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Chhapar had a population of 17,855. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chhapar has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 46%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Jat gotras in Chhapar

Sihag, Mali, Jyani and other approx(65 gotras)

Famous Jat persons in Chhapar

Magharam Jat Mali,Former member of Nagarpalika chhapar three times,
Prakash Mali (Jat), student of Govt. engineering college, Ajmer,
Dalchand ji Sihag, President of Jat union Surat

Famous Temples and other

Salasar Balaji Temple (25 km. from Sujangarh on Jaipur Road)
Raghunathji ka bara Mandir (Maheswari Agrwal panchayat kameti)
Hanuman Mandir
Shivalaya
Lord Venkateshwara Temple (12 km. from chhapar at sujangarh)
Jain Vishwa Bharti (Ladnu)
Sri Digamber Jain Mandir (Sujangarh)
Sri Dungar Balaji Mandir
Ram Devera & Shivalaya Tharda
Pashu mela sandwa
Shri balaji dada ji mandir parsaneu dham 35km from chhapar

Chhapar in Haryana

Chhapar (छपार) Village is a medium size one and is situated in Jhajjar district of Haryana. See the following web-page-

http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=184016

Neighbouring villages are Ahri and Khudan.

It is a Taxak gotra village.

Chhapar in Uttar Pradesh

Chhapar is a large village situated in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. This village is located on Delhi-Dehradun Highway.

See the following web-page for details:

http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=511939

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