Chandauli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Chandauli district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chandauli District. Chandauli became a separate district for the first time on 20 May 1997. However, after coming into power, Mulayam Singh Yadav dissolved it on January, 2004 and ensured its merger again in Varanasi. But, the decision was challenged in the high court after which its recreation was ensured on 17 June 2004.
Geography
Chandauli is located at 25.27°N 83.27°E. It has an average elevation of 70 metres (230 ft). It comes under Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. It is located just about 30 kilometres from Varanasi. Mughalsarai, a major and very important railway junction between Northern and Eastern India is located in Chandauli district. Chandauli Majhwar railway station serves Chandauli.
Number of tehsils : 5 : Chandauli, Sakaldiha, Naugarh, Mughalsarai and Chakia;
Number of blocks : 9 : Barahani, Chandauli, Niyamtabad, Chahaniya, Sakaldeeha, Dhanapur, Chakiya, Shahabganj and Naugarh.
Thanas : 16 Mughal sarai, Alinagar, Balua, Chakiya, Chandauli, Saiyyadraja, Sakaldeeha, Shahabganj, Baburi, Dheena, Dhanapur, Kandawa, Naugarh, Chakarghatta, Mahila Thana and Illiya
Number of villages 1651;
STD Code 05412
Rivers : Ganga, Karmanasha, Chandraprabha and Garai.
Dams : Naugarh, Mushakhard, Chandraprabha, Latifshah, Bhaisoda.
Canals : Chandraprabha, Mushakhad, Narayanpur Lift Canal, Bhopauli lift canal, Balua Canal
Waterfalls : Rajdari, Devdari, Aurvatard, Karmanasha Waterfall and others.
Lakes : Chandraprabha, Bhaisoda, Naugarh, Mushakhard, Latifshah and others.
Crops : Paddy, Wheat. Chandauli is also known as "The bowl of rice of Uttar Pradesh".
Government organizations: Large Scale Sheep Breeding Farm Bhaisora, Naugarh is second largest sheep breeding farm in Asia. It is situated in Naugarh tehsil of the Chandauli district, 72 km away from the district headquarters. The farm is spread over around 5000 acres. It is also locally known as "Bheda Farm". It is one of the organizations working under the Department of Animal Husbandry, government of Uttar Pradesh.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Chandauli had a population of 1,952,756. Males constitute 52.12% of the population and females 47.87%.In 2011 Chandauli has an average literacy rate of 71.48 compared to 59.72 of 2001, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 81.75% and female literacy of 60.45%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Food: In winters, people in this region enjoy real taste of regional food. Well cooked millet with curry of fresh peas, fresh potatoes, carrot and spices along with mustard paste, tastes very delicious. Chapaties prepared form millet flour, along dish prepared form spinach and mustard leaves also tastes good, chapaties can also be eaten with ghee mixed with home made jaggery. People also prefer cooked millet with chutney made of tomatoes, garlic leaves, coriander leaves, ginger, green chillies, cumin seeds. Sweet boondies (made form bengal gram flour and fried in ghee) with along curd is preferred by people. The preferred sweet in this region is chena made form milk (after souring milk- paneer is extracted and then chena is prepared). Jalebies (made form gram flour) along with condensed milk is also favorite among people in this region.
Media
Gaon Giraw is the first weekly and first daily Hindi newspaper of the district. Shridhar Dwivedi is the founder of this publication group.
Anil Singh is well known journalist of up belongs to Chandauli district.
Notable people
Rajnath Singh, Home Minister of India, was born in Bhabhaura, a small village in Chandauli District.
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India, was born in Mughalsarai.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandauli
