Chhachhrauli is a town, tehsil and gram panchayat consisting of 20 wards in the Yamunanagar district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 11 km north-east of Yamunanagar city-Jagadhari. Chachhraulli is often known as "Cherapunjii of Haryana" as it receives the most rain in the whole of Haryana . (The average for Haryana is 450mm in monsoon and Chachhraulli receives 1100 mm.) It was a municipal committee until 1998. Before independence in 1947, it was the capital of the princely state of Kalsia. Chhachhrauli has two areas:

Geography

Chhachhrauli is very close to the boundaries of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal and Uttarakhand.

History

Chhachhrauli was earlier the capital of Kalsia State created by Jat king Gurbaksh Singh in 1763, and had two Tehsils outside Chhachhrauli, namely Dera Basi (near Chandigarh) and Kalsia (near Amritsar). Kalsia State was one of the eight states in Punjab which formed PEPSU after Independence in 1947. Later, it was merged with Punjab and, in 1966, with Haryana.

Chhachhrauli Fort

Chhachhrauli Fort was built by the Raja of the erstwhile Kalsia state. The fort here earlier housed the state departments, including the state treasury and Tosh-i-Khana, and with a Dewan-Khana for official meetings, darbars and functions of the Raja Kalsia. It still has a clock tower occupying a prominent place in the fort area. The fort also houses "Ravi Mahal" and "Janak Niwas". The fort is in ruins.

Education

There is a Government Senior Secondary School, which was upgraded from a high school. It was opened on 21 December 1915. The Haryana State Government started a Government College a few years ago. Chhachhrauli also has a separate Government Senior Secondary School for Girls.

Demographics

India census, Chhachhrauli had a population of 9720. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chhachhrauli has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 65%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.