Chauke

Chauke
Chauke

Chaoke, Chau

—  village  —
Coordinates
Country India
State Punjab
District(s) Bathinda
Nearest city Maur Mandi, Rampura Phul
Parliamentary constituency Bathinda
Assembly constituency Maur Mandi
Civic agency Panchayat
Population 13,000 (2001)
Literacy Medium% 
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Chauke (Punjabi:ਚਾਉਕੇ;also known as Chau or Chaoke) is a village of Malwa in the Bathinda district) of Punjab state, India. It comes under the Maur Mandi assembly constituency.

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Location

Chauke is located approximately 15 kilometres from both Maur Mandi and Rampura Phul, and 7 kilometers from Mandi Kalan. Other cities central to Chauke are Tapa Mandi as well as Mansa.It is located approximately 8 kilometers from Mansa-Barnala main road.

Population

Chauke's population is approximately 15000 with voting population over 8000, making it one of the Biggest village of the constituency Maur Mandi.

Education

Chauke has a Government Secondary School and two Primary School. A number of private schools have come up in the recent times. Also students who study in various distant schools. It has got the proper transport facility for daily travel to the school.

Commerce

Along with a dispensary and Anaaj Mandi (Grain Market), the village has a stadium. The presence of Co-Operative Society is also there. State Bank of Patiala has got branch in the village. All the things of daily use are available in the local market on regular basis.A Milk Co-operative Dairy serving the people....

Transportation

It has 3 bus stops to cover each corner of the village and a Petrol Pump has also come up in the village. Village is well connected with all the neighboring villages and to the cities through a proper transport network.

Utilities

A newly 66 KV Power station has also started working from the January 2007 which has given this a village an additional advantage.RO system also working here although two big water tanks working. Village has a big playground[6 acre] along with Anaaj Mandi.There is a well equipped Gymnasium for the health of the youth...

Society

Village has three Gurudwara Sahibs, a Masjid and Temple along with revered Shiv-dwala. Then there are two deras namely Dera Baba Dunna Ji (Punjabi:ਬਾਬਾ ਦੁੱਨਾ ਜੀ) and Dera Baba Bulla Ji (Punjabi:ਬਾਬਾ ਬੂਲਾ ਜੀ). There is a Youth club Shaheed Baba Mahaa Singh Youth Welfare Club in the village along with Patwar-Khana (Place for Patwari).

Culture

The villagers celebrate renowned four day mela called Maaghi Da Mela (Punjabi:ਮਾਘੀ ਦਾ ਮੇਲਾ) from January 14, annually. Distant visitors come to pray at Dera Baba Dunna Ji and Dera Baba Bulla Ji. The four day mela consists of sports activities (Punjabi:ਖੇਡ ਮੇਲਾ) Kabaddi, wrestling, Dog racing, Volleyball, Tug of war, playing card's games & much more. The villager also celebrate regular Indian functions like New moon, Black moon along with religious festivals of Sikhs, Hindus & Muslims.

Pincode

Pincode of the village Chauke is 148109.

Governance

The village panchayat consists of 11 Panches under the Sarpanch.


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