Chirgaon

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chirgaon
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| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Bundelkhand]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]]
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| population_total = 49,977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801020-chirgaon-uttar-pradesh.html |title=Chirgaon Population Census 2011|publisher=Census 2011 – Census of India}}</ref>
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| postal_code = 284301
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| area_code = 915170-XXXXXX
| registration_plate = UP-93
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'''Chirgaon''' is a [[Census town#India|town]] and a [[municipal board]] in [[Jhansi district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801020-chirgaon-uttar-pradesh.html |title=Chirgaon Population Census 2011|publisher=Census 2011 – Census of India}}</ref>

Chirgaon is located 30 km away from Jhansi, situated on Jhansi–Kanpur [[National Highway 27 (India)|National Highway 27]]. There is a fort in the middle of the town.

The place is also famous for being the birthplace of poets [[Maithili Sharan Gupt]],<ref>Shri hargovind, "Dadda Ki Chhaya Me", in Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 101.</ref> his younger brother Siyaram Sharan Munshi and Munshi Ajmeri. Chirgaon was actively involved in Freedom Movement led by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who had visited Chirgaon on more than one occasion.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} From 1935–45, hundreds of Chirgaon youth joined the movement.

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} India [[2011 Census of India|census]], Chirgaon has a population of 16,724. It has an average literacy rate of 84.86%, male literacy is 91.95%, and female literacy is 77.10%. Also 12.11% of the population is under six years old.

[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] constitute 16.19% of the total population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801020-chirgaon-uttar-pradesh.html|title=Chirgaon Population Census 2011|publisher=Census 2011 – Census of India}}</ref>

== Transport ==

=== Road ===

Chirgaon is well connected by Indian [[National Highway 27 (India)|National Highway 27]] with Jhansi and Kanpur. It is also connected with [[Madhya Pradesh]] by [[State Highway 45 (Madhya Pradesh)|State Highway 45]].

===Railways===

Chirgaon is served by a station on the Electronic [[Indian Railways]] network. [[Chirgaon railway station]] (Station Code : [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/1921?kkk=1306650719103 CGN]) is operated by [[North Central Railway zone]] & [[Jhansi railway division]].

Trains that pass through Chirgaon :

'''To {{stnlnk|Jhansi Junction}}'''

*51814) [[Lucknow–Jhansi Passenger]] (between [[Lucknow]]/LKO and Jhansi /JHS)
*19166 [[Sabarmati Express]] (between [[Darbhanga]] /DBG and [[Ahmedabad]] /ADI)
*11016 [[Kushinagar Express]] (between [[Gorakhpur]] /GKP and [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus]]/LTT ([[Mumbai]]) )
*11110 [[Lucknow–Jhansi InterCity Express]] (between Lucknow/LKO and Jhansi /JHS )
*51804 [[Kanpur–Jhansi Passenger]] (between and {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}/CNB and Jhansi /JHS)
*11123 [[Gwalior Mail]] (between [[Barauni]] /BJU and [[Gwalior]] /GWL)
*19168 Sabarmati Express (between [[Varanasi]]/SBS and Ahmedabad /ADI)

'''To {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}'''
*51813 [[Jhansi–Lucknow Passenger]] (between {{stnlnk|Jhansi Junction}} /JHS and [[Lucknow]]/LKO)
*19165 [[Sabarmati Express]] (between [[Ahmedabad]] /ADI and [[Darbhanga]] /DBG)
*11015 [[Kushinagar Express]] (between [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus]]/LTT ([[Mumbai]]) and [[Gorakhpur]] /GKP)
*11109 [[Jhansi–Lucknow Intercity Express]] (between Jhansi /JHS and Lucknow/LKO)
*51803 [[Jhansi–Kanpur Passenger]] (between Jhansi /JHS and Kanpur Central/CNB)
*11124 [[Gwalior Mail]] (between [[Gwalior]] /GWL and [[Barauni]] /BJU)
*19167 [[Sabarmati Express]] (between Ahmedabad /ADI and BSB/[[Varanasi]] )

For more detail, Please go to https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

=== Air ===

The nearest airport from Chirgaon is [[Gwalior Airport]] in [[Gwalior]] ([[Madhya Pradesh]]). Gwalior Airport ([[IATA]] Code:GWL, [[ICAO]] Code: VIGR), also known as Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindia Vimantal, is about 130  km from Chirgaon. Gwalior is connected to Delhi, Mumbai and Jabalpur regularly by [[Air India]]. Gwalior also has a big airforce station.
More flights for major destinations like Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Jaipur are expected to start soon.

== Schools ==

Chirgaon has an agricultural college. It has three Inter colleges and 4 high schools and several primary schools in the public service. Main schools in the town are :
*Gyan jyoti Public School.
*Sardar Patel Inter college.
*Saraswati Vidhya Mandir Inter College.
*Saraswati Shishu Mandir.
*Sri Shah Lal Chandra Jain Adarsh Junior High School (Bal Mandir High School)
*Rashtrakavi Maithili Saran Gupt High School.
*C.L.S. Inter College
*B.L.N. Memorial Public School

Despite being in the hinterland and being neglected by the national and [[Uttar Pradesh Government|state governments]], Chirgaon has given a lot of good engineers, doctors & administrators who have served the nation and the world in their respective capacities.

== Banks ==

Chirgaon has a branch of [[State Bank of India]] (Branch code=7831), a branch of [[Central Bank of India]], a branch of [[Punjab National Bank|PNB]] and a branch of [[Bank of India]]. There are five [[automated teller machine]]s of Central Bank of India, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of India, HDFC Bank in the city near bank. Another ATM from Chirgaon is situated at [[Parichha]], 8  km away from Chirgaon and at [[Moth, Uttar Pradesh|Moth]], about 24 km away from Chirgaon.

== Health care ==
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Chirgaon is served by a primary health care center of state government, where a team of general physician and specialist is available for taking care of local and nearby patients. Private practitioners are also there to serve patients.

== Business and industry ==

Chirgaon and nearby areas are mainly dependent on agriculture business. There is no Industry in and around Chirgaon and hence growth of area is also dead. Most of the people involved in the agriculture industry are illiterate. And they handle their crops unscientifically and do net get much return on their investment and labors and hence most of them are in hand to mouth situation always. Chirgaon is not a big industrial area.

Chirgaon and surrounding area are highly neglected by [[Government of India|Central]] and [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|State government]] for any development initiative in the field of business or industrial growth of area.

== References ==

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