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{{Short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chewdara
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Masjid-i-Ali in Chewdara, Budgam.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Markazi Jamia Masjid Shareef In Chewdara — Masjid-i-[[Ali]] (r.a)
(مرکٔزی جامعه مسجد شریٖف ژیوٚڈور)
| pushpin_map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
| coordinates = {{Coord|34.027832|N|74.604783|E|display=title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Budgam district|Budgam]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]]
| established_title = 
| government_type = Panchayat
| governing_body = Government of India
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 1580
| population_total = 4161
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| blank1_name_sec1 = Sex Ratio
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1897 [[female|♀]]/ 2264 [[male|♂]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 193411
| website = https://redel9.github.io/Chewdara/
| blank_name_sec1 = Religion
| blank_name_sec2 = Ethnicity
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Islam]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Kashmiris]]
| subdivision_type4 = Block/DDC Constituency
| subdivision_name4 = [[Rathsoon]]
| subdivision_name5 =
| leader_title1 = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name1 = *Mohammed Maqbool Dar<ref name="auto">[http://drdk.nic.in/Sarpanch%20contacts/BUDGAM.pdf Budgam] drdk.nic.in {{dead link|date=January 2024}}</ref>(Chewdara-A), [present]
*Bilal Ahmad Mir<ref name="auto"/> (Chewdara-B),[present]
| leader_title = [[District Development Council|DDC Councilor]]
| leader_name = Khursheed Ahmed Sheikh<ref>{{Cite news|title=DDC Poll results: NC wins eight of 14 seats in Budgam; PDF and independents bag 2 seats each|url=https://kashmirreader.com/2020/12/23/ddc-poll-results-nc-wins-eight-of-14-seats-in-budgam-pdf-and-independents-bag-2-seats-each/|date=23 December 2020|publisher=Kashmir Reader|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>
| native_name = Tsivdor
| native_name_lang = ks
| other_name = Chivdora<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=chivdora&pg=PA250|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''Chewdara, Tsivdor''' or '''Chivdora''',({{IPAc-en|t|ʃ|u|d|æ|r|ə}}) is a village in the [[Rathsoon|Rathsun]] block of the [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]] [[tehsil]] in [[Budgam]] district of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It is located {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} towards west of the Budgam district headquarters, {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} from Beerwah and {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} from the winter capital [[Srinagar]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kashmir|first=India Director of Census Operations, Jammu and|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex1AAAAAMAAJ&q=chewdora|title=District Census Handbook: Srinagar|date=1973|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Government|pages=154|language=en}}</ref> Chewdara has two [[Panchayati Raj|panchayats]], Chewdara-A and Chewdara-B.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/findvillages.aspx|access-date=2021-07-28|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

=== Population ===
As of the 2011 census, the population of Chewdara is 4161, of which 2264 are males and 1897 are females. The total number of children below 6 years is 824 as per the report. There are about 626 houses in Chewdara.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India: Search Details|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=546|access-date=2021-07-30|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kashmir|first=India Director of Census Operations, Jammu and|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex1AAAAAMAAJ&q=land+in+chewdara|title=District Census Handbook: Srinagar|date=1973|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Government|pages=LVII, Page,166|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJgUAQAAMAAJ&q=chewdara|title=Village Town Wise Population and Scheduled Caste Population, Series 8, Jammu & Kashmir: Special Paper of 1981|date=1985|publisher=Controller of Publications|pages=38|language=en}}</ref>

{{Bar box|float=none|title=Population%|left1=Population|right1=percentage%|bars={{bar percent|Males|blue|54.41}}
{{bar percent|Females|yellow|45.59}}|background-color=skyblue|titlebar=#fcd117}}

=== Religion ===
{{Bar box|float=none|title=Religions|left1=Religion|right1=percentage%|bars={{bar percent|Islam|green|100}}
{{bar percent|Others|white|0}}|titlebar=#fcd116|background-color=skyblue}}

== Geography ==
The total geographical area of Chewdara village is 249.7 Hectares (2.497 km<sup>2</sup>). It is located at an elevation of 1,580 m (5,180 ft.) above the sea level.

== Educational institutions ==

===Schools===
The major institutions in Chewdara are the Government Higher Secondary School<ref>{{Cite web|title=HS CHEWDARA — Chewdara, District Badgam (Jammu And Kashmir)|url=https://schools.org.in/badgam/01040302103/hs-chewdara.html|access-date=2021-08-04|website=schools.org.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=RASHID |first=ARIF |date=2023-09-22 |title=Chewdara residents, students seek RCC cement pipes to prevent school flooding |url=https://risingkashmir.com/chewdara-residents-students-seek-rcc-cement-pipes-to-prevent-school-flooding/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Rising Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Al-Huda International School<ref>{{Cite web|title=Al Huda Intenatinal School Chewdara 🇮🇳 - WorldPlaces|url=https://india.worldplaces.me/view-place/81855168-al-huda-intenatinal-school-chewdara.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=india.worldplaces.me|language=en}}</ref> and Govt Boys Primary school and Govt middle school Umerabad.

===Orphanages===
Apna Ghar, an orphanage located in Chewdara Beerwah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kashmirreader.com/2020/11/14/fire-breaks-out-in-budgam-orphanage-boarders-evacuated-police/|title=Fire breaks out in Budgam orphanage, boarders evacuated: Police|first=Arif|last=Rashid|date=13 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/fire-breaks-out-in-orphanage-2/|title=Fire breaks out in orphanage|first=Daily|last=Excelsior|date=14 November 2020}}</ref>

== Transport ==

The nearest railway station to Chewdara is the [[Mazhom railway station]], and the nearest airport is the [[Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chewdara A, Beerwah Village information {{!}} Soki.In|url=https://soki.in/chewdara-a-beerwah-badgam|access-date=2021-08-14|website=soki.in}}</ref> And nearest town chewdara is [[Magam]] and Beerwah .<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dept |first=Jammu and Kashmir (India) Finance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wr2Ig3XZoGIC&q=chewdara |title=Consolidated Plan Budget |date=1973 |publisher=Printed at Ranbir Government Press |language=en}}</ref>

== Mosques ==
There are two mosques in the village that hold congregational Friday prayers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GKNN|title=Hami decries civilian killings in Kashmir|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/hami-decries-civilian-killings-in-kashmir|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:A mosque in Chewdara-A, Budgam.png|317x317px]][[File:Markazi_Jamia_Masjid_Shareef_Chewdara-B.jpg|border|371x371px]]

== Shrines ==
Shrines of [[Sufi]]s/[[Auliya'a]]s in Chewdara. Their names are as follows:

* [[Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi shrine, Bijbehara|Hazrat Baba Naseeb-Ud-Din Ghazi]] (Chewdara-A).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=chivdora&pg=PA250|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|pages=250|language=en}}</ref>
* Syed Ali Allauddin Khansahib Razvi-Al Bukhari,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syed Ali Allauddin (khansahib) Razvi Al-Bukhari (R.a) · Chewdara, Jammu and Kashmir 193411|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/SYED+ALI+ALLAUDDIN+(KHANSAHIB)+RIZVI+AL-BUKHARI+(R.a)+-+%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF+%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C+%D8%B9%D9%8E%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%91%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%86+(%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8)+%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%91%D8%A8%D9%8F%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%AD/@34.0273396,74.6055148,695m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x38e1976623593405:0x8a9fd286bf8e418c!8m2!3d34.0273396!4d74.6055148!16s%2Fg%2F11jlfpxy99?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Syed Ali Alaa-Ud-Din (khansahib) Bukhari (R.a) · Chewdara, Jammu and Kashmir 193411|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=RASHID |first=ARIF |date=2024-06-23 |title=Urs Hazrat Syed Ali Allaudin Bukhari (RA) observed in Budgam |url=https://risingkashmir.com/urs-hazrat-syed-ali-allaudin-bukhari-ra-observed-in-budgam/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Rising Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref> (Chewdara-B)
* Syed Ali's father "Syed Saif Ud Din (khansahib) Bukhari (R.A)" (Chewdara-B).[[File:Syed Ali Alaa Ud Din (Khansahib) Bukhari.jpg|thumb|shrine of syed ali alaa ud din khansahib bukhari|none|253x253px]]

== Notable people ==
[[File:Khadeejah_Namah_written_by_Peer_Ali_Shah_Kashmiri.jpg|thumb|192x192px|''Khadeejah Namah'']]

* '''Pir Ali Shah Kashmiri''' (''poet''): Author whose works include ''Khadeej/Khatij/Khadijah Namah'' about [[Khadija bint Khuwaylid]], the first wife of [[Muhammad]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ramesh Chander Dogra |title=Jammu and Kashmir: A Select and Annotated Bibliography of Manuscripts, Books and Articles Together With a Survey of Its History, Languages and Literature From Rajatarangini to 1977/78 |year=1982 |publisher=Ajanta Publications |isbn=978-81-202-0140-8 |url=https://scholar.archive.org/work/yz7my5qnfbdvbeg7fgn6zyann4}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Rathsoon]].
* [[Aripanthan]].
* [[Pethmakhama]].
* [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir|Beerwah]].
* [[Ohangam]].
* [[Sonapah]].
* [[Wanihama]].
* [[Meerpora]].
* [[Kandoora|Kandour.]]
* [[Arizal, Jammu and Kashmir|Arizal]] .

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
# {{Cite web|last=Rashid|first=Arif|date=2021-10-26|title=Reaching their fields a struggle for farmers in Beerwah village|url=https://kashmirreader.com/2021/10/27/reaching-their-fields-a-struggle-for-farmers-in-beerwah-village/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Kashmir Reader}}
# [http://budgam.nic.in/ Official Website of Budgam District].
# {{URL|http://educationaltrustkashmir.com/|Official Website of Educational Trust Kashmir}}.
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Eldargvj at 02:36, 17 January 2026