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| subdivision_name2 = [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]]
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| elevation_m = 240
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'''Chhaprauli''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Baghpat district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].
The Block is established in 01/04/1960.

==History==
Chhaprauli is listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] under Delhi [[sarkar (country subdivision)|sarkar]], producing a revenue of 1,138,759 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 20 cavalry.<ref name="Ain-i-Akbari">{{cite book |last1=Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak |last2=Jarrett |first2=Henry Sullivan (translator) |title=The Ain-i-Akbari |date=1891 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |location=Calcutta |page=286 |url=https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chhaprauli is located at {{Coord|29.22|N|77.18|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/0/Chhaprauli.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chhaprauli]</ref> It has an average elevation of 240 metres (787 feet).

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Chhaprauli had a population of 17,795. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chhaprauli has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 66% and female literacy of 43%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Chhaprauli has a sizeable Jat population majorly Khokhar Gotra (which holds the traditional headman ship of Chaubisi Khap) have been dominating the politics of the region for a long time. The most prominent and popular personality related to this town is the late [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]], The only true farmer's leader who served the top post of the country as the prime minister in 1979–80. He started his successful political career from Chhaprauli Assembly in 1937.

== References ==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bagpat district]]

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