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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanhai
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| settlement_type = Village
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| nicknames = Kanhaiya, Kanhei
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_name2 = North India
| subdivision_name3 = Gurgaon
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 122003
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#HR.E2.80.94Haryana|HR]]-26,72
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'''Kanhai''' is a midsize village near Sushant Lok. It lies in [[Gurgaon]] mandal of [[Gurgaon District]] in the state of [[Haryana]]. It lies near Ardee city, sector 45, sector 44 and Sushant lok. Shri Mati Saroj Yadav is the village head (sarpanch). It has a population of about 12 thousand persons living in around 1140 households.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/31-jul-2014-244-Gurgaon-Page-1.html |title=दैनिक जागरण | language=hi | trans-title=Dainik Jagran |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-date=2014-08-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140805235307/http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/31-jul-2014-244-Gurgaon-Page-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The village is as old as [[Mahabharat]] times. [[Guru Draonacharya]] used to give teaching in this village. [[Krishna]] also stayed in Kanhai for some time. It got its name from Krishna as "Kanhaiya", later corrupted to Kanhai.<ref name=":0" />

Kanhai serves as a residential hub for servants and students who work in nearby different companies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ngopost.org/story/aid-delhi-chapter-shiksharth |title=AID Delhi Chapter - Shiksharth | NGOPost |access-date=14 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817214035/http://ngopost.org/story/aid-delhi-chapter-shiksharth |archive-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kanhai also has the biggest church of Gurgaon called the Church of Immaculate Conception, and also has the head office of the electricity company of DHBVN.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dhbvn.com/ |title=Home Page of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam |access-date=20 August 2013 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813184422/http://www.dhbvn.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Gurgaon district topics}}

[[Category:Villages in Gurgaon district]]

Kanhai - Revision history

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