Chandeni is a rural area in Bhiwani

Bhiwani

Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India. It is known as the city of temples. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city has been the centerstage of regional politics. The city is hometown to three of Haryana's chief ministers: Bansi...

 district of Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

, India.

Establishment

The village was named after a woman called Chanda (Hindi: चंदा) in the first decade of 1900s with the incoming of Grewal

Grewal

Grewal/ Garewal is a surname of Jats found in Haryana, Punjab and Pakistan. They are regarded as prominent and respected clan that has greatly influenced South Asia, especially during the British Raj. Notable people include Kartar Singh Sarabha....

 clan people. She arrived this place with his husband and other family from Bamla (Hindi: बामला) which is also in Bhiwani. Local people say that the family was trying to escape a murder conspiracy and settled here. They occupied the entire land of the village.

Location and weather

Chandeni comes under the Charkhi Dadri

Charkhi Dadri

Charkhi Dadri is a town and a municipal committee in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India. The town was made by joining the villages of Charkhi and Dadri after urban development....

 tehsil of Bhiwani district. It is located 3 km from the Badhwana road at Dadri

Dadri

Dadri is a city and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Dadri is located at . It has an average elevation of 216 metres .It has world largest power project.-Demographics:...

-Narnaul

Narnaul

Narnaul is a city, a municipal council and headquarter of Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the very few districts in India with the name of the district different from the name of the main town in the district.- Geography :...

 road 28.474605°N 76.125264°E The district head quarter, Bhiwani, The tehsil centre, Dadri, and the semi-urbanised area Jhojhu are at a distance of about 50, 15 and 5 km respectively. The land is desert. It is extremely hot in summer and experiences reverse conditions in winters.

People

Most of the people here are from Jat community. Though, initially, it was established by Grewals only, but due to large number of Sangwan

Sangwan

Sangwan or sangwa is a clan or gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh in India. The Sangwan clan is also settled in Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan...

 people residing in nearby area, the major portion of the population has become Sangwans. About 90% of people here are Sangwan and Ahlawat and 10% homes belong to Grewal. Most of the people do not live in the mainland of village, but on the outskirts and the cultivated land of the village. This brings a decline in the population of Chandeni.

Occupation

A majority of people here belong to ancestral farming. But they also exhibit a special attachment towards the Indian Armed Forces. Most of the male population of the village are either serving or retired Army Personnel at some point of time in their life. Besides that, the newer generations are more attracted towards reputed positions like Civil Services, Engineering and Doctors.

Agriculture

There is an acute ground level water shortage due to the weather conditions. An irrigation canal exists but has not held water since 1996. The main method of irrigation is underground, non-submersible water pumps. Wells are dug to a depth of around 200 feet (61 m) and then bored deeper in order to reach the water level. The potors are kept at the bottom of such dry wells reaching the water level through pipes. The major crops of this area are millet

Millet

The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops or grains, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. They do not form a taxonomic group, but rather a functional or agronomic one. Their essential similarities are that they are small-seeded grasses grown in difficult...

, wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, sorghum

Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents...

 and chickpea

Chickpea

The chickpea is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae...

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