Jonaicha khurd
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Hindi
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: जौनायचा खुर्द) is a village
Village
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of Alwar district of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state in India with a population around 3000. Though there are no clear evidences available but it is believed that Jonaicha Khurd was founded in the year of 1154 AD by a person named Jonna. Jonna was a relative of the royal family of Alwar. Jonaicha Khurd is a Yadav majority village with around 80 percent of total population. Most of the yadavs belong to Nikumbh
Nikumbh
Nikumbh is a clan of Chauhan Rajputs, also found in Yaduvanshi Ahirs in the states of Rajasthan and Haryana in India.Though the original home of Nikumbhs are Rajputana and Punjab, they are found in eastern Uttar Pradesh and are settled in the Farrukhabad, Jaunpur, Ballia, Tulsipur-Balarampur,...
gotra which is one of the rare Yadav gotra with only 3 other villages.
Location
Jonaicha khurd is located at 28.023°N 76.446°E. It is located 5 km inside of North-Eastern border Rajasthan-Haryana. This village is the "Tapobhumi" of Baba Kundandas maharaj; one of the greatest saints of the area. Distance to National highway number 8 (NH-8) at Shahajahanpur is 3 km. It is connected with all major metro cities of IndiaIndia
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like New Delhi
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120 km, Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
80 km, Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
152 km, Mumbai
Mumbai
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1050 km, Kolkata
Kolkata
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1400 km and Chennai
Chennai
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2000 km by best roads of country; National Highways of India. Indira Gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
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New Delhi is 100 km from this village and nearest railway station Bawal
Bawal
Bawal is a municipality of Rewari district in the state of Haryana, India. Bawal comes under the National Capital Region of India and is strategically located on the National Highway 8, about 14 km from Rewari, 60 km from Gurgaon and about 100 km from Delhi.- Geography :Bawal is...
has a distance of 20 km. Joniacha Khurd is surrounded by Bani jonaicha in the south, Sanseri and Jonaicha kalan in the west, Gugalkota in the east and Khandoda (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...
) in the north. One of the major tourist and industrial spot of the area; Neemrana
Neemrana
Neemrana is an ancient historical town in Alwar district of Rajasthan, India, situated at 122 km from Delhi on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in Behror tehsil. It is the site of 14th century Hill-Fort ruled by Chauhans till 1947...
is located at 8 km from this village.
Baba Kundan Das Ji Maharaj
Jonaicha Khurd is the proud "Karmbhumi" and "Tapobhumi" of Baba Kundan Das Ji Maharaj. He was a great soul with many paranormal powers including SamadhiSamadhi
Samadhi in Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna. In the yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali....
which he earned by practicing Yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
. Today the "Dhuna" of Baba is a temple and fabulous place to visit. Also its in the center of village both in terms of location and social activities. Important meetings, political gatherings, "Keertans" usually take place here including annual fairs. Married couples start their married life not before taking blessings of the holy saint. An annual fair is held on 6th (chhath)of Hindi month bhadrapad in the memory of that great saint. Many sports competition viz wrestling (all India level, witnessing participation of many national level wrestlers), Kabaddi
Kabaddi
Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...
, Volleyball
Volleyball
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etc. are major attractions of the fair. It is also an ideal event to have a sparkling glimpse of the village culture of Rath area.
Vedic Vankhandi Aashram
Ancient Indian teaching system and vedic aashram concept is still alive in this village by means of Vedic Bankhandi Aashram. This aasharm has a vast lush green area including various fruit trees, medicinal herbs and various other plants.It is accommodated by brhamcharis. Brhamcharis remain unmarried throughout their lives and live according to VedicVedic
Vedic may refer to:* the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indic texts** Vedic Sanskrit, the language of these texts** Vedic period, during which these texts were produced** Vedic pantheon of gods mentioned in Vedas/vedic period...
living style preached by great vedic philosopher Swami Dayanand Saraswati. At any point of time aashram is headed by one guruji who guides other bramcharis known as chellas (pupils). Aashram is open for everyone in terms of its resources and accessibility. People from all ages, caste and religion visit this place frequently in search of mental peace and good health.
At present Shri Inderdev is the Guru
Guru
A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
of the Aasram while Shri Ramsingh is deputy to him. Aashram operates an ancient Indian style Gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
; which is available at no cost to everyone. Another attraction of aashram is; its seven storey "Yagyshala" which is being used for daily morning Yajna
Yajna
In Hinduism, yajna is a ritual of sacrifice derived from the practice of Vedic times. It is performed to please the gods or to attain certain wishes...
. From time to time camps focused on teachings of Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...
are organized at Aashram.
Education
Jonaicha khurd has leading place in education in BehrorBehror
Behror is a town and a municipality in Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan, India.Behror comes under Delhi NCR region.-Geography: is located at . It has an average elevation of ....
tehsil
Tehsil
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with an above national average literacy rate. It has one government primary school for boys, one for girls and one secondary coeducation school with several good private schools. Currently Mr Sati Ram Yadav is serving as the headmaster of boys primary school. Level of education and awareness has boosted in these years and more working population is now engaged in government or industrial jobs. This is in turn resulting in a higher family income and living standards. Jonaicha khurd has highest number of government teachers in the area. This village has produced many doctors, scientists, administrators, Hotelier, businessmen, engineers, bankers, politicians, social workers, soldiers, teachers etc.; some of them are working overseas also. Village has produced one Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and one Rajasthan Administrative Service
Rajasthan Administrative Service
Rajasthan Administrative Service,or RAS, popularly known as RAS, is the supreme civil service of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The recruitment to these Service is made on the basis of annual Competitive Examination...
(RAS) officer also. Students and alumni from the schools of this village have earned various honors like national merit award, Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
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, CSIR-NET
National Eligibility Test
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, GATE
Gate
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, and degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Mr. Arvind Yadav has been awarded prestigious German Academic Exchange Service
German Academic Exchange Service
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(DAAD) (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) fellowship for excellence in studies and an opportunity to work at TU Dresden, Germany. He has visited countries like Canada, Germany, Italy, UAE, Czech Republic, France, Spain for presenting scientific work and is one of the organizers for the International scientific conference on colloids, that will take place in 2011 in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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, USA. Mr. H.S.Yadav, working as defense scientist (DRDO, Ministry of Defence (India)), is involved in prestigious Agni (missile) development program and contributing towards the self reliant of mother India in critical defense technologies. Mr. Ravindra Yadav cracked one of the toughest medical entrance examinations in India and currently he is pursuing MBBS from prestigious Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. One daughter of the village is serving as cabin crew for Air India
Air India
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´s international operations. Mr. Deepak Yadav passed NDA exam and joined Indian Naval Academy
Indian Naval Academy
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as commissioned officer. Several other students from village are enrolled in engineering and technical education.
Political Situation
Jonaicha khurd falls under Alwar constituency of Loksabha of Indian parliament and under Mundawar constituency of state legislative assembly Vidhansabha. Until 2007 it was falling under BehrorBehror
Behror is a town and a municipality in Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan, India.Behror comes under Delhi NCR region.-Geography: is located at . It has an average elevation of ....
legislative assembly seat.It belongs to Neemrana panchayat smiti and is the headquarter of Jonaicha Khurd Panchayat. Currently both Loksabha (Alwar) and Vidhansabha (Mundawar) seats are being held by Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
. The village Panchayat is the most powerful political body at village level and has tremendous impact on village politics. Present Panchyat is constituted of two villages namely Bani jonaicha and Jonaicha khurd. Currently Sarpanch
Sarpanch
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of this village is Mr Satish Yadav from Bani Jonaicha. He was elected in Panchayat elections of 2010, earlier Mrs. Krishna Yadav, Mr. Udai Bhan Yadav and Mr. Ramkishan Yadav have completed their tenure of "Sarpanchi".
Economy
Earlier, economyEconomy
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of Jonaicha Khurd was based mainly on agriculture and govt jobs predominately in teaching, army and police services but since last few years this trend is undergoing a change because of less remunerative nature of agriculture and more awareness about the importance of education. Nowadays major contributing factors of economy of this village are government and industrial jobs, business, agriculture etc. Vicinity of various industrial hubs like Gurgaon, Shahajahanpur, Neemrana, Behror, Bhiwadi, khushkhera, Alwar is providing jobs to many working hands. Turnaround in infrastructure of the village especially telephone and road connectivity coupled with availability of electricity has changed the very image of an Indian village.This is in turn resulting in a higher family income and living standards.
Culture
Culture of village has a vast influence of HaryanaHaryana
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...
that is no surprise because of its location on Haryana-Rajasthan border. Rath is the main spoken language as of most of the Rath area. It comes very much closer to Haryanvi language. Jonaicha khurd is a village of 100% Hindu
Hindu
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population, hence the culture involves all Hindu festivals and rituals. The festival of light Deepawali, the colorful festival of Holi
Holi
Holi , is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, United...
and the annual fairs are among the most awaited festivals.
Annual Cricket Competition
Since 1999 Jonaicha khurd is hosting an annual multi-team cricket event named as "Akhil Bharatiya (all india) Baba Kundandas Smriti Cricket Pratiyogita (competition)". Started with 6 teams in the first year it is gaining more reputation each year and more than 30 teams took part in 2008. This takes place in the secondary school play ground. Usually this event starts a few days before DiwaliDiwali
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with a Final
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on the great festival of light. Villagers take all the responsibilities related with this competition including expenses and other preparations.