Chachohar: Difference between revisions

'''Chachohar''' is a village in [[Mansa district, India|Mansa district]] of [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]].<ref name=pt>{{cite news |title=ਨਹਿਰੀ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਕਮੀ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਈ ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਪ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ  |url=http://punjabitribuneonline.com/2011/12/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A8-%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%88-%E0%A8%AA/ |newspaper=Punjabi Tribune |date= 31 December 2011 |access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=aj>{{cite news|title=ਮੋਘਾ ਨੀਵਾਂ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਖਿਲਾਫ਼ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ|url=http://www.ajitjalandhar.com/20120504/bathinda.php|newspaper=Daily Ajit|date=4 May 2012|access-date=21 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602124324/http://www.ajitjalandhar.com/20120504/bathinda.php|archive-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> In 2009, the village was honored for increasing the number of girls in schools.<ref name=ih>{{cite news|title=ਸਕੂਲਾਂ ’ਚ ਮੁੰਡਿਆਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਕਾਫੀ ਘੱਟ|url=http://punjabinews.ihues.com/2010/11/30/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82-%E2%80%99%E0%A8%9A-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82-%E0%A8%95/|newspaper=ihues.com|date=30 November 2010|access-date=21 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130127231444/http://punjabinews.ihues.com/2010/11/30/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82-%E2%80%99%E0%A8%9A-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82-%E0%A8%95/|archive-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> The village was on the list for more than 90% of voting in the February 2012 election.<ref name=pt2>{{cite news |title=ਪੋਲਿੰਗ ਫ਼ੀਸਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਾਨਸਾ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਨੇ ਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਮਾਰੀ |url=http://punjabitribuneonline.com/2012/02/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97-%E0%A9%9E%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A6-%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9A-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE-%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87/ |newspaper=Punjabi Tribune |date=2 February 2012 |access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref>

 

The population mostly follows the [[Sikhism]] with other minorities.