Chandesh

Chandesh
Village
Chandesh Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°18′49″N 83°47′30″E / 25.3137458°N 83.791582°ECoordinates: 25°18′49″N 83°47′30″E / 25.3137458°N 83.791582°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	802132
Telephone code	91-6184
Vehicle registration	BR-45

Chandesh (Hindi - चंडेश) is an Indian village of farmers in Noan, Kaimur, India. It has a large population of Hindus and Muslims and has strategic importance due its central location. The Chandesh Chauk has gained increasing importance in trade and commerce and holds promise of much more. There are numerous general stores, medical, textile, electronic, forges, grocery and sweet shops. Almost all household things are available in the bazaar including vegetables. Residents and politicians hope that it will become a major cultural center in coming years, with major trade giants setting their shops and centers in this part. The place already has of several wireless phone towers and oil pumps. Carpenters and hardware specialists are some of the most sought after people in the area. The roads connecting the Chandesh Chauk have multiplied over the last couple of years and has done well to post huge improvements in business volume. The general rise in income from agriculture, dairy and agro-based industries have resulted in increase of purchasing powers of common man. This has led to enhancement of business sector. It is a marked representation of the general improvement in the health of the state of Bihar which has remained rather obsolete in terms of lateral developments over the last two decades.^[1] The current Chief minister of Bihar, Mr Nitish Kumar has brought significant changes in the mechanism of distribution and generation of resources. The steep rise in the standards of living are a manifestation of the current economic development works in the state under Kumar's and Panchayat Mukhiapati Shri Jai Prakash Rai's leadership. The village has recently been awarded an elevated status of "Adarsh Gram" (Model Village) under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana.

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Religion

People in this village are very religious and have extraordinary courtesy to each other's religious ceremonies. The overwhelming majority Hindu and minority Muslim communities reside in complete harmony and social concord. The village has two Temples and a Mosque. Ideally Hindus are expected to perform sixteen major samskaras rites during the course of their lifetime but, as with Hindus throughout the country (the general masses), not all Samskaras can be practically performed; only the most important ones such as Garbhadharana (conception), Jatakarma (birth ceremony), Namakarana (naming ceremony), Annaprasana (first feeding solid food), Choodakarana (first tonsure), Vidhyarambha (starting of education), Upanayanam (thread ceremony- initiation), Vivaha (marriage) and Anthyesthi (funeral rites) are performed. The Ramlila and Holi celebrations in the village are well known and are visited by many to get an insight into ancient Hindu societies in India.

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Society

Social scientists of the past wrote of villages as virtually self-sufficient communities with few ties to the outside world, this is a classic example. In actuality, village life is far from simple. It is connected through a variety of crucial horizontal linkages with other villages and with urban areas both near and far. It is characterized by a multiplicity of economic, caste, kinship, occupational, and religious groups linked vertically within each settlement. Factionalism is a typical feature of village politics.

Agriculture

(a) Five Major crops: 1. Paddy 2. Wheat 3. Dalhan 4. Telhan 5. Onion and Potato.

(b)Source of Irrigation: (i) Canal (from Son River) (ii) Govt. Tube well (iii) River (iv) Private water pumping wells (v) Pond

(c) Cropping Pattern: Crop area Sown under two or three crop

Infrastructure and Transportation

The village has hundreds of tractors, and the common way to transport goods is by tractor trolleys. Lavish four-wheelers have come in recent years in large numbers as a common means of transportation for people. Four-wheelers ply to near downtowns of Ramgarh, Buxar, Mohania, Bhabua and Kochas along with daily buses to Varanasi. Chandesh More is now an established and equipped transport-depo on Sisaura-Mukhraon Road.

River

River Goria flows from South towards the north west side of the village and finally merges with River Durgavati which later merges with River Karmanasha^[2] and finally into River Ganges.^[3][4]

References

1. "विकास के पथ पर बिहार का बढ़ता कारवां" (in Hindi). 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
2. "About the District". kaimur.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2008. |section= ignored (help)
3. "The River Ganges". templenet.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
4. Mukerjee, Amitabha. "The River Ganga (Ganges)". Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Retrieved 20 June 2009.