Chomu

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Chomu
Town
Chomu Location in Rajasthan, India Chomu Chomu (India) Show map of RajasthanShow map of IndiaShow all
Coordinates: 27°10′N 75°43′E / 27.17°N 75.72°E / 27.17; 75.72Coordinates: 27°10′N 75°43′E / 27.17°N 75.72°E / 27.17; 75.72
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaipur
Founded by	Thankur Karan Singh
Government
• Body	Municipality of Chomu
• M.L.A.	Ram Lal Sharma (BJP)
Population  (census 2011)
• Total	64,417
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ 41

Chomu (Sanskrit chau meaning four, mouh meaning mouth or way) is a municipality in Jaipur district in the state of Rajasthan, India.

Chomu municipality is governed by Congress member Vishnu Saini by a lead of 31/45.

Chomu is located at

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Near cities[]

Jaipur[]

Chomu is located nearly 35 km away from Jaipur city.

Reengus (Sri Madhopur)[]

Chomu shares its boundaries with Sri Madhopur tehsil of sikar district in north and east directions. Reengus town (Sri Madhopur tehsil) is located about 33 km from Chomu.

Mundru (Sri Madhopur)[]

Mundru village is located about 29 km from Chomu in an east direction. SH 37 starts from Chomu city to Rajgarh (Churu) via Ajitgarh ; Sri Madhopur ; Udaipurwati ; Jhunjhunu ; Chirawa ; Pilani ; Rajgarh, its other branch goes to Singhana via Neem ka thana ; Khetri.

Renwal[]

It is located nearly 40 km away from Chomu in west direction.

Shahpura[]

SH 37 proceeds from Samode to Shahpura. Shahpura is about 47 km away from Chomu.

Demographics[]

As of the 2011 census of India,^[2] Chomu town is divided into 30 wards for which elections are held every five years. The town has a population of 64617 of which 33,850 are males while 30,567 are females.

The town has an average literacy rate of 79.35%, higher than the national average of 74.04% and State average of 66.11%; with male literacy of 90.19% and female literacy of 67.62%. 13.93% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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History[]

According to local history, Chomu was established on Akshiya Trutiya, 1595; By Samod's Raaval Thankur Karan Singh s.o Raaval Thankur Manohardas. The draft and design of the town was proposed by Pandit Beniprasad Bhaatara. According to local historian Vaidh Kailashnath Shastri, Thakur Manohardas along with Lakkhi Banjara, laid the foundation of the "Baavli" near the Surajpol Gate on the eastern entrance whose construction was completed in 1640. Later, the grandson of Thakur Karan Singh, Thakur Mohan Singh began the construction of the wall surrounding the city, entrances and canal, all of which were finally completed in 1719.^{[citation needed]}

An annual fest is held every year on 26 April in honor of the founders and of the town.^{[citation needed]}

Politics[]

Chomu is one of the 13 sub-districts in Jaipur and it consists of 3 blocks and covers nearly 80 villages.

Chomu's current MLA is sh. Ramlal Sharma (BJP) and former MLA was sh. Bhagwan Sahai Saini (Congress). Chomu has its own municipality and 37 wards.

References[]

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