Chirgaon

Chirgaon
Chirgaon is located in Uttar Pradesh
Chirgaon
Chirgaon
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°34′N 78°49′E / 25.567°N 78.817°E / 25.567; 78.817
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
RegionBundelkhand
DistrictJhansi
Population
 (2011)
 • Total49,977[1]
Languages
 • OfficialHindi and Bundelkhandi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
284301
Telephone code915170-XXXXXX
Vehicle registrationUP-93
Sex ratio0.908[2] /
Literacy84.86%[3]

Chirgaon is a town and a municipal board in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[4]

Chirgaon is located 30 km away from Jhansi, situated on Jhansi–Kanpur National Highway 27. There is a fort in the middle of the town.

The place is also famous for being the birthplace of poets Maithili Sharan Gupt,[5] his younger brother Siyaram Sharan Munshi and Munshi Ajmeri. Chirgaon was actively involved in Freedom Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, who had visited Chirgaon on more than one occasion.[citation needed] From 1935–45, hundreds of Chirgaon youth joined the movement.

  1. ^ "Chirgaon Population Census 2011". Census 2011 – Census of India.
  2. ^ "Chirgaon Population Census 2011". Census 2011 – Census of India.
  3. ^ "Chirgaon Population Census 2011". Census 2011 – Census of India.
  4. ^ "Chirgaon Population Census 2011". Census 2011 – Census of India.
  5. ^ Shri hargovind, "Dadda Ki Chhaya Me", in Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Granth, Ed. Agravaal Vaasudevasharana, 1959, Raashhtarkavi Maithiliisharana Gupt Abhinandan Committee Calcutta, p. 101.