Chugawan is a village located in the Moga district of Punjab, India. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Moga, the principal city of the Moga district. The total literacy rate of Chugawan is 79.49%, out of which the individual literacy values by sex are 85.91% for males and 72.12% for females of the locality.[when?][citation needed] There are about 497 houses located in the village.[2]
Culture
The village belongs to the Malwai culture and the Malwai dialect of Punjabi is spoken by the locals.[3]
There is a shrine in the village dedicated to a fakir named Baba Sayyad Kabir, who is believed to be buried there.[4] It is believed that offering salt at the shrine cures warts.[4] There is a one-day mela festival held in Chugawan during the month of Chet (March-April) dedicated to the saint.[4]
References
- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Moga". Census of India. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Moga, Parminder Singh Grover; Singh, Davinderjit (20 May 2011). Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab. Parminder Singh Grover. p. 179.
- ^ a b c Snehi, Yogesh (24 April 2019). "Table 2.2: Fairs and festivals in the 'memory of pirs' held in Ferozepur district of Punjab (including Muktsar and Moga) in the year 1961". Spatializing Popular Sufi Shrines in Punjab: Dreams, Memories, Territoriality. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429515637.
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