Mandothi

Mandothi
village
Mandothi
Mandothi

Location in Haryana, India

Coordinates: 28°42′23″N 76°49′15″E / 28.7065°N 76.8207°E / 28.7065; 76.8207Coordinates: 28°42′23″N 76°49′15″E / 28.7065°N 76.8207°E / 28.7065; 76.8207
Country  India
State Haryana
District Jhajjar District
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration HR
Nearest city Bahadurgarh
Lok Sabha constituency Rohtak
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bahadurgarh
Website haryana.gov.in

Mandothi is a village in Jhajjar District of Haryana in India.[1] It is about 40 km northwest of New Delhi and an hour's drive from the heart of New Delhi city.

The population of the village consists of about 30,000 people and agriculture is the main occupation. Though the village has electricity, it has no running water facilities, as is the case in most of the Indian villages where people fetch drinking water from the wells. It was Panchayat election that bought this village to limelight when four people were killed in an election in year 1994. The Pahalwan took over as sarpanch. the village became battlefield since then and rival groups have killed more than 100 people in the clashes which took place in the later years. however state government did notice this and established a special police check post at the village.

The village has 9 schools — some exclusively for girls, others exclusively for boys and some are coeducational. Although primary education is compulsory and free for every child in India, some parents do not send their children to school due to the cost of books, clothing, etc.

The inhabitants of Mandothi are called Dalal by Gotra. Mandothi is one of the villages with the largest Dalal community. Mandothi has a runway for aeroplane landing which was built during the British rule.

Because the village has given birth to a lot of wrestlers it is also known as a "Village of Wrestlers". Some of them are Ratankawar Pahlwan, Sonu Pahlwan, Karan singh Pahlwan, Nihala Pahlwan, Prithi Pahlwan, Kala Pahlwan and Surender Pahlwan Urf (Dhandha). The village is head of panchayat of many Gotras. It is 10 –12 km away from Bahadurgarh which is almost on the border of Delhi.

There is a big Gosala in Mandothi where is a big gau sala in this village. Every year from January 11 to January 14 there is a haryanvi ragni competition. This village has many akahara.

There are Six famous temples in the village.

ॐ DADA CHOTARIYA MANDIR ॐ

There are three Pana in this villages

References

  1. ↑ "Mandothi". Retrieved 2009-01-12.
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