Chewdara or Chivdora,() is a village in the Rathsun block of the Beerwah

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...

Budgam Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam adgamN. ...

district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located towards west of the Budgam district headquarters, from Beerwah and from the winter capital Srinagar. Chewdara has two

panchayats The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...

, Chewdara-A and Chewdara-B.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2011 census, the population of Chewdara is 4161, of which 2264 are males and 1897 are females. The total number of children below 6 years is 824 as per the report. There are about 626 houses in Chewdara.

Religion

Geography

The total geographical area of Chewdara village is 249.7 Hectares (2.497 km²). It is located at an elevation of 1,580 m (5,180 ft.) above the sea level.

Educational institutions

Schools

The major institutions in Chewdara are the Government Higher Secondary School and the Al-Huda International School. and Govt girls middle school, Govt Boys Primary school and govt middle school umerabaad and another private school Al Aser International school chewdara

Orphanages

Apna Ghar, an orphanage located in Chewdara Beerwah.

Transport

The nearest railway station to Chewdara is the

Mazhom railway station Mazhom railway station, also known as Mazhama railway station, lies on Northern Railway Network Zone of Indian Railways. It is situated west of Srinagar on Gulmarg Road. It is the major railway stations in Budgam district. The station conne ...

, and the nearest airport is the

Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport also known as Srinagar Airport and Budgam Airbase, is an international airport serving Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is owned by the Indian Air Force, and the Airports Author ...

. And nearest town chewdara is

Magam Magam is a tehsil in central Kashmir's Beerwah sub-district. It is also a town, notified area committee, and a block in Budgam district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is away from sub-district headqua ...

and Beerwah .

Mosques

There are two mosques in the village that hold congregational Friday prayers. Masjid_shareef_

Shrines

Shrines of Sufis/ Auliya'as in Chewdara. Their names are as follows: * Hazrat Baba Naseeb-Ud-Din Ghazi (Chewdara-A). * Syed Ali Allauddin Khansahib Razvi-Al Bukhari, (Chewdara-B) * Syed Ali's father "Syed Saif Ud Din (khansahib) Bukhari (R.A)" (Chewdara-B).

Notable Persons

* Pir Ali Shah Kashmiri (''poet''): He is the author of one of the most popular book/

Mathnawi Mathnawi ( ar, مثنوي ''mathnawī'') or masnavi ( fa, مثنوی) is a kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, or more specifically "a poem based on independent, internally rhyming lines". Most mathnawī poems follow a meter of eleven, or o ...

in kashmiri language "Khadeej/Khatij/Khadijah Namah" which is all about the first wife of

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namely

Khadija bint Khuwaylid Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ( ar, خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, 555 – November 619 CE) was the first wife and is considered to be the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadija was the da ...

. His Other Works : * Jang-i-Deenur (history) Kashmiri manuscript
jkpubliclibraries.nic.in * Wafat Namah (mathnavi) * Jang-i-Zytoon (history) * Qissah Tameem Ansari (literature) * Umm-ul-Moumineen (bio.) • Pir Ali Shah was the grandson of admired saint "''Hazrat Syed Mir Muhammad Simnani'' " and the disciple of Baba Naseeb Ud Din Ghazi. He died soon after his return from pilgrimage (

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) in 1858. He was buried in the cemetery of Chewdara village near the shrine of Syed Ali Allauddin Khansahib Razvi Al-Bukhari . * Basher Basheer (writer), he wrote a book in kashmiri language ''"Yeman Padan Mai Wetchaar Gutchui" in 2008'' and he also wrote a book "''Tsey Shoubi Alamdari''" about Shiekh Noor Ud Din NooraniFormal Letter regarding Introduction of New Open Courses
markazinoor.uok.edu.in

References

External links

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Official Website of Budgam District
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