Khizri is a village/hamlet located in Chhachhrauli

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 administr ...

Yamunanagar Yamunanagar (), is a city and a municipal corporation in Yamunanagar district in the Indian state of Haryana. This town is known for the cluster of plywood units and paper industries. It provides timber to larger industries. The older town is ...

district in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. It is from the sub-district headquarters at Chhachhrauli and from the district headquarters at

. It is 106.3 kilometers south-east of

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

and 217 kilometers North of Delhi. According to 2009 statistics, Khizri is a

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

of Khizri village. Population is 3351.

Geography

The geographical area of village is . Khizri has a total population of 2,317, spread among about 397 houses. The soil here is made of tertiary deposits from small streams of shiwaliks. Soil is sandy and less fertile than other parts of northern plains. Common trees are Sheesham, Sal, khair and bargad. Thorny shrubs can also be found due to presence of sand brought down by streams of shiwalik . Common crops here are Wheat, Rice, Mecca, Pulses, Sugarcane and Bajra. Plantation of Poplar and Safeda can also be found.

Notable people

The village is home to one of the biggest landlord family in Haryana. Chaudhary Abul Hasan (Zaildaar) was a renowned leader in northern Haryana. His son Chaudhary Abdul Rasheed was chairman of block for 25 years. His grandson Chaudhary Aslam Khan was a two time MLA (1987 & 1991). Chaudhary Akram Khan, son of Aslam Khan has been Minister of State for home and Deputy speaker of Haryana. The village sarpanch has been from their family forever until the seat got reserved for SC in 2015. The family still dominates the political lobby in Yamunanagar district and other parts of Northern Haryana.

References

Villages in Yamunanagar district {{Haryana-geo-stub