Dharpa

Introduction

Dharpa (aka Dharpa Chuharpur)is a village in Khurja Tehsil in Bulandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road between Bulandshahr and Khurja. This village is 14 km away from Bulandshahr (South-East) and 5 km away from Khurja (North-West).

The village is one of the 5 Tomar Rajput villages of Tomar (Tanwar) Rajputs. The other Rajput clans in this village are Jadaun or Jadon along with one Chauhan family. People of various other castes along with few Muslim families also live in the village.

The population of this village is approximately 2500. This village comes under Gautam Budh Nagar, Member of Parliament constituency and Jewar, Member of Legislative Assembly constituency and Jewar Development Block.

Road / Rail Connectivity

The village is connected to GT Road via a link road. A railway line known as Khurja-Meerut also passes through the village. The nearby railway station (Maman) is far away from village, therefore people rarely travel by train.

Health Services

There is a government hospital known as primary health centre (PHC) in the village. The services of private clinics and medical stores are also available in the village. Even though there is a PHC, but most of the village people are dependent on private clinics for medical services as most of the times government doctors in the hospital do not turn up. The condition of medical services in the hospital are pathetic. For any serious illness, the village people go to New Delhi or district hospila in Bulandshahr.

Schools & Education

There are 3 government schools: 1. Primary School 2. Grirls Junior High School 3. Janta Vidyalaya High School - Dharpa Achchheja. For higher studies after high school, the students need to go to Khurja where there are 3 main Inter Colleges along with a degree colleage under Chaudhary Charan Singh University (aka Meerut University). Recently village students have also got other options of private or public schools in Khurja and nearby places. It is very unfortunate and sad that there are not many students who are academically doing good in the village. This is because of the deteriorating condition of state government schools.

The import thing is that the villagers put a lot of importance on the education of girls which is a very good sign for the whole society. It has been noticed in the recent past that sometimes girls' academic performance is better than boys and a number girls are pursuing graduation in a degree college in Khurja town. Another point to be noted down is that few families have moved to nearby town for their daughter's higher education as there is no degree college in the vicinity.

Postal Services

The village has a post office. The PIN code of this village is 203131.

Police Station

The village comes under Khurja-Dehat police station which is situated just 2 km away toward South-West from village accross GT Road. The good thing is that the village has notices less crime. The village people live in peace and harmony except few very small rare cases of crime or violence.

Markets & Shops

In the recent past, a number of shops have opened by villagers on the road which has emerged as a market. No villagers get all the household items from these shops. There are variuos shops on the road market such tailor, salons, confectionary, medical stores, grocery and stationery, puncture fixing, cycle/scooter/motor cycle repairing, STD booths, carpenter, flour mill, electronics gadgets repairing etc. This small market also serves the needs of other nearby villages.

Main Source of Income

The main source of income for majority of people if agriculture. The main crops are sugar-cane, wheat and paddy anlog with cash crops. The water from canal is a main source of irrigation. The well known Upper Ganga Canal passes through the village periphery. There are couple of tube wells as well. In case of shortage of canal's water or electricity, sometimes the farmers are compelled to use ground water pumped using diesel engines which becomes a very costly affair.

The village low income population is also dependent on the industries around the village like potteries, dairy and iron rods fabrication factory. The number figure of government employees in the village is not very encouraging. There are only few village people who have got employment in private sector.

For the search of employment, the village people migrate to nearby towns and New Delhi.