Chhapar is a city and a municipality in Churu district in the state of Rajasthan, India. Chhapar is located in the Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India. It is 210 km from Jaipur and situated on road from Ratangarh to Sujangarh. The Tal Chappar lies in the Sujangarh Tehsil of Churu District. It lies on Nokha- Sujangarh state Highway and is situated at a distance of 85 KM from Churu & about 132 km from Bikaner. The nearest Railway station is Chappar which lies on Degana – Churu – Rewari metre gauge line of Northern Western Railways. The nearest Airport is Sanganer (Jaipur) which is at a distance of 215 km from Chappar. It is known for black bucks but it is also home to a variety of birds. Here is a famous sanctuary known as Tal Chhapar Sanctuary
The Tal Chhapar sanctuary is located on the fringe of the Great Indian Desert. Tal Chhapar nestles a unique refuge of the most elegant Antelope encountered in India, "the Black buck". Tal Chhaper sanctuary, with almost flat tract and interspersed shallow low lying areas, has open grassland with scattered Acacia and prosopis trees which give it an appearance of a typical Savanna. The word "Tal" means plane land. The rain water flows through shallow low lying areas and collect in the small seasonal water ponds.
The Geology of the zone is obscured by the wind blown over-burden. Some small hillocks and exposed rocks of slate and quartzite are found in the western side of the sanctuary. Area between hillocks and the sanctuary constitutes the watershed area of the sanctuary. The whole sanctuary used to be flooded by water during the heavy rains but with salt mining going on in the watershed. Hardly any rain water falling on the hillocks reach the Sanctuary

[edit] Geography
Chhapar is located at 27°49′N 74°24′E / 27.82°N 74.4°E / 27.82; 74.4. The sanctuary is named after Chhapar village which is located at 27°-50' North and 74°-25' East. It is a flat saline depression locally known as "Tal" that has a unique ecosystem in the heart of the Thar Desert, Perched at a height of 302 meters (990 feet) above sea level.

[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Chhapar had a population of 17,855. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chhapar has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 46%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Places of interest
Salasar Balaji Temple (25 km. from Sujangarh on Jaipur Road)
Raghunathji ka bara Mandir (Maheswari Agrwal panchayat kameti)
Hanuman Mandir
Shivalaya
Lord Venkateshwara Temple (12 km. from chhapar at sujangarh)
Jain Vishwa Bharti (ladnu)
Sri Digamber Jain Mandir (sujangarh)
Sri Dungar Balaji Mandir
Ram Devera & Shivalaya Tharda
Pashu mela sandwa
shri balaji dada ji mandir parsaneu dham 35km from chhapar
govt high sec school is a heriteg buldig in arround aria
very sweet and helpful pepole and nice town
forest
chetakheri bass
Rampur-Dewani (peerji ka mela

[edit] Roads
Chhapar is well connected by roads with almost all major cities of Rajasthan and New Delhi. National Highway 65 passes through it. Chhapar that connects it to Jodhpur and Chandigarh. Other than this, Rajasthan Mega Highway also passes from the town which connects it to Ajmer and Hanumangarh. The direct bus service is available for Delhi, Surat, Ahamdabad, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Kota, Ajmer, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Hisaar, Roorkee, Haridwar, [[Indore],ludhiana (punjab)] and many other near and far towns.

[edit] Heritage on Wheels: Tal Chhapar/ Shekhawati
The next destination of the Heritage on Wheels sojourn is Shekhawati region. Shekhawati is one of the richest regions, in terms of art and crafts, of Rajasthan. Creating beautiful images with vibrant colors is a way of life of the artists of the Shekhawati region. The best exponents of Shekhawati art and paintings are the Havelis of the Shekhawati. Mandawa and Nawalgarh display some of the best Shekhawati paintings on the walls of their Havelis.
The same artistic tradition of frescoes is visible in other less known towns of the Shekhawati region. It is just amazing to see the plethora of murals in a land otherwise known as impoverished desert. Besides the tour of various places of Shekhawati, you will be taken to the Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary as well. It is all because of The Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, and is famous for its black bucks. It is a flat saline depression, with a unique ecosystem. During September, the Tal Chappar wild life sanctuary comes alive with the chirping of various migratory birds including montagur's, marsh harrier, pale harrier, imperial eagle, tawny eagle, short toed eagle, sparrow hawk, skylark, crested lark, ring drove, brown dove, blue jay, green bee eaters, black ibis and demoiselle cranes.
Tour Schedule:
04:00 Hrs: Arrival at Padhiyar Railway Station07:15 Hrs: Departure.07:30 Hrs: Arrival at Tal Chhapar and sightseeing.09:00 Hrs: Departure.11:00 Hrs: Arrival at Ramgarh.11:15 Hrs: Departure for sight seeing Ramgarh.11:30 Hrs: Sight seeing of Ramgarh Havelis (Mahanser).12:30 Hrs: Sight of Mandawa Havelis and Cenotaphs13:30 Hrs: Lunch at Mandawa Resort.15:00 Hrs: Departure for Nawalgarh.16:15 Hrs: Arrival at Nawalgarh and sight seeing.17:30 Hrs: High Tea at Nawalgarh.19:30 Hrs: Arrival on Board.20:00 Hrs: Dinner on Board.

[edit] Schools, Colleges, Hospital, Dharamshalas:
Theatre
Moon Light Theatre(Sujangarh)
Dareem Light Theatre(Sujangaeh)
Schools
Boys High Secondary School
Girls High secondary school
TolaRam Bhansali Bal vidya Mandir
Adarsh Vidya Mandir Secondary school
Adarsh Vidya mandir Primary School
Anuvrat Vidya Mandir
Shri Ram Bal Vidya Mandir
Tagore Public School
Marudhar sikshan Sansthan
Vivekanand Sickchan shansthan
Colleges
Sona Devi Sethia Girls P.G. College (Girls) (sujangarh)
Sujala College
Guest Houses
Maheshwari Bhawan
Mundhara Guest House
Kalu Kalyan Kendre
Oswal Bhawan
Jajoo Bhawan
Somani Guest House
Lakhotia Guest House
Periwal Dharamshala
Brahaman Lokhitkarinui Shabha
Hospitals
Govind Ram Periwal Govt. Hospital
Ganpati Hospital
Stadium
Vrindavan Stadium
Goushala
Shri Ram Goushala

[edit] Famous people
A philosopher and saint named Acharya Kaluram or Acharya Kalu Gani, the eighth head of famous Jain Swetambar Terapanth religion belongs was born in Chhapar. He was a great scholar of the Sanskrit, Rajasthani and Hindi languages and led over a thousand followers and monks. Today, he has millions of followers throughout world. The famous Acharya Shree Tulsi succeeded him and Achrya Shree Mahaprajna is the 10th Successor and head of the Terapanth Sect of the Jain religion.
Late Govind Ram Ji Borayara Purohit(Pujari)& astrologar Famous in all over India born in Chhapar.
Thanmalji Taparia a great social worker born in Chhapar.
Udaychandji Mundhara a social worker who stablish Ayurvedik Dhawakhana.
Chenroop ji dayma (dadhich)most famous in all over India born in cheta khari chhapar.
Dinesh Taparia the first person who spread the fame of Chhapar as well as Tal Chhapar Senctuary on the online. Not only this he make so much effort for collecting datas for writing about Tal Chhapar Sanctuary.
Late Jaichandji Lahoti, was a great social worker and above all a great human being.
Late Hulaschandji Lahoti, was a successful politician former MLA(Congress-I) from Bihar s/o Late Bhanwarlalji Lahoti former chairman of Chhapar Muncipality.