| Jhojhu Kalan | |
| Other Name: | Sangwan Chalisi |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
| Coordinates: | 28.5042°N 76.1153°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Charkhi Dadri |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 8000 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 127310 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 012502- |
| Registration Plate: | HR 19 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Charkhi Dadri |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 95% |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Bhiwani Mahendergarh |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Badhra |
| Iso Code: | IN-HR |
Jhojhu Kalan is a village in the Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana, India.[1] [2]
The village is Jaat dominated with most of the people Sangwans, making it one of the biggest Sangwan's village in the region. Predominantly so, because of the common ancestry of the clan that still occupy more than a hundred and fifty of the households in the village. The village has also been recognized for providing the maximum World War II veterans from a single village in India by the Limca Book of Records, 8th Edition. The village is famous for 1st sewer line ever in Haryana. The maximum population of village is serving Indian Army. Jhojhu Kalan was announced "Adrash Village of Haryana" in 2014. It is a beautiful town and the people are very helpful and kind.[3]
Many administrative developments were done by the then retired Army officers post Indian Independence, in the areas of education, building up the first ever only women's school and college, grooming its girls equally in extracurricular activities like sports and homescience. The men of this village thus the embodiment of grit and spirit and its women of elegance and resolve.[4]
The Moghul and Colonial relics as preserved largely in and around New Delhi by the ASI manifests itself in amalgamation in the arches of the entrances and the layout of the few of the houses left in the village constructed by the masons of the pre-Independence era. These houses were made of rocks put together with limepowder paste, with ceilings emboldened with heavy wooden beams and tall pillars.
Jhojhu Kalan represents 13 Sangwan villages under "Sangwan Chalisi (40)". The village has contributed many soldiers to the Indian Army. It has common facilities including a senior secondary school for boys and girls, a girls' college, a CSD chinkara canteen and an ex para military canteen, a civil hospital, public schools, local telephone and mobile exchanges, several banks like State Bank of India and central bank of India and Sarv Haryana gramin Bank and an electricity hub. It has four strong private senior secondary schools: Arya Senior Secondary School, N.R.J. Senior secondary school, Vivekanand Memorial Public School and KCM senior secondary school, also D.S.M. public school, DSM was opned in 2014 by JhoJhu kalan resident Ajay sangwan [5]
Villagers go on a hill outside the village for religious worship which they call "Dohla and Gufadhari".
Dohla is surrounded by other mountains which look very beautiful. Dada Dohla Temple is situated near Jhojhu which is worshipped by Sangwan clan in the region.
The area has many small and big aravali mountain ranges and known for stone mining. There are hundreds of stone crushers in the area.
Jhojhu Kalan is surrounded by other Sangwan villages. Kalali and Balali are in the east. Gudana Kalan and Jhojhu Khurd in the West. Village Badal and Mehra in the North and Village Chandeni and Ramlwas in the south and village Rambaas in the west and town Dadri in the east.