Chaudharipur is a village, part of

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Chunar Chunar is a city located in Mirzapur district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is nearby Mirzapur city. The railway tracks passing through Chunar Junction railway station leads to major destinations of India, including Howrah, Delhi, Ta ...

, in the

Mirzapur district Mirzapur district is one of the 75 districts in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district is bounded on the north by Bhadohi and Varanasi districts, on the east by Chandauli district, on the south by Sonbhadra district and Rewa dist ...

of the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. Approximately 1,000 people live in the area. The main school for Chaudharypur is PDND Inter Colleg
Chunar
The main crops are chili and potatoes. The village is under the Basaratapur Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996, panchayat.

Geography

The nearest town to the village is

, about 3 km away. The nearest major city is Varanasi, approximately 25 km away, and is considered one of the holiest cities in the country. It is situated on the left bank of the river Ganges.

Climate

Chaudharipur experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cwa'') with large variations between summer and winter. Summers are long, from early April to October, with intervening monsoon seasons and are extremely hot, even by South Asian standards. The temperature ranges between 22Celsius, °C46 °C (72Fahrenheit, °F115 °F) in the summers. Winters in this place see large diurnal cycle, diurnal variations, with warm days and downright cold nights. Cold waves from the Himalayas, Himalayan region cause temperatures to dip across the city in the winter from December to February and temperatures below 5 °C are not uncommon. The average annual rainfall is . Fog is common in the winters, while hot dry winds, called Loo (wind), loo, blow in the summers. Through a combination of water pollution, new constructions of upstream dams, and increase in the local temperature, the water level of the Ganges has recently gone down significantly, and small islands have become visible in the middle of the river. 17 May 2012 was the hottest day of the season so far with mercury soaring up to 45.6 °C.

References

{{Mirzapur district Villages in Mirzapur district