Kanhai

Kanhai is a midsize village near Sushant Lok. It lies in Gurgaon mandal of Gurgaon District in the state of Haryana. It lies near Ardee city, sector 45, sector 44 and Sushant lok. Shri Mati Saroj Yadav is the village head (sarpanch). It has a population of about 12 thousand persons living in around 1140 households.[1][2]

For other uses, see Kanhai (disambiguation).

Kanhai
Village
Nickname(s): 
Kanhaiya,Kanhei
Kanhai
Location in Haryana, India
Kanhai
Kanhai (India)
Coordinates:
Country India
StateHaryana
RegionNorth India
DistrictGurgaon
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
122003
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-26,72
Websiteharyana.gov.in

History

The village is as old as Mahabharat times. Guru Draonacharya used to give teaching in this village. Lord Shree Krishna also stayed in Kanhai for some time. It got its name from Krishna as "Kanhaiya" later corrupted to Kanhai.[3]

Kanhai serves as a residential hub for servants and students who work in nearby different companies.[4]

Kanhai also have the biggest church of Gurgaon called the Church of immaculate Conception and also have the Head office of electricity office of DHBVN.[5]

References
  1. http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/31-jul-2014-244-Gurgaon-Page-1.html
  2. http://www.geolysis.com/place-info.php?p=515005957&k=196718983
  3. http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/31-jul-2014-244-Gurgaon-Page-1.html
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://dhbvn.com
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