Chirawa

Chirawa is a municipal town and a tehsil in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is part of Shekhawati region. It is known for fresco painted havelis.

Chirawa is one of the oldest town of Shekhawati and was a hub for this region since it was junction for Jhunjhunu, Khetri, Sultana, Mandrela, Pilani, Loharu, Surajgarh. It has lots of old havelis like dalmias, sakserias, somanis, suraj mal shiv prashad's, Dasrapuria ki Haveli and shrimalon ka mahal and many more though they are not maintained that well now. There is a Jain temple is situated in shrimalon ka mohalla it was about 150 year old. Educational institutes were also a big attraction of Chirawa. It has one of the oldest college Chirawa College and school Dalmia School of the region and Dalmia Girls School which is also one of the oldest girls school in Rajasthan. However now Chirawa has taken back seat with Jhunjhunu being district and Pilani having Birlas blessing. Khetri taking over being copper town. Still Chirawa is holding fort because of its locational advantage which connect many surrounding villages.

Chirawa is now known for its market, being place of Pandit Ganeshnarayan's (Handi wale baba) - called to chirawa as 'SHIVPURI' and he is the saint who blessed Birla's. Chirawa is still a regional hub for the majoriy of the economic,commercial and political activities as it is connected with rail, road lines.Chirawa is also very famous for its kind of sweets and namkeens Like PEDA. the 'LalChand' & 'Kasu Halwai's Peda has delicious taste.