Satha Chaurasi (also known as Laghu Mewar) refers to an area in the west of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where the majority population belongs to the members of the Rajputs (Thakur) community.[1] It falls within the boundaries of the Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituencies.[2] Satha translates as group of sixty (60) and chaurasi as group of eighty-four (84). These numbers may have had a significant socio-political context in the medieval period as a definition of scope for territorial and lineal boundaries.[3]

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The region includes Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gautam Budh Nagar district, Bulandshahr, Dadri, Baghpat, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar.[4] There are 60 villages where members of the Gehlot clan, who are descendants of Khumaan Rao, son of founder of Mewar Bappa Rawal are majority, and 84 villages where the Tomar Rajputs, who were descendants of founder of Delhi Anangpal Tomar are majority.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Sharma, Kritika (7 April 2014). "Ghaziabad to see exciting 5-cornered contest". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ Majumder, Bhaskar, ed. (2011). Rethinking Villages. Concept Publishing Company. p. 43. ISBN 978-8-18069-764-7.
  4. ^ "चुनाव के साथ ही सट्टेबाजी का खेल भी शुरू-".
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  6. ^ "भाजपा के साठा-चौरासी किले को भेद पाना आसान नहीं". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 20 January 2023.