chaupal
chaupal noun: a village meeting-place, typically an open terrace covered for protection against the sun and rain; the village assembly itself.
Noun
chaupal (plural chaupals)
- A village meeting-place, typically an open terrace covered for protection against the sun and rain; the village assembly itself.
- ... generally gather in a chaupal, or clubhouse, with others of their own caste. These are always pucca structures. There is never a mixing of castes in a chaupal except on very special occasions.1967, David Coxe Cooke, Dera, a Village in India, page 46
- Chaupal (Chowpal). A shed in which the village community assemble for public business.1977, The Correspondence of Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, Governor-General of India 1828-1835, volume 2, published p. 1458
chaupal meaning in Hindi
chaupal in Hindi
- chaupal
- चौपाल caupāl
Examples of chaupal in a sentence
- No woman of good character would ever put her foot on the steps of the village chaupal.1977, S. N. Mishra, Pattern of Emerging Leadership in Rural India, page 73:
- Whenever any person is to be reprimanded for the breach of village norms or for committing any serious offence, it is done at the chaupal.1977, Urban and Rural Planning Thought, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 7
- They often gathered for gossip at a common public place called ‘Chaupal of Hariya.’ Chaupal was the centre point of the village from all directions.2022, Sumina Sharma, Other Side of the Edge: An Upbringing of Ancient Modernity, page 110:
Forms of chaupal
| plural | chaupals |
|---|---|
| alternative form | caupal |
| alternative form | chowpal |
Origin of chaupal
From Hindi चौपाल (caupāl).
Questions about chaupal
- What does chaupal mean?
- Chaupal means a village meeting-place, typically an open terrace covered for protection against the sun and rain; the village assembly itself.
- What is chaupal in Hindi?
- Chaupal in Hindi is चौपाल (caupāl). See Chaupal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use chaupal in a sentence?
- No woman of good character would ever put her foot on the steps of the village chaupal.
- What part of speech is chaupal?
- Chaupal is a noun.
- What is the plural of chaupal?
- The plural of chaupal is chaupals.
Words near chaupal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chaupal (page history and authors); चौपाल (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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