Thapli panchayat area is accessed from Panchkula by the Chandimandir-Jallah-Morni road. As per records of maintained under MNREGA, Thapli panchayat comprises 10 dhanis, namely, Balu बालु, Barun बरुन, Bharal, Bhud भून्ड, Dagrana डंगराना, Jonpur जौनपुर, Kumbhwala, Mataur मटौर, Nadawala नरवाड़ and Thapli थापली.* The Thapli panchayat comprises Sarpanch Mamraj and 6 Panches (including 2 women panches).

* As per Panchkula District Administration’s website Thapli panchayat comprises the following dhanis- Bairla, Balu, Barun, Bharal, Bhud, Dagrana, Jonpur, Kumbhwala, Mataur, Nadawala, Thapli, Thapli Sirvan, Thapli Valku

An estimate of the relative size of the dhanis can be had from the data given in the table below: –

Bharal, Thapli panchayat

Dagrana, Thapli panchayat

MNREGA:

As of March 2013, it has 165 households (231 persons) registered for unskilled manual employment under MNREGA. Only 2 of the 231 persons registered under MNREGA are female!!

Basic Information:

PIN Code: 134205

Hadbast No.

Patwar Circle: Bhoj Mataur

Qanugo Circle: Morni

Tehsil: Panchkula

Block: Morni

Police Post: Morni

Police Station: Chandimandir (at Sector 23, Panchkula)

Panchayat: Thapli

Village Code:

Assembly Constituency: Kalka (Code No.1)

Parliamentary Constituency: Ambala (Code No. 1)

Polling Station: Bhoj Mataur (No. 120)

Water Harvesting Dams:

While most of the dams built in the kandi area of Morni foothills to harvest water and create reservoirs are earthen dams yet in Bharal, a huge masonry wall has been built across a seasonal choe. The wall has been repeatedly breached and repaired. A breach in the upper portion of the wall is currently allowing the water to escape, creating a small waterfall as it falls to the original bed of the choe. The entire network of irrigation pipes have been rendered redundant with no water to feed the system. The dam is an obvious engineering disaster and has failed to serve any purpose whatsoever. The locals complain that it has only blocked the access of the village cattle to the meadow that lies upstream of the dam.

Masonry Dam at Bharal, Thapli panchayat

Waterfall at Masonry Dam at Bharal, Thapli panchayat

The failed dam at Bharal