Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Chaupal (public space)" in English language version.
... Chaupal plays a very important role in the village life ... at the intersection of the two main streets ... a banyan or pipal tree ... panchayat are held at the chaupal ... Villagers sit at the chaupal, smoke, play cards and do other things ... barat/janet which comes from the boy's village is lodged at the chaupal ...
... This common fund sustained certain aspects of the social life of the village; it had formerly paid for the upkeep of the chaupal or guest house in which villagers offered hospitality to visitors, passersby, and, most important, for events such as the wedding of a daughter of the village ...
... the public well, which served as a meeting place of the womenfolk during day-time and the Chaupal, a local guest house, where the villagers gathered in the evening to while away time in smoking and gossip ...
... sit and discuss their problems, celebrate their pleasures, share the pains of an individual, family or a particular group, sort out their disputes ... a sacred place of secular nature ... guarantees freedom of speech and expression to everybody ...
... The e-Choupal initiative began by deploying ICT to reengineer procurement of soya ...
