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| subdivision_name1       = [[Rajasthan]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Churu District|Churu]]
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| postal_code             = 331304
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| area_code               = 01561
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'''Changoi''' is a village in district [[Churu district|Churu]], [[Rajasthan]].  It is a panchayat headquarters and the current ''[[sarpanch]]'' is Vinod kaswan. It is a historical village which was the under control of the [[Bikaner State]] of [[Rajputana]].
==History==
Changoi is a village which was controlled by [[Rathore (Rajput clan)|Rathore]] [[sardar]]s called [[Rajvi]]. Rajaji Brijlal Singhj was the last jagirdar, who had an honour of ''tajeem'' from Bikaner State. In his jagir he had 12 villages which were given to his ancestor Raja Bhawani Singhji (nephew of Maharaja Gaj Singh, then ruler of Bikaner State) by then ruler of Bikaner State Maharaja Surat Singhji in 1804. It is a twin village join along with [[Mikhala]], which the headquarters of the [[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]].
This village is famous for a temple of Babhuta Sidh Maharaj near Matani Bass, who is known for getting the people out from the danger of any kind of snakebite. A huge religious fair of Bhabhuta Siddh Maharaj is arranged every year at 'Bhadva sudi Saptmi' (a date of Vikram Samvat). There is a little fort also, called Changoi Garh. There is an ancient ''chhatri'' (a Hindu tomb) in memory of Banmali Das, stepbrother of Maharaja Anoopsingh, ruler of Bikaner State in the 18th century.
Before Banmalidas was killed, he had fortified the fortress of Changoi, intending to make it his capital after [[Aurangzeb]] assigned half the kingdom of Bikaner to him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sreenivasan |first=Ramya |title=Slavery & South Asian History |date=2006 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-34810-2 |editor-last=Chaterjee |editor-first=Indrani |location=Bloomington |pages=154 |chapter=Drudges, Dancing Girls, Concubines: Female Slaves in Rajput Polity, 1500–1850 |editor-last2=Eaton |editor-first2=Richard M.}}</ref>
== Transport ==
[[Transport]] facility in Changoi is leverage.  No rail and State roadways service is available. Jeep services are available to the Tehsil headquarters [[Taranagar]]. private bus services also available in this village from (1) Taranagr to Rajgarh via Changoi (2) Bain to Taranagar via Changoi (3) Bhadara to Taranagar via Changoi and Bain (4) Bhadara to Churu via Changoi and Taranagar (5)Taranagr to Bhadra, (6) Bain to Bikaner.  private bus service for Taranagar to Bhadra is via Changoi, Pandreu, Bain, Dungrana.
== Sister towns ==
* Mahlana Rajgarh, [[Churu district|Churu]]
* [[Bain, Rajasthan|Bain]], Churu
* Ghasla, Taranagar, Churu
==References==
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== External links ==
Website - [http://changoigarh.com changoigarh.com]
{{Churu district}}
[[Category:Villages in Churu district]]