Khichan is a small village located in Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district, in the state of Rajasthan. It is located just 3.6 km away from Phalodi which is 113.9 km away from Jodhpur and 339 km away from the Jaipur which is capital city of Rajasthan.
The village is known for a large number of Demoiselle cranes that visit it every winter from Eurasia and Mongolia. This annual bird migration began with around a hundred cranes in the 1970s, when a local couple started feeding pigeons. Other villagers joined their efforts, and as of 2014, Khichan now hosts over 20,000 Demoiselle cranes from as early as August each year to as late as March of the following year.
In the 1970s, Ratanlal Maloo, being devout Jains. Started feeding grains on a plain ground, a number of pigeons, sparrows and squirrels started coming to the place; Peacocks also occasionally visited the place. In September, a dozen Demoiselle cranes (called kurja in Rajasthani) also joined the other birds. During September-February, around 100 cranes came to the feeding place. During the next winter, around 150 cranes visited...
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