Chandan Tiwari Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Singer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5’ 3” (161 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Career
Debut	Bhojpuri Album 'Purabiyataan' (2014)
Awards	• 2018: Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Samman Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi • 2019: Bhojpuri Kokila Award • Lok Gayak Award from Bag Films-News 24
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 March 1990 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	34 Years
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Birthplace	Badka Village, Bhojpur District, Bihar
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Jharkhand, Ranchi
School(s)	• BSL High School, Jharkhand • Sarvodaya School Bokaro, Jharkhand
College/University	• RVS College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand • Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Prayagraj • Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Arts
Religion	Hinduism
Relationships & More
Family
Parents	Father- Kunwar Singh (HCLTech Employee) Mother- Rekh Tiwari (Folk Singer)
Siblings	Brother(s): 2 Sister(s): 2
Favourites
Food	Litti Chokha
Singer(s)	Bikhari Thakur, Mahendra Mishra

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chandan Tiwari

• She was born and brought up in a middle-class singer family in Bhojpur, Bihar.

• Since childhood, she was interested in singing. While she was studying in school and college, she participated in various singing competitions.

• She considers her mother as her first teacher as she did her initial training singing and playingthe  harmonium under her mother.

• She started practicing singing with her mother through harmonium in her childhood. Her mother taught her to play harmonium.

• She then did her professional training in singing under later Shiv Prasad Pandey.

• Chandan Tiwari mainly sings in Bhojpuri, Nagpuri, Awadhi, and Hindi.

• While she was studying in school, she performed the song “Deshwa Ke Dihalu Vardan Maiya Bharti” for the first time in public.

• Gradually, she started performing in various stage shows and live events.

• In the early days of her singing career, Chandan used to sing bhajans in temples and schools.
  

  Chandan Tiwari performing on August 15 during school days

• She used to cover her study expenses with the money she used to get from stage shows.

• It was in 1998 when her father was sitting on a dharna with the employees of HCL company regarding their demands. Her mother asked her to sing the national song at the dharna. She agreed to it and receive appreciation for her singing from the people there.

• She has performed in a few TV shows like Sur Sangram and Jila Top Program.

• She considers the Bhojpuri Folk Song singer Sharda Sinha her idol.

• In 2008, Chandan Tiwari was given the Folk Jalwa Shreshth Praman Patra by the Uttar Pradesh Government.
  

  Chandan Tiwari with Folk Jalwa Shreshth Praman Patra

• She has also hosted some folk music-related TV shows including ‘Radio Mirchi, Radio Dhoom, and Radio Snehi 90.4 FM Siwan.

• In an interview, she said that in her childhood, the people of her village used to taunt her father and mother for letting their daughter Chandan dance and sing. People even insisted her parents get her married at the age of 14 or 15.

• She is also called Bhojpuri Kokila.

• Chandan Tiwari has been featured on the cover page of India Today Magazine for her contribution to Indian Folk Music.

• She has performed various music forms like Chandan Pachra Gandhi Geet, Purbi Sohar, Nadi Geet, Chhath Geet Kajri and Thumri.

• She has worked on a research project on rare and rural Bhojpuri songs for Maithili and Bhojpuri Academy, Delhi Government.

• She has also worked with Bhakti Sagar’s show “Big Magic Ganga TV.”

• Chandan has done folk geet and Ghazal recording shows on the set of All India Radio Patna.

• She often talks against obscenity in the Bhojpuri music industry.

• She has started a YouTube channel named ‘Chandan Tiwari (Purabiyataan).’
  

  Chandan Tiwari with Silver Play Button

• On 15 October 2017, she participated in a program of music fest “Bhujal Bhat” in Hague, Netherlands. In that program, she sang songs written by Bhikhari Thakur and Mahendra Mishra.