Kharsawan

Kharsawan खरसावाँ Kharsawangarh
city
Kharsawan Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 22°48′N 85°50′E / 22.8°N 85.83°ECoordinates: 22°48′N 85°50′E / 22.8°N 85.83°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Seraikela Kharsawan
Elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	6,790
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Santali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	06583

Kharsawan is a city and a notified area in Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

Kharsawan or Kharsuan was founded around 1650.^[1] It was one of the Oriya Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj, and its last ruler signed the accession to India after India gained independence. The major language spoken in this area is Oriya. It is now a part of Jharkhand state and one of its districts is named Seraikela Kharsawan district. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo and his father Maharaj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo appreciated the name change of the district.

The Maharaja of Darbhanga used to visit this state to pay respects as the trade route to the east coast ran through the thick jungles of Singhbhum and safety was guaranteed only to those who were in the good books. The title of Raja was granted to Kharsawan rulers in 1902, beginning with Raja Ram Chandra Singh Deo. The state had a privy purse of 33,000 Rs. The present head of the royal family is Raja Pradeep Chandra Singh Deo.

Geography

Kharsawan is located at 22°48′N 85°50′E / 22.8°N 85.83°E.^[2] It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet). It was also known as Amda before the 1920s.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[3] Kharsawan had a population of 6790. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kharsawan has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 55%. In Kharsawan, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

1. Princely States of India
2. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kharsawan
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.