Kharsawan
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Kharsawan is a city and a notified area in Seraikela Kharsawan district in the India
n state
of Jharkhand
.
speaking Princely state
s of India
during the period of the British Raj
, and was acceded to India
after India gained independence. Earlier this area was a part of Orissa
's Kalinga
-Utkala Empire of the Gajapati Kings. It is now a part of Jharkhand
, India, and one of its districts is named Seraikela Kharsawan district. Maharaj Darbhanga used to visit this state to pay respects as 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. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo and his father Maharaj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo appreciated the name change of the district.
It had a privy purse of 33,000INR.PRESENT RULER: Raja PRADEEP CHANDRA SINGH DEO. Title of Raja was given to Kharswan Ruler in 1902 to Raja Ram Chandra Singh Deo.Major language spoken in this area is Oriya
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, 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.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
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History
Kharsawan or Kharsuan was one of the OriyaOriya people
The Oriya, known classically by various names , are an ethnic group of eastern India and of eastern Indo-Aryan stock...
speaking Princely state
Princely state
A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...
s of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
during the period of the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
, and was acceded to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
after India gained independence. Earlier this area was a part of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
's Kalinga
Kalinga
Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apayao to the north...
-Utkala Empire of the Gajapati Kings. It is now a part of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, India, and one of its districts is named Seraikela Kharsawan district. Maharaj Darbhanga used to visit this state to pay respects as 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. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo and his father Maharaj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo appreciated the name change of the district.
It had a privy purse of 33,000INR.PRESENT RULER: Raja PRADEEP CHANDRA SINGH DEO. Title of Raja was given to Kharswan Ruler in 1902 to Raja Ram Chandra Singh Deo.Major language spoken in this area is Oriya
Oriya language
Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
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Geography
Kharsawan is located at 22.8°N 85.83°E. It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet). It was also known as Amda before the 1920s.Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, 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.