Kharsawan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

?Kharsawan Jharkhand • India
Kharsawan
Coordinates: 22°48′N 85°50′E / 22.8, 85.83
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 201 m (659 ft)
District(s)	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Population	6,790 (2001)

Coordinates: 22°48′N 85°50′E / 22.8, 85.83 Kharsawan is a city and a notified area in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 References

[edit] History

Kharsawan or Kharsuan was one of the Oriya speaking Princely states 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 Saraikela Kharsawan. 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.

[edit] Geography

Kharsawan is located at 22.8° N 85.83° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 201 metres (659 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], 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.