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'''Jharauli Khurd ''' (झरौली खुर्द) is a village located in [[Shahabad Markanda]] town of [[Kurukshetra]] district in Haryana state of India. It is 1 Km away from [[Grand Trunk Road]]. It is surrounded by Babain Tehsil towards East, Ambala-I Tehsil towards North, Thanesar Tehsil towards South, Kurukshetra Tehsil towards South. According to Census 2011<ref>{{cite book|title=The Census of India, Haryana, District Census Handbook Kurukshetra District, Villages and towns directory}}</ref>, its population is 1301 out of which 515 are schedules castes population. Total families are 241 in numbers, two of them are Muslim. While the area of village is 345 hectares, there is one primary school (Geeta Vidya Mandir Jhrouli Khurd est.1998) and one middle school (GMS Jharauli Khurd est. 1956) and one veterinary dispensary in the village. The Literacy rate is 75.31 % which is slightly lower than that of Haryana. The village is administrated by an elected Sarpanch. Mr. Hartinder Pal Singh is the present Sarpanch of the village. The village code of Jharauli Khurd is 58347. |
'''Jharauli Khurd ''' (झरौली खुर्द) is a village located in [[Shahabad Markanda]] town of [[Kurukshetra]] district in Haryana state of India. It is 1 Km away from [[Grand Trunk Road]]. It is surrounded by Babain Tehsil towards East, Ambala-I Tehsil towards North, Thanesar Tehsil towards South, Kurukshetra Tehsil towards South. According to Census 2011<ref>{{cite book|title=The Census of India, Haryana, District Census Handbook Kurukshetra District, Villages and towns directory}}</ref>, its population is 1301 out of which 515 are schedules castes population. Total families are 241 in numbers, two of them are Muslim. While the area of village is 345 hectares, there is one primary school (Geeta Vidya Mandir Jhrouli Khurd est.1998) and one middle school (GMS Jharauli Khurd est. 1956) and one veterinary dispensary in the village. The Literacy rate is 75.31 % which is slightly lower than that of Haryana. The village is administrated by an elected Sarpanch. Mr. Hartinder Pal Singh is the present Sarpanch of the village. Wheat, paddy and sugar cane are main yields of the village. The village code of Jharauli Khurd is 58347. |
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Revision as of 18:25, 15 April 2018
Jharauli Khurd (झरौली खुर्द) is a village located in Shahabad Markanda town of Kurukshetra district in Haryana state of India. It is 1 Km away from Grand Trunk Road. It is surrounded by Babain Tehsil towards East, Ambala-I Tehsil towards North, Thanesar Tehsil towards South, Kurukshetra Tehsil towards South. According to Census 2011[1], its population is 1301 out of which 515 are schedules castes population. Total families are 241 in numbers, two of them are Muslim. While the area of village is 345 hectares, there is one primary school (Geeta Vidya Mandir Jhrouli Khurd est.1998) and one middle school (GMS Jharauli Khurd est. 1956) and one veterinary dispensary in the village. The Literacy rate is 75.31 % which is slightly lower than that of Haryana. The village is administrated by an elected Sarpanch. Mr. Hartinder Pal Singh is the present Sarpanch of the village. Wheat, paddy and sugar cane are main yields of the village. The village code of Jharauli Khurd is 58347.
History
According to Punjab Chiefs [2], Sardar Chuhar Singh of village Chang in Kasur received Jharauli Ilaqa as his share after winning the battle of Sirhind in 1764. Under the British protection in 1809, Jharauli was one of ten villages collectively given the status of Jagir under Chuhar Singh’s descendants. Although, the village is now dominated by Sikhs, there were less than ten Sikh families during 1890s. Jharauli, Rania and Khari states were center of Shaheedi Misl in Sikh period. [3]
Notable people
- Sardar Chuhar Singh, a sikh warrior of eighteen century.
- Rai Bahadur Seth Sardar Jwala Singh, an honorary Magistrate and provincial Darbari in British time [4].
- Bhupindra Singh, a great socialist and agriculturist [5].
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- ^ The Census of India, Haryana, District Census Handbook Kurukshetra District, Villages and towns directory.
- ^ The Punjab Chiefs (1940 ed.).
- ^ The hand book of Sikhs for the use of regimental officers, 1896.
- ^ The Golden book of India,1893.
- ^ Struggles & Memoirs of the Socialists, 1947-1957: Punjab, Pepsu, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh, 1997.