Khargapur

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Khargapur
city
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Tikamgarh
Elevation 305 m (1,001 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 12,412
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Khargapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.

History

Khargapur was the part of vast empires successively ruled by the Mauryas, the Shungas and the Guptas. It was in the first quarter of ninth century A.D., that Mannuka founded a new Chandela dynasty in the area. Khargapur at that time came under this dynasty. Then successively it was ruled by Khangras and then by Bundelas of Orchha estate and possessed more than 125 jagirs under its dynasty. The fifth son of Vir Singh Deo (ruler of Orchha, 1605-1627) was sent from Orchha to rule Khargapur. Khargapur also has an ancient Digambar Jain temple. & Hazi Mansoor Choudhary'1956 Choudhary was a femous man in khargapur ... 1000 hect./acers farmar land in khargapur. 100 all india licence"" raifal/gun in 1956. he create a mahal Musafirkhana in khargapur. muslim femous mosque is Premi dwaar palera road khargapur.

Geography

Khargapur is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 305 metres (1000 feet). It is about 40 km away from district Tikamgarh.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Khargapur had a population of 12,412. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khargapur has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 59%, and female literacy is 40%. In Khargapur, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Other details

The town has recently been made a separate block in Tikamgarh district, with its own police station and Tahsil. Alternate Names: Khargapur

Nearby Metros: Kanpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Agra

Spoken Languages: Bundelkhandi,Hindi

Nearby Airports (200 miles): Khajuraho(HJR, 41.3919 miles), Gwalior(GWL, 110.411 miles), Bhopal(BHO, 143.256 miles), Lucknow(LKO, 168.751 miles), Agra(AGR, 174.557 miles)

References

  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Khargapur
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