Jharauli

Jharauli Khurd
Jharauli Khurd
	Village
	Jharauli Khurd Location in Haryana, India Jharauli Khurd Jharauli Khurd (India)
	Coordinates: 30.1476°N 76.8000°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Kurukshetra
Population (2011)
• Total	1,301

Jharauli Khurd is a village located in Shahabad Markanda town of Kurukshetra district in Haryana state of India. It is about 4 km aside from Grand Trunk Road.The village is surrounded by Babain Tehsil towards East, Ambala 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, only two of them are Muslim families. While the area of village is 345 hectares, there is one primary school (Geeta Vidya Mandir Jhrouli Khurd est.1998), 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 from village Chung in Patti Tehsil, Amritsar, Punjab, India 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] The Muslim population of the village migrated to Pakistan in 1947. The village was electrified in 1961.[4]

References

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.
Debates: Official report, Punjab legislator Assembly, 1961.

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[1] The Census of India, Haryana, District Census Handbook Kurukshetra District, Villages and towns directory.

[2] The Punjab Chiefs (1940 ed.).

[3] The hand book of Sikhs for the use of regimental officers, 1896.

[4] Debates: Official report, Punjab legislator Assembly, 1961.