Khargapur is a town and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

in Tikamgarh district in the

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. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.

History

Khargapur was the part of vast empires successively ruled by the

Mauryas The Maurya Empire, or the Mauryan Empire, was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in the Indian subcontinent based in Magadha, having been founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, and existing in loose-knit fashion until 1 ...

, the Shungas and the

Guptas The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is considered as the Gol ...

. It was in the first quarter of ninth century AD., that Mannuka founded a new

Chandela dynasty The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti was an Indian dynasty in Central India. The Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region (then called ''Jejakabhukti'') between the 9th and the 13th centuries. They belonged to the Chandel clan of the Rajputs. T ...

in the area. Khargapur at that time came under this dynasty. Then successively it was ruled by Bundelas of

Orchha Orchha is a town, near city of Niwari in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by rajput ruler Rudra Pratap Singh some time after 1501, as the seat of an eponymous former princely state of covering parts of ...

estate and possessed more than 125 ''jagirs'' under its dynasty. The fifth son of

Vir Singh Deo Vir Singh Deo, also known as Bir Singh Dev, was a Bundela Rajput chief and the ruler of the kingdom of Orchha. He was a vassal of the Mughal Empire. and ruled between 1605 and either 1626 or 1627. Vir Singh Deo assassinated Abul Fazl who wa ...

(ruler of Orchha, 1605–1627) was sent from Orchha to rule Khargapur. Khargapur also has an ancient Digambar Jain temple. This place had been actively involved in the

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and contributed in the movement under the leadership of freedom fighter Shri Nathuram Goswami.

Geography

Khargapur is located at . It has an average elevation of 305 metres (1000 feet). It is about 40 km away from district Tikamgarh.

Demographics

India

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, 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. 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

{{Sagar Division Its local language is Bundelkhandhi. Cities and towns in Tikamgarh district