Khutar is a town and a

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Shahjahanpur district Shahjahanpur is a district of Uttar Pradesh India. It is a part of Bareilly division. It was established in 1813 by the British Government. Previously it was a part of district Bareilly. Geographically the main town is Shahjahanpur, which is i ...

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History

Khutar was part of the then Nahil estate at the time of Raja Gopal Shah, who was the then ruler of Nahil. It later came under one of the descendants of Rao Gopal Singh, Raja Gopal Shah Ji Deo, after the division of property and power. He was the elder brother of Kunwar Shambhu Shah of Jewan. The present ruler of Khutar is Raja Vijay Shah Judeo (titles and kingdoms were abolished in 1971 by the Government of India).

Khutar Garhi

Khutar Garhi, also called the Fort of Khutar, is a multi-acre palace where descendants of the erstwhile royal family of Khutar's King Gopal Shah live. Currently, the family of Raja Vijay Shah and Rajkumar Raghvendra Shah lives there.

Surroundings

The surrounding nearby villages and their distances from Khutar are as follows: Silhua and Pipariya Bhagwant (1.4 km), Shihura Khurd Kalan (8 km), Rajmana (2.6 km), Malika (2.7 km), Rautapur Kalan (3 km), Itauwa (3.1 km), Athkona (3.5 km), Khutar (3.7 km), Tah Khurd Kalan (4.1 km), Piparia Birsinghpur (4.2 km), Raswan Kalan (4.5 km), Kuiyan (5.1 km), Nawazpur (5.2 km), Chamra Bojhi (5.4 km), Garhia Sareli (5.8 km), Lakshmipur (6.1 km), Gurghiya (6.5 km), Chappa Bojhi (7.3 km), Muradpur Nibiakhera (7.8 km), Karhaiyamaichaknk (8.7 km), Sihura Khurd Kalan (8.8 km), Saharu Singhpur (9.1 km), Todarpur T. Khutar (9.3 km), Dhansinghpur (11.6 km), Sarai (11.7 km), Navadia Nawazpur (13.3 km), Larti (13.6 km), Harraipur (13.6 km), Kolhugarha (15 km), Barhaipur (16 km), Harnahai (16 km), Bela (17 km), Jadhopur Kalan (17.5 km), Hanshpur (17.6 km), Navadia Darudgara (17.9 km), Kamriya, Hariharpur, Khandsar.

Gallery

''Rajas of Khutar'': File:Vikram shah.jpg, Raja Vikram Shah File:Present ruler.jpg, Raja Vijay Shah – Present ruler

Geography

Khutar is located at . It has an average elevation of 162 metres (531 feet). Dudhwan National Park is 70 km away and Gola Gokhran Nath (Chota Kashi) is 25 km away.

Demographics

's Indian

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Khutar had a population of 14,219. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khutar has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 40%. In Khutar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Cities and towns in Shahjahanpur district {{Shahjahanpur-geo-stub