District at a Glance

Seraikela-Kharsawan district, formerly the Princely States of Seraikella and Kharsawa is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Seraikela town is the district headquarters of Saraikela Kharsawan district.

History

In the year 1620, Kumar Bikram Singh I, the third Maharaja Jagannath Singh, established the Seraikela state, which was merged with Bihar state after independence and ranked as subdivision merged with the boundaries of Kharsawan state. Later on the basis of territories act in 1950, 39 villages of Chandil, Nimdih and Tamar area were included into it. In the year Seraikela Kharsawa was carved out from West Singhbhum district of Jhgarkhand.

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