Chhuikhadan

Chhuikhadan
Chhuikhadan
—  city  —
Chhuikhadan
Location of Chhuikhadan
in Chhattisgarh and India
Coordinates 21°32′N 80°59′E / 21.53°N 80.98°E / 21.53; 80.98Coordinates: 21°32′N 80°59′E / 21.53°N 80.98°E / 21.53; 80.98
Country India
State Chhattisgarh
District(s) Rajnandgaon
Population 6,418 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

Elevation


337 metres (1,106 ft)

Chhuikhadan is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajnandgaon District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

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Geography

Chhuikhadan is located at 21°32′N 80°59′E / 21.53°N 80.98°E / 21.53; 80.98.[1] It has an average elevation of 337? metres (1105 ft).

History

Predecessors and Short History: Founded in 1750 when the Zamindari was conferred on Mahant Rup Das by Madhoji Bhonsle. Rulers were... Mahant RUP DAS, 1st Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1750/1780

Mahant TULSI DAS, 2nd Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1780/-, recognized by the Raja of Nagpur in 1780, as the Zamindar of Kondka.

Mahant BALMAKUND DAS, 3rd Mahant of Chhuikhadan -/1845

Mahant LAKSHMAN DAS, 4th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1845/1887, the status of Feudatory Chief was conferred in 1865 by the British authorities.

Mahant SHYAM KISHOR DAS, 5th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1887/1896, born 1838, succeeded 13th December 1887 (#1), married and had issue. He died 1896. Mahant Radha Ballabh Kishor Das (qv)


Mahant RADHA BALLABH KISHOR DAS, 6th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1896/1898, married and had issue. He died 1898 (poisoned by arsenic administered by a relative). Mahant Digvijay Yugal Kishor Das (qv) Mahant Bhudav Kishor Das (qv)


Mahant DIGVIJAY YUGAL KISHOR DAS, 7th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1898/1903, born circa 1883, died 1903.

Mahant BHUDAV KISHOR DAS, 8th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1903/1940, born April 1891 and succeeded 30th September 1903 (#2), educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur.

Mahant RITU PURNA KISHOR DAS, 9th Mahant of Chhuikhadan 1940/-, born 1922, educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur;

Raja GHANSHYAM KISHORE DAS, 10th Raja of Chhuikhadan (see above) Chhuikhadan was the capital of the Princely state of the same name during the British Raj.The Eastern States Agency was an administrative unit of British India. The agency was created on April 1, 1933. This agency was composed of a number of princely states in eastern India, located in the present-day Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, and Tripura. Before the creation of the Eastern States Agency in 1933, 23 states of erstwhile Orissa Tributary States and Chhota Nagpur States were under the authority of the British provinces of Bihar and Orissa and 16 states were under the authority of Central Provinces and Berar. Cooch Behar and Tripura were transferred from Bengal province to the Eastern States Agency 0n December 1, 1936. On December 1, 1944 the status of this agency was raised to that of a first class residency. These states were grouped into three political agencies, under the "Resident" in Calcutta. The headquarters of the Orissa States Agency was at Sambalpur, the headquarters of the Chhattisgarh States Agency was at Raipur and the headquarters of the Bengal Saates Agency was at Calcutta. After Indian Independence in 1947, the states acceded to the Government of India, and were integrated into the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa. The eastern portion of Madhya Pradesh and the southern portion of Bihar became the states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, respectively, in 2001

It had an area of 153 square miles (400 km2). In 1941 the state had a population of 32,731 people.[2]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Chhuikhadan had a population of 6418. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chhuikhadan has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 63%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Riyaste/Princely stastes aur Jamindariyaa (Vaibhav Prakashan, Raipur1, ISBN 81-89244-96-5)

Dr.Sanjay Alung-Chhattisgarh ki Janjaatiyaa/Tribes aur Jatiyaa/Castes (Mansi publication, Delhi6, ISBN 978-81-89559-32-8)


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