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Country
  
India

District
  
Raigarh

Vehicle registration
  
CG

Elevation
  
245 m

Local time
  
Monday 8:05 AM

State
  
Chhattisgarh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Sex ratio
  
2:1 ♂/♀

Population
  
18,020 (2012)

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 42% Humidity

Neighborhoods
  
Ajit Singh Nagar, Thakurdiya, Gajanand Puram, Sindhi Colony

Congress vice president rahul gandhi s address at a public rally in kharsia on nov 16 2013


Kharsia is a town and a Nagar Palika in Raigarh district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Kharsia is also known as "Mini Haryana" due to its high population of Marwaris.

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Map of Kharsia, Chhattisgarh 496661

Kharsia atm station chouk


Geography

Kharsia is located at 21.97°N 83.12°E / 21.97; 83.12. It has an average elevation of 245 metres (803 feet). But right now this small city has been facing pollution problem since last 3–4 years and nobody seems to have found any resolution to it.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kharsia had a population of 17,387. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kharsia has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 64.84%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 63%. In Kharsia, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Kharsia is also called "KUBER KI BASTI".

Transport

Kharsia is a station on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.

Notable people

  • Late Lakhiram Agrawal, Former Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh BJP President and ex-Rajya Sabha MP
  • Late Nand Kumar Patel, President Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committees, First Home minister of Chhattisgarh
  • Mr.[shubham bansal], A Indian singer. He sings Eglish Songs,he lives in kharsia.
  • Notable institutions

  • New Vivekanand Convent
  • Vande Mataram High School
  • National Convent School
  • National Science and Commerce College
  • Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir
  • St. John's English Medium School
  • M.G.College
  • The Bridgewill School
  • Alok International School
  • Kamala Nehru Public School
  • Sankracharya School
  • Marwan Devi College
  • Nagar Palika Girls School
  • Naveen School
  • Lal Bahadur Shashtri Govt. Higher Secondary School
  • Kadarsh Sarkari School
  • Bachpan Play School
  • References

    Kharsia Wikipedia