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Khargapur

Khargapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.

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Place details

Locality: Khargapur
Region: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 14,813
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Khargapur
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Madhya Pradesh#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tikamgarh
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 305
Settlement.population_total

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Tikamgarh district
Elevation: +305
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Khargapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.

==History== Khargapur was the part of vast empires successively ruled by the Mauryas, the Shungas and the Guptas. It was in the first quarter of ninth century AD., that Mannuka founded a new Chandela dynasty in the area. Khargapur at that time came under this dynasty. Then successively it was ruled by Bundelas of Orchha estate and possessed more than 125 jagirs under its dynasty. The fifth son of Vir Singh Deo (ruler of Orchha, 1605–1627) was sent from Orchha to rule Khargapur.