Jharauli Khurd is a village located in Shahabad Markanda town of

Kurukshetra Kurukshetra (, ) is a city and administrative headquarter of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty ") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita". Legends According to the Pura ...

district in Haryana state of India. It is about 4 km off the Grand Trunk Road.The village is surrounded by Babain Tehsil towards East, Ambala Tehsil towards North, Thanesar Tehsil towards South, Kurukshetra Tehsil towards South. According to the 2011 Census , its population was 1301 of which, 515 were a scheduled caste population. There were 241 families, of which only two were Muslim families. The area of the village is 345 hectares, with one primary school (Geeta Vidya Mandir Jhrouli Khurd est.1998), one middle school (GMS Jharauli Khurd est. 1956) and one veterinary dispensary in the village. The Literacy rate is 75.31 % which is slightly lower than that of Haryana. The village is administrated by an elected Sarpanch. Mr. Hartinder Pal Singh is the present Sarpanch of the village. Wheat, paddy and sugar cane are the main yields of the village. The village code of Jharauli Khurd is 58347.

History

According to Punjab Chief,

Sardar Chuhar Singh Sardar Chuhar Singh (born c. 1743) of Jharauli was a general of Shaheedan Misl. He was the paternal cousin of Rai Singh Bhangi and close relative of Sikh warrior Baba Deep Singh. Under the command of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, he fought fo ...

from village Chung in Patti Tehsil, Amritsar, Punjab, India received Jharauli Ilaqa as his share after winning the battle of Sirhind in 1764. Under the British protection in 1809, Jharauli was one of ten villages collectively given the status of Jagir under Chuhar Singh's descendants. Although the village is now dominated by Sikhs, there were less than ten Sikh families in Jharauli during the 1890s. Jharauli, Rania and Khari states were the center of Shaheedi Misl in Sikh period. The Muslim population of the village migrated to Pakistan in 1947. The village received electricity in 1961.

References

Villages in Kurukshetra district {{Haryana-geo-stub