Jharsa
| Jharsa | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Jharsa  Jharsa Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°ECoordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi Haryanvi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 122003 |
| Vehicle registration | HR-26-XX-XXXX |
| Website |
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Jharsa is a large village in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana State, India. Jharsa is 2.499 km away from the Mandal main town, Gurgaon, and 9.7 km from the district's main city of Gurgaon. It is located 254 km from the state's main city, Chandigarh. It has a population of about 32907 persons living in around 8689 households.[1] Jharsa is a very old and big village mainly dominated by Jats. The main localities and sectors near Jharsa include Mohyal colony, Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar and Sector 15, Sector 31, Sector 32, Sector 39, Sector 40, Sector 46, and Indra Colony Part - 1 & 2.
Before the division of India in 1947, Jharsa had a significant Muslim population. Pashtuns, who settled here from Rohailkhand and Delhi after the events in 1857, constituted the majority. Chughtai Mughals from Delhi and Syeds from Ajmer also found refuge here. The latter were granted lands by the last Mughal rulers. The village heroes were Ch. Galam Singh Kilhore and Ch. Bakhtawar Singh Thakran, who were hanged to death by the British government for the killing of two English officers in 1857.
Jharsa's Pin Code is 122003. Other villages near Jharsa are Wazirabad, Islampur, Silokhera, Tigra, Ghata, and Kanhai.[2][3]
The people of Jharsa
The village has given famous players for India. One was Pritam Rani Siwach, former women's hockey team captain of India, and the other was the wrestler Virender Singh (Thakran) (Dheeraj Pahalwan), who won a bronze medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship and won a silver medal in Commonwealth Championship in 1995.
Oldest Ramlila (Shri Krishan Mandir Ramlila) in Gurgaon (start from 1879)
The Ramlila has been organized in Jharsa since last 135 years. Baba Jugaldas ji maharaj had started to make Shri Krishan Mandir and completed it in 1813. At that time Jharsa had a Muslim majority. It was in under of Begum Samru. Baba Jugaldas Maharaj had come from a Jat family in the village. He was a great devotee of Lord Shri Krishan. He handed out money from village people to make the temple of Shri Krishan. After the making of Shri Krishan Mandir Baba Jugaldas had first organised Ramlila in 1879 at the ground of Shri Krishan Mandir. At that time only two places where the Ramlila was played; one was Pataudi where the Nawab of Pataudi had started Ramlila and the other was village Jharsa. After that in 1881 Munim ji had took Ramlila on Ram Talab. There Ramlila was played for 100 years. After that Ramlila divided and one part was again played at the ground of Shri Krishan Mandir Jharsa and other was at Ram Lila Ground Chotta school.
Climate of Jharsa
| Climate data for Jharsa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 70 (21.1) |
75.6 (24.2) |
86 (30.0) |
97.2 (36.2) |
103.3 (39.6) |
102.7 (39.3) |
95.2 (35.1) |
91.9 (33.3) |
93 (33.9) |
91.2 (32.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
73.4 (23.0) |
88.5 (31.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 45.1 (7.3) |
50.2 (10.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
70.7 (21.5) |
78.6 (25.9) |
82.9 (28.3) |
79.9 (26.6) |
78.6 (25.9) |
75.9 (24.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
55 (12.8) |
46.8 (8.2) |
65.8 (18.8) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 0.799 (20.3) |
0.591 (15.0) |
0.622 (15.8) |
0.264 (6.7) |
0.689 (17.5) |
2.161 (54.9) |
9.114 (231.5) |
10.185 (258.7) |
5.031 (127.8) |
1.429 (36.3) |
0.197 (5.0) |
0.307 (7.8) |
31.389 (797.3) |
| Average rainy days | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 39.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.9 | 217.5 | 238.7 | 261.0 | 263.5 | 198.0 | 167.4 | 176.7 | 219.0 | 269.7 | 246.0 | 217.0 | 2,688.4 |
Famous people of Jharsa
- Ch. Galam Singh Kilhore - freedom fighter of India c. 1857; founder of Jharsa; first President of Jharsa 365 khaap; the first martyr of Gurgaon
- Akshit Thakran - son of Sh. Naresh Thakran; most popular off road and rally driver; won seven off road trophies
- Bhakhtawar Singh Thakran - freedom fighter of India, c. 1857; President of Jharsa 360 Khaap
- Captain Uday Singh Kilhore (1912-1972) - freedom fighter of INA (Indian National Army) who fought under the leadership of Subhash Chandra Bose for the freedom of India; also fought in World War II in the countries Burma, Singapore and Thailand; Haryana Govt has honoured him by naming a road on his name which is from Rajiv chowk to the office of District Soldier Board, Sadar Bazaar via civil lines.
- Joginder Singh - Major in the Indian Army
- Brij lal Vashisht - fought in World War II; later a captain in the Indian Army
- Pritam Rani Siwach - former captain of the Indian women's hockey team in 2008
- Virender Thakran धीरज पहलवान - railway wrestler; winner of bronze medal in 1991 Junior World Wrestling and Gold Medalist in 1995 Australian Commonwealth Games; gold medalist in 1994 SAIF Games
- Hansram Pahalwan हंसराम पहलवान - wrestler of India Post Services from 1947 to 1972 and 1987
- Ch. Khazan Singh Kilhore - five-time sarpanch; former Spokesperson of Indian National Congress (Haryana); current General Secretary of Indian National Congress (Haryana)
- Monika Shokeen - first lady IAS from Jharsa
- Navita Thakran - first lady officer in Coast Guard.
- MUSKAN THAKRAN- Tennis player wons gold medal in 2014 silver in 2015 and again gold in 2016. Proud indian girl.
References
- ↑ "Local information for Jharsa - Location coordinates (lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources". Geolysis.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ "Jharsa Village , Gurgaon Tehsil , Gurgaon District". Onefivenine.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ "Jharsa Gurgaon PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ Archived November 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Attack in Gurgaon revives memories of gang wars". The Hindu. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990128/02851195p.html