Kharsawan State

Kharsawan State
ଖରସୁଆଁ ରାଜ୍ୟ
Princely State of British India
1650–1948
Flag

Kharsawan State in a 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Area 
 1892
396 km2 (153 sq mi)
Population 
 1892
31,051
History 
 Established
1650
1948
Succeeded by
India

Kharsawan State, also spelt Kharsua or kharaswan, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state had a privy purse of 33,000 rupees. It was one of the Odia Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj and the major language spoken in the area is Odia.

The capital was the city of Kharsawan and the former area of Kharsawan State is now a part of Jharkhand, where its district is named Seraikela Kharsawan district. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh Deo and his father Maharaj Kumar Rudra Pratap Singh Deo appreciated the name change of the district.