Saraikela State

Saraikella State
Princely State of British India
1620–1948
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Saraikela State in a 1909
Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Area 
 1892
1,163 km2 (449 sq mi)
 1901
1,162 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population 
 1872
66,347
 1881
77,062
 1891
93,839
 1901
104,539
History 
 Established
1620
1948
Succeeded by
India

Saraikela State also spelt Seraikela, Saraikella or Seraikella, was a small princely state in India during the British Raj, in the region that is now the Jharkhand state. Its capital was at Saraikela.

The state had an area of 1163 km2 which yielded an average revenue of Rs. 92,000 in 1901, and was one of the nine Chota Nagpur States, a group of small, non-salute states (minor princely states), under the authority of the governor of Bengal Presidency. The last ruler of the state, Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, signed the merger agreement acceding to the Indian Union on 18 May 1948.