About Khairgarh ( Khairagarh )

Khairagarh is a town and a nagar palika in Rajnandgaon District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Administered by a nagar panchayat, Khairagarh city is facilitated by primary health centers, schools and a wide network of roads and railway tracks. Khairagarh also flaunts a rich heritage of touristy places that are found in and around the city. Khairagarh was a feudatory state of the former Central Provinces of British India. Pandadah (8km from khairagarh) is one of the most historical places in Chhattisgarh. The chief, who is descended From the old Nagavansha royal family, received the title of Raja, The King, as an hereditary distinction in 1898. The state included a fertile plain, yielding rice and cotton. Its prosperity was promoted by the Bengal-Nagpur railway, which has a station at Dongargarh, the largest town (pop. 5856 in 1901), Khairagarh is located at 2125N 8058E / 21.42N 80.97E / 21.42; 80.97. It has an average elevation of 307metres (1007feet). Khairagarh is...