Hansari
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Hansari | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Location in Uttar Pradesh  Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 25°24′46″N 78°34′02″E / 25.4128°N 78.5672°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Jhansi |
| Block | Babina |
| Established | 1779 |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 15,128 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Hansari was a village of Babina Block in Jhansi district, now evolved as a suburb of Jhansi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.
As of 2001[update] India census, the town had a population of 15,128 of which 8,102 were males while 7,026 were females as per report released by Census India 2001.
The town had an average literacy rate of 59.66%; with male literacy of 37.48% and female literacy of 21.97%. 16.05% of the population was under 6 years of age.[1]
History
Hansari constituted a substantial jagir, comprising fifty villages within India during the British Raj, and was administratively integrated into the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. Governed by the Bhatelas. It constituted an inseparable part of the princely state of Orchha, ceded to the Bhatelas by the rulers of Orchha in 1779. In 1930, the British authorities conferred the honorific title of Raja upon the jagirdars of Hansari.
His Highness Raja Saheb Dada Narayan Singh, a distinguished scion of this familial lineage, was accorded the esteemed title of H.H. "Raja Saheb" by the British Raj . Throughout his political tenure, Dada Narayan Singh fostered significant affiliations with the former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Smt. Sudha Singh Ji was the only daughter of Narayan Singh. Raja Surendra Singh was the nephew who controlled the estate later on.
