Jarkhi

Jarkhi is located about 6.5 km northeast from Tundla, the tehsil headquarters. The Jhirna, a small rain-fed stream that historically marked the boundary between Itimadpur and Firozabad tehsils, flows past Jarkhi.^{[2]: 8, 297}

Jarkhi was historically the seat of a large taluqdari estate, which originated in 1803 with a lease of 41 villages granted to two Jats named Sundar and Dalip Singh. (Or, according to another version, to a Jat moneylender from Mahaban named Dheri Singh; in the first version, he is described as Dalip Singh's grandson.) Previously, Jarkhi had been held by a different group of Jats. Dheri Singh and his descendants later fell into debt and had to sell or mortgage much of their property to biswadars or sub-proprietors. They later settled with the biswadars and bought back proprietorship, and at the turn of the 20th century there were several branches of the family who held a combined total of 56 villages. The main family residence in Jarkhi at that point consisted of a group of masonry buildings surrounded by an earth wall and a deep ditch.^{[2]: 87, 94, 297}

Jarkhi at the turn of the 20th century was described as a busy market village that held markets twice per week. Shoes were manufactured here and many were exported for sale in Calcutta (now Kolkata), and there was also a large export of ghee to Firozabad and Shikohabad. Fruit was also exported to Agra when in season. The village also had an upper primary school, a post office, and a stud farm. As of 1901, Jarkhi's population was 1,362, including a significant minority of 321 Jains. Jarkhi's Jain community was wealthy and prosperous and had built "a fine temple" in the village.^[2]: 297