Jharsa
| Jharsa | |
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| Village | |
 Jharsa
Jharsa
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| Coordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°ECoordinates: 28°26′42″N 77°04′25″E / 28.444921°N 77.073627°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi Haryanvi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 122003 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR-26-XX-XXXX |
| Website | haryana |
Jharsa is a large village in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana State, India. Jharsa is 2.499 km away from the Mandal main town, Gurgaon, and 9.7 km from the district's main city of Gurgaon. It is located 254 km from the state's main city, Chandigarh. It has a population of about 32907 persons living in around 8689 households. Jharsa is a very old and big village. The main localities and sectors near Jharsa include Mohyal colony, Patel Nagar, Kirti Nagar and Sector 15, Sector 31, Sector 32, Sector 39, Sector 40, Sector 46, and Indra Colony Part - 1 & 2. It is one of the richest and densely populated village in Gurgaon.This village is regarded the most powerful village of Gurgaon. It has given the area big renowned politicians and gangsters.
Before the division of India in 1947, Jharsa had a significant Muslim population. Pashtuns, who settled here from Rohailkhand and Delhi after the events in 1857, constituted the majority. Chughtai Mughals from Delhi and Syeds from Ajmer also found refuge here. The latter were granted lands by the last Mughal rulers. The village heroes were Ch. Galam Singh Kilhore and Ch. Bakhtawar Singh Thakran, who were hanged to death by the British government for the killing of two English officers in 1857.
Jharsa's Pin Code is 122003. Other villages near Jharsa are Wazirabad, Islampur, Silokhera, Tigra, Ghata, and Kanhai.
The village has given famous players for India. One was Pritam Rani Siwach, former women's hockey team captain of India, and the other was the wrestler Virender Singh (Thakran) (Dheeraj Pahalwan), who won a bronze medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship and won a silver medal in Commonwealth Championship in 1995.
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