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Khandsa

Khandsa
खण्डसा
Village
Nickname(s): Eklavya mandir
Gurgaon is located in Haryana
Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is located in India
Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Location of Gurgaon in Haryana
Coordinates: 28°25′19″N 76°59′24″E / 28.422°N 76.99°E / 28.422; 76.99Coordinates: 28°25′19″N 76°59′24″E / 28.422°N 76.99°E / 28.422; 76.99
Country  India
State Haryana
District Gurgaon district
Sector 37
Government
 • Body Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon
 • Mayor Vimal Yadav
 • Vidhan Sabha constituency Gurgaon City
 • Planning agency Haryana Urban Development Authority
Elevation 711.9 ft (217 m)
Population 876,824
Languages
 • Main spoken Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 122xxx
Area code(s) 0124
Vehicle registration HR-26 (North)
HR-55 (Commercial)
HR-72 (South)
HR 76 Pataudi (Gurgaon)
Website gurgaon.nic.in

Khandsa is a village in Gurgaon mandal in Gurgaon District, Haryana State, India. Khandsa is several kilometres from Gurgaon, main town of the mandal and 257 kilometres (160 mi) from the state capital Chandigarh. It has a population of about 9959 persons living in some 1912 households. It lies on the NH-8 highway.

Nearby villages are Naharpur Roopa (2.333 km), Hari Nagar (Duma) (2.535 km), Shahpur-Jat (2.626 km), Kadipur (2.711 km), Kherki Daula (3.112 km), Rampura Safedar Nagar (3.346 km).

Khandsa Pin Code is 120004

Khandsa village is dominated by Raghav Rajputs.

There is a Eklavya temple (Hindi: एकलव्य मंदिर) temple in honor of Mahabharata fame Eklavya in Khandsa village in Sector 37 of Gurugram city in Haryana state of India. As per folklore, this is the only temple of Eklavya and it is the place where Eklavya cut his thumb and offered to guru Drona.


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