Saraikella State ଷଢେ଼ଇକଳା ରାଜ୍ୟ | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1620–1948 | |||||||
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Saraikela State in a 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1892 | 1,163 km2 (449 sq mi) | ||||||
• 1901 | 1,162 km2 (449 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1872 | 66,347 | ||||||
• 1881 | 77,062 | ||||||
• 1891 | 93,839 | ||||||
• 1901 | 104,539 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1620 | ||||||
1948 | |||||||
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Saraikela State also spelt Seraikela, Saraikella or Seraikella (Odia: ଷଢେ଼ଇକଳା), was a small princely state in India during the British Raj, in the region that is now the Jharkhand state.[2] Its capital was at Saraikela.
The state had an area of 1163 km2 which yielded an average revenue of Rs.92,000 in 1901, and was one of the nine Chota Nagpur States under the authority of the governor of Bengal Presidency.[3] The last ruler of the state, Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, signed the merger agreement acceding to the Indian Union on 18 May 1948.