Gursarai

Gursarai
—  city  —
Gursarai Location of Gursarai in Uttar Pradesh and India
Coordinates	25°37′N 79°11′E
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District(s)	Jhansi
Population	22,991 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 174 metres (571 ft)

Gursarai is a city and a municipal board in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

History

The town was created after a grant of land was made to Mukundraj Kher, chef of the Peshwas of Malwa for his service during the second battle of Tarain. Mukundraj is widely credited as having accidentally won the battle for the peshwas by food poisoning the General of the later mughals when he visited the court of the Peshwas. An act which had the immediate consequence of the withdrawal of Mughal armies from the borders of the Malwa empire.

A statue stands in the main square at Gursarai commemorating the accidental bravery of Mukundraj.

Geography

Gursarai is located at 25.62°N 79.18°E / 25.62; 79.18. It has an average elevation of 174 metres (570 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Gursarai had a population of50000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gursarai has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 56%. In Gursarai, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.municipality has 25 wards.

Civic administration

the water supply arrangement of this city is from a pond at Bhasneh Village at 8 km from Gursarai. From the last three years this town is suffering from acute water crisis

People and Culture

People of this town are calm. There is no big public sector unit or Industries in the town, so life is a bit slow there. Gursarai has everything people need there. Colleges, Kher Inter College( Since 1949 ) and Govt. Girls Inter College are two prestigious colleges Young crowd use to gather at some common place such as GIC Ground and Siddan Temple ( 2 km from town ).