Tekari
Tekari
Tikari | |
|---|---|
city | |
  Tekari Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 24°56′N 84°50′E / 24.93°N 84.83°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gaya |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 43,000 |
| Languages Hindi, Magahi | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 824236 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Tekari is a city and a municipality in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar and was the centre of erstwhile Tekari Raj. Maharaja Gopalsaran was the king of this area in British times.
Etymology
[edit]In South Bihar, the representative of several communities was the Tekari family, whose great estate, Tekari Raj, in Gaya, dates back to the early 18th century.[1] In the Mughal period, Tekari evolved as a rich estate, protected by its kings, who were a part of the Mughal Empire. The royal emblem of the Kingdom of Tekari was a pigeon attacking over an eagle sat on the perch of a tree. Pundits concluded, "this jungle of tetris (tetri, a kind of tree) is the place where the fort should be made," and declared it very lucky. Tetri, vis-à-vis Tekari. (Tekari used to be a popular place name during the Muslim period). It perhaps indicated a place office for local administration and tax collection and residence of local chief. It may also have been a market place.
Maharaja Hit Narayan Singh of Tekari was said to have been "a man of a religious turn of mind... who became an ascetic and left his vast property in the hands of his wife" shortly after inheriting much of the estate in the 1840s.[2]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2001[update] India census,[3] Tekari had a population of 17,615. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Tekari has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 57%. In Tekari, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
[edit]- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 139). ISBN 978-0-520-21100-1.
- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 140). ISBN 978-0-520-21100-1.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.