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| subdivision_name2 = [[Sikar district|Sikar]]
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'''Harsawa''' is a village located in the [[Sikar]] district of [[Shekhawati]] region, in [[Rajasthan]] state, [[India]]. Harsawa is within the [[Fatehpur, Shekhawati|Fatehpur]] Tehsil, 8 km south along National Highway-11 from [[Fatehpur, Shekhawati|Fatehpur]] town. [[Sand dunes]] of the [[Thar Desert]] can be seen from Harsawa. {{As of|2001}}, the village had a total population of 1695.

==History==
After the defeat of the last [[Hindu]] King of [[Delhi]], [[Prithviraj Chauhan]], in the [[second Battle of Tarain]] (1192), the [[Jats]] in his army moved to the countryside and settled as cultivators at various places in [[India]]. Initially [[Saharan (gotra)|Saharan]] gotra [[Jats]] came to this area and started temporary cultivation, but after some time they left. Subsequently, [[Nehra]] gotra Jats from the nearby village of [[Banthod]] migrated to this place and started cultivation. One of these Nehra gotra Jats was Harsa Nehra, who founded the village of Harsawa in 1287 AD. Later settlers included [[Dhaka]] gotra Jats from [[Juliasar]] and Datujala villages, [[Thor]]i gotra Jats from Ramsisar, Bhaskar gotra Jats from Rajas, [[Lamoria (gotra)|Lamoria]] gotra Jats from [[Antroli]] and [[Dhayal]] gotra Jats from [[Fuskani]] villages.

==Geography==

Harsawa is located at 27°55' North, 74°59' East. The total geographical area of the village is 4000 [[bigha]] ({{convert|1600|acre|disp=or}}). National Highway-11, from [[Bikaner]] to [[Jaipur]], passes through Harsawa, as does the railway line from [[Bikaner]] to [[Jaipur]]. Harsawa is near to the historical village of [[Garinda]].

The natural climatic conditions in the village are very harsh and extreme. Temperatures range from below {{convert|0|C|F|0}} in winter to over {{convert|50|C|F|0}} in summer. The summers bring hot waves of air called "loo". The village lies in the [[Thar Desert]] region, and annual rainfall is very low, on the scale of {{convert|450|mm|in}}. The ground water in the village is hard and salty and as deep as {{convert|200|ft}}. The people in the region depend on rainwater for [[agriculture]]. Rainwater is also stored in [[pucca tank]]s for drinking purposes. On average the region faces a dry year every third year, and a famine year every eighth year. During famine years it becomes very difficult for the animals to survive, for want of fodder, and the cattle population goes down drastically.

==Demographics==
As of the census of 2001, the population was 1695, of whom 829 were male and 866 were female. Literacy in the village is at 81.17%. All the villagers belong to the [[Hindu]] religion, and about ninety percent are of the [[Jat people|Jat]] [[caste]]. [[castes]] include [[Rajput]]s, [[Brahman]]s, [[Swami]], [[Harijan]]s, [[Aheria|Naik]] and [[Jangir]]. There is one temple of [[Hanuman]]ji, one temple of the [[Goddess]] Mawali and one ''than'' (a sacred place) of [[Gogaji]].

==Economy==
The main occupation of the villagers is [[agriculture]]. There are 140 persons serving the Indian Army, central and state governments. About 110 people have gone to [[Arab]] countries to work; three families of Dhadhi caste are engaged in music and have gone to [[Pakistan]]. A large number of villagers work in the Agricultural Research Station, Fatehpur, and the Central Sheep Breeding Farm, Fatehpur, which are located just adjoining the village.

==Education==
Harsawa is considered to be a progressive village for the region. Education in the village was started in 1934 with the cooperation of villagers. Hardev Singh [[Nehra]] started formal education in 1935 with the help of [[Birlas]] under the "Vernacular" scheme. The first primary school was instituted by the state government in 1949, and it has now been upgraded to encompass a Sr.school. There is also a number of private schools. Social workers Chaudhary Bhagu Ram Bhaskar and Choudhary Gharsi Ram Nehra and Chunni Lal Nehra show the way of technical education in the village. Students are studying continuously for the development of their village.

==Role in the abolition of Jagirs==
Harsawa played an important role in the abolition of [[Jagir]]s. Before [[Indian Independence Movement|independence]] in 1947, the conditions of the farmers were very bad. The farmers were exploited and oppressed by the Jagirdars during the [[British Raj]], and were deprived of fundamental rights. When the Jagirdars did not receive cesses, known as "lag" or "begar", in time, the farmers were given hard punishments and their crops were destroyed.

The farmers of Harsawa united against the oppression of the [[Jagirdar]]s and stopped giving cesses. Chaudhari Motaram and Chaudhari Bhagu Ram Bhaskar 15 others of Harsawa village were arrested by Raja of [[Sikar]] in 1935 and imprisoned for three months. Farmers, mainly Jats, joined "Sikar Jat-Kisan-Panchayat" and "Jaipur Praja-Mandal", along with the [[Shekhawati]] farmers. After a long struggle the farmers got rid of oppression and acquired ownership rights over the land they had been cultivating.
under the leadership of Chaudhari Hardev Singh [[nehara]].

== Notable persons from the village ==
*[[Choudhary Gharsi Ram Nehra|Choudhary Gharsi]] ram
Fhusaram ji dhaka
*[[Hardev Singh Nehra|H]]
*bhagirathmal nehra
* Dhaka family
*Jagdish nehra j.p
*

==External links==
*[http://www.ashanet.org/chicago/village/html/index.html?view_type=villages&state_code=8&district_code=13&tehsil_code=0001 Villages in the Fatehpur tehsil, Sikar district]

[[Category:Villages in Sikar district]]

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