Official Name: | Khandsa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Nickname: | Eklavya mandir |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gurgaon in Haryana |
Coordinates: | 28.422°N 76.99°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Type4: | Sector |
Subdivision Name2: | Haryana |
Subdivision Name3: | Gurgaon district |
Subdivision Name4: | 37 |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Governing Body: | Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Vimal Yadav |
Total Type: | Total |
Unit Pref: | UK |
Elevation M: | 217 |
Elevation Ft: | 711.9 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2011 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main spoken |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 122xxx |
Area Code: | 0124 |
Registration Plate: | HR-26 (North) HR-55 (Commercial) HR-72 (South) HR 76 Pataudi (Gurgaon) |
Pushpin Label: | Gurgaon |
Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Leader Name2: | Gurgaon City |
Leader Title3: | Planning agency |
Leader Name3: | Haryana Urban Development Authority |
Leader Name4: | Civic agency |
Leader Title4: | Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon |
Population: | 876,824[1] |
Demographics1 Info1: | Ahirwati, Haryanvi, and hindi by outsiders |
Khandsa is a village in Gurgaon mandal in Gurgaon District, Haryana State, India. It has a population of about 9959 persons living in some 1912 households. It lies on the NH-8 highway. It is near New Delhi, India.
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 122004.
There is an Eklavya temple in honour of Ekalavya in Khandsa. As in the Mahabharata, this is the only temple of Eklavya and it is the place where Eklavya cut his thumb and offered to guru Drona.[2]