Tekari


Tekari is a city and a municipality in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar and was the centre of erstwhile Tekari Raj. Shri Gopalsharan was the Zamindar of this area in British times. The fort is still in existence here. It is a place of tourist's interest.

History

In South Bihar, the representative of several communities was the Tekari family, whose estate, Tekari Raj, in Gaya, dates back to the early 18th century.
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 a lion's share of the estate in the 1840s.

Demographics

India census, 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.