CHARKHARI  , a native

state in the Bundelkhand agency of Central India . Area, 745 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 123,594; estimated revenue £33,000 . It is surrounded on all sides by other states of Central India, except near Charkhari town, where it meets the United Provinces . It was founded by Bijai Bahadur (vikramaditya), a sanad being granted him in 1804 and another in 1811 . The chief, whose title is maharaja, is a Rajput of the Bundela clan, descended from Chhatar Sal, the champion of the independence of Bundelkhand in the 18th century . In 1857 Raja Ratan Singh received a hereditary salute of 11 guns, a khilat and a perpetual jagir of £1300 a year in recognition of his services during the Mutiny . The town of Charkhari (locally Maharajnagar) is 40 M . W. of Banda; pop . (1901) 11,718 .