Kheri Jalab
village in Haryana, India
Kheri Jalab is a village and an Indus Valley Civilization site, located in Hisar District of the state of Haryana in India.
Demography
The village is home to people of Sheoran Boora, Punia, Kadian, Khatkar, Bhardwaj and some other sub castes of Jat community. The most dominating caste is Jat though some other castes also live in the village. The jat community has a lot of influence over the village.
Baba Sandokh Nath
The whole village are devotees of Baba but there are about 150 to 200 people and children of the village who always attend the evening aarti of Baba Sandhokh Nath, a local guru of the village. The Baba Sandokh Nath is worshipped by many nearby villages and other villages in Haryana. The ladies of the village gather at the local temple and do satsang and pray for the well-being of the village. The people proform the aarti in the evening time.
Education
Government College, Kheri Chopta
Indus Valley Civilization Site
Kheri Jalab is an early-Harappan Indus Valley Civilization site.
Bolstering the status of Rakhigarhi as the largest Indus Valley Civilization metropolis on the banks of Drishadvati river (current day paleochannel of Chautang), at least 23 other Indus Valley Civilization sites within 5 km (at 4 sites), 10 km (at least 10 sites) and 15 km (at least 9 sites) radius of Rakhigarhi have been discovered till 2001.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kheri Jalab” as village in Haryana, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Haryana, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6401336. Authority coordinates are 29.333, 76.083. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Kheri Jalab”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Kheri Jalab primary sources, Kheri Jalab archive and Kheri research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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