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Seraikela Kharsawan district
Seraikela Kharsawan is a district of Jharkhand, India, created in 2001 from West Singhbhum district, with its headquarters at Seraikela. It is named after the former princely states of Seraikela and Kharsawan, which merged with Orissa in 1948 and were transferred to Bihar later that year. The area is known for the Seraikela style of the masked Chhau dance.
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