The majority of the population of the surrounding are is Arain, Gujjar, Jutt, Kamboh, Awan, Naich, Mirali, Sahu, Dhudhi, Bhatti, Khokhar and Sial.
According to Dr. N.K. Sahu's opinion, the illustrious Ganga Dynasty of Orissa (and also Karnataka, Madras) were the descendants of the Gangaridai people who migrated to South India from Tamluk (Midnapur) in South Bengal.
Few of the common Jaiswal Brahmin Surnames are Jaiswal, Jayaswal, Gaur, Garg, Gupta, Bhagat, Vaish(nav), Dubey, Prasad, Chowdhury, Rai or Ray or Roy, Thakur, Sahu, Malviya, Varma or Varman Or Barman, etc.
The new film, directed by Mahmood Hussain and produced by Purnabasi Sahu, is set in the first half of the 18th century and depicts the tyrannical rule of the Nagpur rulers.
Monideepa Sahu got the idea of writing this book after meeting an owner of a shop selling rare herbs while doing research for an article for the newspaper Deccan Herald.
Before starting his Ph.D. program, Sahu received advanced graduate training in international relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.