Khairagarh State was a feudatory state of the former Central Provinces of British India.Malleson, G. B.: An historical sketch of the native states of India, London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984 The chief, who was descended from royal family of the old Nagvanshis of Chotanagpur, received the title of Raja as a hereditary distinction in 1898 or on 1st January 1896. The Khairagarh chiefs claimed descent from the prominent Rajgond dynasty of Garha-Mandla.
