Bhindawas is a village in

Jhajjar district Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. It is about 15 km from

Jhajjar Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...

. It is in Matenhail sub-district.

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Ramsar site is located in Jhajjar district, which is about 15 km from Jhajjar in Haryana. On 3 June 2009, it is also declared as bird sanctuary by the Indian Government. This is an important part of ecologi ...

is nearby. The village was founded by Bhinda and Puhania Ahirs a few centuries ago. Army and agriculture were the main profession of people but now many have migrated to nearby cities and work in various government and private organizations.

Demographics of 2011

As of

2011 India census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Bhindawas had a population of 2074 in 422 households. Males (1088) constitute 52.45% of the population and females (986) 47.54%. Bhindawas has an average literacy (1450) rate of 69.91%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy (847) is 58.41%, and female literacy (603) is 41.58% of total literates (1450). In Bhindawas, Jhajjar, 12.63% of the population is under 6 years of age (262).

Adjacent villages

*Chandol *Dhakla *Surehti *rayia *dawala

References

Villages in Jhajjar district {{Haryana-geo-stub