Bhiwani district is one of the 22

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the northern Indian state of

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 ...

. Created on 22 December 1972, the district was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of

Charkhi Dadri Charkhi Dadri is a city and headquarters of Charkhi Dadri district in the state of Haryana located in southern Haryana, India, about 90 km from the national capital Delhi. The town was made by joining the villages of Charkhi and Dadri a ...

as a separate district, as it occupied an area of and administered 442 villages with a population of 1,634,445. Sirsa is now the largest district of the state. The district headquarters is the city of

Bhiwani Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, Bhiwani was also known as "Gate of Rajputana". Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of ...

, which is around from the national capital

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

. Other major towns in the district are Siwani, Loharu, Tosham,

Bawani Khera Bawani Khera is a town and municipal committee in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. History Early medieval period History of town dates back to at least the 1st century, as evidenced by the discovery of 31 x 22 x 5 cm b ...

, Kohlawas, Lamba. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Haryana (out of 21), after

Faridabad Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ...

and Hisar.

History

Pre- Indus Valley Civilization mine, smelt and houses have been found at Khanak hills of Tosham Hill range. Excavations (1968–73 and 1980–86) in the village of

Mitathal Mitathal is a village and Indus Valley civilization (IVC) Archaeological sites in the Bhiwani tehsil of the Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. Part of Hisar division, it lies north of the district headquarters Bhiwani and from ...

in Bhiwani have unearthed evidence of pre-Harappan and Harappan (

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) culture in the area. Near the village of

Naurangabad Naurangabad is a village and location of the Indus Valley civilization archaeological site in Bhiwani district of Haryana state in India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-l ...

, about east of

city, preliminary diggings in 2001 revealed artifacts including coins, tools, sieves, toys, statues and pots up to 2,500 years old. According to archaeologists the presence of coins, coin moulds, statues and design of the houses, suggests that a town existed here sometimes in the

Kushan The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, ...

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and the Youdheya period till 300 BCE.

city is mentioned in the ''

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'' and has been a prominent centre of commerce since the time of the

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Divisions

The district comprises four sub-divisions:

, Loharu, Siwani and Tosham. These sub-divisions are further divided into five Tehsils:

, Loharu, Siwani,

and Tosham and one sub-tehsil, Behal. There are five

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constituencies in this district:

, Loharu,

, Tosham and

. Bawani Khera is part of the Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency) while the rest are part of Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency). Previously in Bhiwani district, sub-divisions

Badhra Badhra is a tehsil, sub-division and assembly constituency in the Charkhi Dadri district of the Indian state of Haryana. It is located west of district headquarters Charkhi Dadri, south west of city of Bhiwani and east of the national capit ...

and

and sub-tehsil Baund Kalan became part of the new Charkhi Dadri district in 2016.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bhiwani district has a

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of 1,634,445, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 306th in India (out of a total of

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). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.32%. Bhiwani has a

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of 884

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for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.7%. After bifurcation the district has a population of 1,132,169.

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make up 251,736 (22.23%) of the population.

Religion

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 79.98% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi and 18.12%

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as their first language..

Education

Degree colleges

* Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalya * Rajiv Gandhi College for Women *

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Vaish P.G. College Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, ''vaiśya'') is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in India. Vaishyas are classed third in the order of caste hierarchy. The occupation of Vaishyas consists mainly of agriculture, taking care ...

Technological colleges

* BRCM College of Engineering *

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University

* Chaudhary Bansi Lal University

Religious places

* Kirorimal Mandir - Located in the heart of the city, temple of

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. * Shri Khakhi Baba Mandir - Located on the bank of Tal. The whole ''

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'' is inscribed on its walls. *

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- Devoted to

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and associated to ''Naath Pant''. *

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- Devoted to Shiva and associated to ''Giri Pant''. * Shri Bhoja Wali Devi Mandir - Devoted to

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, also known as ''84 Ghantiyon Wala Mandir'' (84 Bells Temple). *Dhareru Dhaam - It is a village 12 km far from the district. Dedicated to Shyam Baba *

Devsar Dhaam {{unreferenced, date=April 2010 Devsar Dhaam is a location in the Bhiwani District of Haryana, India. It stands on a hillock on Bhiwani-Luharu Road, and has a temple devoted to the goddess Vaishno Devi. Devsar is a place of great religious import ...

- It is located on a hillock on Bhiwani-Luharu road. It has a temple devoted to the goddess Vaishno Devi. *Manheru Dhaam - It is a village 11 km far from the district. There is a temple of Balaji Maharaj (

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Sports

Sports played in the area include wrestling, volleyball, boxing and running. Hawa Singh won the

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gold medal in

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category in consecutive editions of the games in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad.

has emerged as a centre of Indian boxing as all four boxers representing

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at Beijing Olympics 2008 are products of Sports Authority of India (SAI) boxing hostel at Bhiwani. To top that three of them Akhil Kumar,

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and Jitender Kumar reached the quarterfinals of their respective categories. While Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar lost in their respective quarterfinals bouts

qualified to the semifinals thereby ensuring India's first ever Boxing medal (Bronze) in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Paramjeet Samota Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer best known for winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 2010 at Super Heavyweight. Early life Samota grew up in Dinod, a village near Bhiwani. Career Samota won a gold medal in t ...

who won a gold for India in the

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also lives in a large village called Dinod in the Bhiwani district.

Notable people

* Bansi Lal - Former Chief Minister of Haryana * Dinesh Kumar - Boxer *

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* Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer) * Richhpal Ram -

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winner in World War-II *

Brijpal Singh Colonel Brijpal Singh was an officer of Indian Army who served with the Rajput Regiment. He was awarded Vir Chakra for his bravery in Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Personal life He was Tanwar Rajput with roots in Bapora village in Bhiwani ...

Vir Chakra Vir Chakra (pronunciation: ʋ iː ɾ a tʃ a kɾa) is an Indian wartime military bravery award presented for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy on the battlefield and is third in precedence in wartime gallantry awards and ...

* Hawa Singh - heavyweight boxer,

gold medal winner * Jagdish Singh - Boxer * Air Marshal

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* Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC - COAS of

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* Vijender Singh - Olympic Bronze medal winner in boxing *Air Marshal Vikram Singh

Villages

*See List of villages in Bhiwani district.

References

External links

Official website of Bhiwani districtBest Hospital in Bhiwani
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