Bhiwani district is one of the 22

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of the northern Indian state of Haryana. 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 t ...

, which is around from the national capital Delhi. 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 Medieval India#Early medieval period, Early medieval period History of town dates back to at least the 1st century, as evidenced by ...

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

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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 Mughals.

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 Vidhan Sabha 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 Charkhi Dadri District is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in north west India near Rajasthan border, but not sharing border with Rajasthan. Created on 1 December 2016, the district headquarters is the city of Charkhi Dadri. History ...

in 2016.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bhiwani district has a population of 1,634,445, roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho. 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 population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.32%. Bhiwani has a sex ratio of 884 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.7%. After bifurcation the district has a population of 1,132,169. Scheduled Castes make up 251,736 (22.23%) of the population.

Religion

Languages

At the time of the

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, 79.98% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi and 18.12% Hindi as their first language..

Education

Degree colleges

* Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalya * Rajiv Gandhi College for Women *

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Technological colleges

* BRCM College of Engineering * Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences

University

* Chaudhary Bansi Lal University

Religious places

* Kirorimal Mandir - Located in the heart of the city, temple of Vishnu. * Shri Khakhi Baba Mandir - Located on the bank of Tal. The whole '' Ramayana'' is inscribed on its walls. *

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- Devoted to Shiva and associated to ''Naath Pant''. *

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- Devoted to Shiva and associated to ''Giri Pant''. * Shri Bhoja Wali Devi Mandir - Devoted to Durga, 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 ( Hanuman).

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 India 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

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Paramjeet Samota Paramjeet Samota (born 5 July 1988) is an Indian amateur boxing, 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 me ...

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) *

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- Victoria Cross 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 * 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 Indian Army * 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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