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Bidhwan

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Settlement type Village
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Bidhwan is a village and administrative unit with a democratically elected panchayat samiti (local council) in the Loharu (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Siwani Tehsil of Bhiwani District under Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency and Hisar Division of Haryana state.[1]

It is situated Template:Convert from Hisar on the Hisar-Rajgarh road and Template:Convert from the district headquarters Bhiwani.

History

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari

Template:Anchor Template:Main Bidhwan is the seat of former "Jaglan Zail" headed by the Zaildar from the influential Jaglan clan, who during the British Raj, ruled over four revenue villages near Princely state of Loharu State, namely Bidhwan, Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Mandholi Kalan (मंढोलीकलां). Currently, these villages lie in the Bhiwani district. Descendants of the Jaglan clan still live in the village and they currently holds the position of Lambardar of Bidhwan village.

Nearby archaeological sites

Nearby Indus Valley Civilization archaeological sites are Banawali, Lohari Ragho, Masudpur, Rakhigarhi, Siswal all with Hissar district as well as Burj and Bhirrana and Kunal and Balu in Fatehabad[2] and Mitathal and Naurangabad in Bhiwani district. Other archaeological site are Agroha Mound where the original pillar of Ashoka was taken to Firoz Shah Palace Complex in Hisar.[3][4]

Administration

Currently, Bidhwan is under Bhiwani Zilla Panchayat and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat Smiti code 244115[1] and 2011 census village code 061301 and village name Bidhwan (113).[5] As of August 2013, Ravinder Kumar is the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat Smiti.[6] There is a Patwari (government land record officer), an ADO (Agriculture Development Officer),a Rural Health Officer (RHO), and an Anganbadi Worker based at Bidhwan.[7]

Government schemes

Bidhwan is covered by the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,[8][9] Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana rural electrification scheme,[10] and National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.[11][12]

Demographics

Template:Pie chart Template:Bar chart As per a 20101 census, Bidhwan had 45% literacy rate (2016 out of 4500 residents) and 1890 cell-phone connections.[13]

Jat gotras

The following Jat gotras are found in the village Template:Div col

  • Khichar
  • Beniwal
  • Bisla
  • Chahar
  • Ghanghas
  • Jaglan
  • Malik(jadiya)
  • Baloda
  • Kulriya
  • Nehra
  • Poonia
  • Repswal
  • Saharan
  • Sheoran
  • Sura

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Other gotras

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Education

There is Government High School, Bidhwan.[14] There are many more schools institutes and 3 universities at Hisar (60 km) and Bhiwani (53 km).

Transportation

Bidhwan is well connected by the paved bitumen road. It lies from 7 km Jhumpa Khurd, 16 km Bahal, 19 km Siwani, 27  Rajgarh (Rajasthan), 31  Kairu, 53 km Hissar, 55 km Hansi, 47 km Pilani, and 58 km from Bhiwani, 165 km Delhi and 284 km from state capital Chandigarh.[15]

Train connectivity

Nearest train stations on the Jakhal-Hisar-Sadalpur line are 7 km Jhumpa Khurd, 16 km Bahal and 19 km Siwani, Nearest major junctions are Sadulpur-Rajgarh Railway junction 34 km, Hisar Junction railway station Template:Convert and Bhiwani Junction railway station 60 km.

Airport connectivity

Hisar Airport, the nearest functional domestic airport and flying training club is Template:Convert away. Nearest international airport is Template:Convert at Delhi.

Geography

Bidhwan is at the altitude of 210 m or 689 feet. Bidhwan lies in the semi-arid climate of the sandy bagar tract with scattered low sand dunes.[16] Bidhwan has water ponds for the cattle. The fields are irrigated by the isharwal-Jhumpa distributory of Siwani branch of Western Yamuna Canal.

Climate and ecology

Climate

Main ecological issues are desertification, deforestation, encroachment and land grabbing of common Panchayat forest and grazing land called "bani".[16]

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Fauna

Animals and birds of various species are found including sparrow, large Indian parakeet, parrot, crow, rat, rabbit, nilgai, pied crested cuckoo, koel, pheasant, kingfisher, bulbul and Indian magpie robin.[16]

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Panchayats of Siwani, Bhiwani, Haryana{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
  2. ↑ Archaeology report{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Cambridge
  3. ↑ Lat Ki Masjid, Haryana Lat Ki Masjid, Lat Ki Masjid travel guide, Lat Ki Masjid in Hissar Haryana, Journey to Lat Ki Masjid, Traveling to Lat Ki Masjid.
  4. ↑ More details about Buddhist monuments at Sanchi Template:Webarchive, Archaeological Survey of India, 1989.
  5. ↑ Haryana Panchayats Template:Webarchive
  6. ↑ Haryana Panchayat{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
  7. ↑ Child Welfare, Harayana. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Priyadarshini Awas Yojna Benificiary list
  9. ↑ Rural Housing
  10. ↑ Rural electrification Template:Webarchive
  11. ↑ MANEGRA report
  12. ↑ NREGA report Template:Webarchive
  13. ↑ Bidhwan village info. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  14. ↑ Bidhwan Govt High School. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Bidhwan International Public School . Start 1 april 2019
  15. ↑ Pincodes of India
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Haryana Revenue Gazetteer{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
  17. ↑ Krishna wins poll battle in Rajasthan in second attempt, The Tribune, 13 Dec 2018.
  18. ↑ Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia, NDTV, 26 Nov 2018.
  19. ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015).

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