Bidhwan

28°45′32″N 75°36′22″E / 28.759°N 75.606°E / 28.759; 75.606Country IndiaStateHaryanaDistrictBhiwaniTehsilSiwaniElevation210 m (690 ft)Population • Total2,868Languages • OfficialHindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PINISO 3166 codeIN-HRVehicle registrationHRWebsiteharyana.gov.in

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.^[2]

It is situated 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Hisar on the Hisar-Rajgarh road and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the district headquarters Bhiwani.

History

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari

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^[3] 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.^[4][5] Goldy Jaglan

Administration

Currently, Bidhwan is under Bhiwani Zilla Panchayat and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat Smiti code 244115^[2] and 2011 census village code 061301 and village name Bidhwan (113).^[6] As of August 2013, Ravinder Kumar is the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat Smiti.^[7] 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.^[8]

Government schemes

Bidhwan is covered by the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,^[9][10] Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana rural electrification scheme,^[11] and National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.^[12][13]

Demographics

Demography of Bidhwan, 2011 Census

Category	Population
Number of households	750
Total population	4,500
Scheduled Caste	229
Literate population	2,016

As per a 20101 census, Bidhwan had 45% literacy rate (2016 out of 4500 residents) and 1890 cell-phone connections.^[14]

Jat gotras

The following Jat gotras are found in the village

Other gotras

Education

There is Government High School, Bidhwan.^[15] 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.^[16]

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 50 km (31 mi) and Bhiwani Junction railway station 60 km.

Airport connectivity

Hisar Airport, the nearest functional domestic airport and flying training club is 55 km (34 mi) away. Nearest international airport is 165 km (103 mi) 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.^[17] 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".^[17]

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.^[17]

Notable people

• Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 1982) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympian, Padma Shri awardee, politician of Congress party and the current MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan.^[20][21][22]

See also

• Badya Jattan
• Barwas
• Dhillon
• Kanwari

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