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3 Demographics  



3.1  Religion  





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4 Education  



4.1  Degree colleges  





4.2  Technological colleges  





4.3  University  







5 Religious places  





6 Sports  





7 Notable people  





8 Villages  





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Coordinates: 28°4700N 76°0800E / 28.7833°N 76.1333°E / 28.7833; 76.1333
 

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Bhiwani district
Tosham Hills
Location in Haryana
Location in Haryana
Country India
StateHaryana
DivisionRohtak
HeadquartersBhiwani
Tehsils1. Bhiwani, 2. Bawani Khera, 3. Tosham, 4. Siwani, 5. Loharu
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies1. Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (shared with Charkhi Dadri and Mahendragarh districts), 2. Hisar (shared with Hisar and Jind districts)
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies1. Bhiwani, 2. Loharu, 3. Tosham, 4. Bawani Khera
Area
 • Total3,432 km2 (1,325 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,132,169
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitehttps://bhiwani.gov.in/

Bhiwani district is one of the 22 districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. Created on 22 December 1972, it was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of Charkhi Dadri as a separate district, as it occupied an area of 4,778 square kilometres (1,845 sq mi) 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, which is around 124 kilometres (77 mi) from the national capital Delhi. Other major towns in the district are Siwani, Loharu, Tosham, Bawani Khera, Kohlawas, Lamba.[1]

As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Haryana (out of 21), after Faridabad and Hisar.[2]

History

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Pre-Indus Valley Civilization mine, smelt and houses have been found at Khanak hills of Tosham Hill range.[citation needed] Excavations (1968–73 and 1980–86) in the village of Mitathal in Bhiwani have unearthed evidence of pre-Harappan and Harappan (Indus Valley civilisation) culture in the area. Near the village of Naurangabad, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Bhiwani city, preliminary diggings in 2001 revealed artefacts 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, Gupta and the Youdheya period till 300 BCE.

Bhiwani city is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari and has been a prominent centre of commerce since the time of the Mughals.

Divisions

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The district comprises four sub-divisions: Bhiwani, Loharu, Siwani and Tosham. These sub-divisions are further divided into five Tehsils: Bhiwani, Loharu, Siwani, Bawani Khera and Tosham and one sub-tehsil, Behal.

There are four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Bhiwani, Loharu, Tosham and Bawani Khera. 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 and Charkhi Dadri and sub-tehsil Baund Kalan became part of the new Charkhi Dadri district in 2016.[3]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951431,188—    
1961555,889+2.57%
1971724,741+2.69%
1981947,374+2.71%
19911,163,400+2.08%
20011,425,022+2.05%
20111,634,445+1.38%
source:[4]

According to the 2011 census Bhiwani district has a population of 1,634,445,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[5] or the US state of Idaho.[6] This gives it a ranking of 306th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 341 inhabitants per square kilometre (880/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.32%.[2] Bhiwani has a sex ratio of 884 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 76.7%.[2] After bifurcation the district has a population of 1,132,169. Scheduled Castes make up 251,736 (22.23%) of the population.[7]

Religion

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Religion in Bhiwani district (2011)[8]
Religion Percent
Hinduism

98.61%
Islam

0.82%
Other or not stated

0.57%
Religion in Bhiwani District (1941)[a]
Religion Population (1941)[9]: 58  Percentage (1941)
Hinduism [b] 127,740 80.55%
Islam 29,554 18.64%
Sikhism 533 0.34%
Christianity 169 0.11%
Others [c] 591 0.37%
Total Population 158,587 100%

Languages

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Languages of Bhiwani district (2011)[10]

  Haryanvi (79.98%)
  Hindi (18.12%)
  Others (1.90%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 79.98% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi and 18.12% Hindi as their first language.[10]

Education

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Degree colleges

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Technological colleges

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University

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Religious places

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Sports

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Sports played in the area include wrestling, volleyball, boxing and running. Hawa Singh won the Asian Games gold medal in Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad. Bhiwani has emerged as a centre of Indian boxing as all four boxers representing IndiaatBeijing Olympics 2008 are products of Sports Authority of India (SAI) boxing hostel at Bhiwani. To top that three of them Akhil Kumar, Vijender Kumar and Jitender Kumar reached the quarterfinals of their respective categories. While Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar lost in their respective quarterfinals bouts Vijender Kumar qualified to the semifinals thereby ensuring India's first ever Boxing medal (Bronze) in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Paramjeet Samota who won a gold for India in the 2010 Commonwealth Games also lives in a large village called Dinod in the Bhiwani district.

Notable people

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  • Banarsi Das Gupta - Former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Dinesh Kumar - Boxer
  • Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)
  • Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer)
  • Arvind Kejriwal - Chief Minister of Delhi
  • Bansi Lal - Former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Richhpal Ram - Victoria Cross winner in World War-II
  • Paramjeet Samota - Boxer
  • Brijpal Singh, Vir Chakra
  • Hawa Singh - heavyweight boxer, Asian Games gold medal winner
  • Hukam Singh - Former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Jagdish Singh - Boxer
  • Air Marshal Prithi Singh
  • Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC - COASofIndian Army
  • Vijender Singh - Olympic Bronze medal winner in boxing
  • Air MarshalVikram Singh
  • Villages

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    References

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    1. ^ "Welcome to Bhiwani". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  • ^ a b c d e f g "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  • ^ "Charki Dadri notified as 22nd district of Haryana". The Times of India. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  • ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  • ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
  • ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Idaho 1,567,582
  • ^ District Census 2011: Bhiwani
  • ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Haryana". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  • ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  • ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Haryana". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India..
  • ^ "Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal faces farmers' ire in his home district Bhiwani". Tribune. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  • ^ "हरियाणा: भिवानी में महिला कॉलेज की छत से गिरी Bsc की छात्रा, हालत गंभीर; PGI रेफर". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  • ^ "महाराजा नीमपाल सिंह राजकीय महाविद्यालय ने जीत ओवरऑल ट्रॉफी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  • ^ "Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak - List of Degree Colleges" (PDF). mdu.ac.in. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  • ^ "BRCM College of Engineering and Technology (BRCMCET), Bhiwani, Bhiwani: Admission, Address, Rating". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
    1. ^ 1941 figures are for Bhiwani Tehsil, which roughly matches present-day district borders. District was incorporated to take into account population increases during the post-independence era, which has resulted in various bifurcations of districts and tehsils across the historic Punjab Province region.
  • ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
  • ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated
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