Country India District Bhiwani Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 210 m ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | State Haryana Tehsil Siwani PIN 127046 Population 2,868 (2011) | |
 | ||
Bidhwan (Hindi: बिधवाण or बिधवान ) 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.
Contents
- Map of Bidhwan Haryana 127046
- Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari
- Nearby archaeological sites
- Administration
- Government schemes
- Demographics
- Jat gotras
- Education
- Transportation
- Train connectivity
- Airport connectivity
- Geography
- Climate
- Fauna
- References
Map of Bidhwan, Haryana 127046
It is situated 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Hisar on the Hisar-Rajgarh road and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the district headquarters Bhiwani.
Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari
Bidhwan is seat of the former Jaglan Zail that was headed by the Zaildar from influential Jaglan clan who during the British Raj ruled over four revenue villages of Princely state called Loharu State. Descendants of whom still live in the village and their descendant Rajkumar Singh Jaglan still holds the position of Lambardar of these villages. Currently, these four villages of Bidhwan, Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Mandholi Kalan (मंढोलीकलां) lie in Bhiwani district.
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 and Mitathal and Naurangabad in Bhiwani district. Another archaeological site is Agroha Mound.
Administration
Currently, Bidhwan is under Bhiwani Zilla Panchayat and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat Smiti code 244115 and 2011 census village code 061301 and village name Bidhwan (113). As of August 2013, Balbir Singh is the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat Smiti. 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.
Government schemes
Bidhwan is covered by the rural housing development plan called Priyadarshini Awas Yojna, rural electrification plan called Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna, rural employment plan called National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and rural employment plan called Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MANEGRA).
Demographics
As per a 2010 official report, Bidhwan has 750 households with a total population of 4500, with 229 Scheduled Caste inhabitants, with 2016 literate residents and 1890 cell-phone connections. The residents are Hindu.
Jat gotras
The following Jat gotras are found in the village
Education
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, 53 km from Bhiwani, and 58 km from Bhiwani, 165 km Delhi and 284 km from state capital Chandigarh.
Train connectivity
Nearest train stations are 7 km Jhumpa Khurd, 16 km Bahal, 19 km Siwani, 27 Rajgarh. Nearest major junctions are 53 km (33 mi) at Hisar, India city and 55 km at Bhiwani city.
Airport connectivity
Hisar Airport, the nearest functional airport and flying training club is 55 km (34 mi) away. Currently no commercial flights from this airport. Nearest domestic and international airport is 165 km (103 mi) at Delhi.
Geography
Bidhwan is at the altitude of 210 m or 689 feet. Bidhwan is mainly desert with scattered low sand dunes. Bidhwan has water ponds for the cattle. The fields are irrigated by the canal.
Climate
Main ecological issues are desertification, deforestation, encroachment and land grabbing of common Panchayat forest and grazing land called "bani".
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.