Country India District Jhajjar PIN 124201 Local time Thursday 11:55 PM | State Haryana Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration HR | |
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Bisahan (or alternately Bishan) is a village in Jhajjar district of Haryana under Beri tehsil, India. The village is about 5 km from the famous town Beri and follows the Gram Panchayat system. The village has undergone a transformation under the panchayat.
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Today Bisahan is well known for the high proportion of officers and soldiers it contributes to the Indian Army and other Armed Forces of India. The village made news in October 2014, when General Dalbir Singh Suhag was appointed as a new Army Chief of India.
Government
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bisahan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
Population and Literacy
The Bisahan village has population of 2318 of which 1216 are males while 1102 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Bisahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 12.90% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bisahan village is 906 which is higher than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex Ratio for the Bisahan as per census is 967, higher than Haryana average of 834.
Bisahan village has higher literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011, literacy rate of Bisahan village was 79.89% compared to 75.55% of Haryana. In Bisahan Male literacy stands at 91.07% while female literacy rate was 67.43%.
Transportation
Bisahan is situated near the town of Beri on Gurgaon-Sirsa Highway with easy road access to several major cities like Rohtak, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, and Jaipur. The nearest Metro station to the Delhi metro Green Line cl be located in Bahadurgarh 35 kilometres away.
Bisahan bus stand has no regular services to Beri so villagers have their own vehicles which they use to go to from Beri bus Stand regular bus services to the nearby towns and villages: Jhajjar-Delhi; Rohtak-Panipat-Karnal-Ambala-Chandigarh; Jhajjar-Gurgaon-Faridabad-Palwal-Nuh-Mathura; Kalanaur-Bhiwani-Tosham-Siwani; Meham-Hansi-Hisar-Fatehabad-Sirsa-Dabwali-Ellenabad-Bhatinda-Sri Ganganagar.
The nearest railway station is Jhajjar Station at a distance of 15 km. Other major stations close to Beri are: Rohtak 30 km; Bhiwani 47 km; Rewari 62 km; and Delhi 65 km.