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 Bhiwani district is one of the 22 Districts of Haryana, 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 district, Charkhi Dadr ...

under Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency and Hisar Division of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

state,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. It is situated from Hisar on the Hisar-Rajgarh road and from the district headquarters

Bhiwani Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers: Bansi Lal ...

History

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari

Bidhwan is the seat of former "Jaglan Zail" headed by the

Zaildar Zaildar was an officer in charge of a Zail which was an administrative unit of group of villages during the Sikh Empire, British Indian Empire in Punjab and Dogra dynasty rule in Jammu and Kashmir (princely state). The Settlement Officer, with ...

from the influential Jaglan clan, who during the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

, ruled over four revenue villages near Princely state of

Loharu State Loharu State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was part of the Punjab States Agency and was a nine-gun salute state. Loharu State encompassed an area of , and was situated in the south-east corner ...

, namely Bidhwan, Kalali (कलाली),

Mandholi Khurd Mandholi Khurd, next to Mandholi Kalan, is a village and administrative unit with a democratically elected panchayat samiti (local council) in Loharu (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Siwani Tehsil of Bhiwani District under Bhiwani-Mahendragarh ...

(मंढोली खुर्द) and

Mandholi Kalan Mandholi Kalan, next to Mandholi Khurd, Rambass (part of Mandholi Kalan) situated 5 km from Mandholi Gopalwas, Kasni Kalan and Isharwal, is a village and administrative unit with a democratically elected panchayat samiti (local council) in th ...

(मंढोलीकलां). Currently, these villages lie in the

Bhiwani district Bhiwani district is one of the 22 Districts of Haryana, 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 district, Charkhi Dadr ...

. Descendants of the ''Jaglan'' clan still live in the village and they currently holds the position of

Lambardar Numbardar or Lambardar (, , , ) was the village headman responsible for tax collection in the village during the British Raj. They were appointed under the Mahalwari system. Etymology The compound word ''numberdar'' is composed of the English wo ...

of Bidhwan village.

Nearby archaeological sites

Nearby

Indus Valley civilization The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE ...

archaeological sites are

Banawali Banawali is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization period in Fatehabad district, Haryana, India and is located about 120 km northeast of Kalibangan and 16 km from Fatehabad. Banawali, which is earlier call ...

Lohari Ragho Lohari Ragho is a village and Indus Valley civilization archaeological site, located in Hisar district of the Haryana state in India. It has 3 separate mounds, each 1 to 1.5 km apart within the peripheral suburban zone of Rakhigarhi city cite ...

Masudpur Masudpur is a village and Indus Valley civilization (4700 BCE to 1400 BCE) archaeological site in the Hisar district in Haryana state in India. Indus Valley Civilization Site ''Masudpur'' is an early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE), mature ...

Rakhigarhi Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site in the Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi. It is located in the Ghaggar River plain, some 27 km from the ...

Siswal Siswal is a village in Hisar district, Haryana, India. It located 28 km from Hisar city. It is a site of Chalcolithic age. It is a typesite for ''Siswal culture'', dating from around 3800 BC, also known as Sothi–Siswal culture. Locat ...

all with Hissar district as well as Burj and

Bhirrana Bhirrana, also Bhirdana and Birhana, ( IAST: Bhirḍāna) is an archaeological site, located in a small village in the Fatehabad district of the north Indian state of Haryana. Bhirrana's earliest archaeological layers contained two charcoal sam ...

and Kunal and Balu in Fatehabad and Mitathal and Naurangabad in Bhiwani district. Other archaeological site are

Agroha Mound Agroha, locally known as ''Ther'', is an archaeological site located in Agroha, in the Hisar district of India. Location The mounds are located about 1.5 km from the town of Agroha, 20 km from Hisar city and 190 km from Ne ...

where the original pillar of Ashoka was taken to Firoz Shah Palace Complex in Hisar. Goldy Jaglan

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, Ravinder Kumar 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 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana rural electrification scheme, and

National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 or MGNREGA, popularly known as Manrega, earlier known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, is an Indian social welfare measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to w ...

Demographics

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

Jat gotras

The following Jat

gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotr ...

s are found in the village * Khichar * Beniwal * Bisla * Chahar * Ghanghas * Jaglan * Malik(jadiya) * Baloda * Kulriya * Nehra * Poonia * Repswal * Saharan * Sheoran * Sura

Other gotras

*Dahima * Baniya: Goyal *

Brahman In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' (; IAST: ''Brahman'') connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In the ...

: Bhardwaj *

Harijan Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...

: Nimal * Khati: Jangra

Education

There is Government High School, Bidhwan. There are many more

schools A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of ...

institutes and 3 universities at Hisar (60 km) and

(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 Hansi, is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological impor ...

, 47 km Pilani, and 58 km from

, 165 km

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

and 284 km from state capital

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

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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 and Bhiwani Junction railway station 60 km.

Airport connectivity

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

Geography

Bidhwan is at the altitude of 210 m or 689 feet. Bidhwan lies in the

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...

of the sandy bagar tract with scattered low sand dunes. Bidhwan has water ponds for the cattle. The fields are irrigated by the isharwal-Jhumpa distributary of Siwani branch of

Western Yamuna Canal Western Yamuna Canal is canal in river Yamuna that was dug out and renovated in 1335 CE by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. In 1750 CE, excessive silting caused it to stop flowing. The British raj undertook a three-year renovation in 1817 by Captain GR Bla ...

Climate and ecology

Climate

Main ecological issues are

desertification Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of Soil fertility, fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities. The immediate cause of desertification is the loss of most vegetation. This i ...

deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. Ab ...

, encroachment and

land grabbing Land grabbing is the large-scale acquisition of land through buying or leasing of large pieces of land by domestic and Multinational corporation, transnational companies, governments, and individuals. While used broadly throughout history, land g ...

of common Panchayat forest and grazing land called "bani".

Fauna

Animals and birds of various species are found including sparrow, large Indian

parakeet A parakeet is any one of many small- to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally has long tail feathers. Etymology and naming The name ''parakeet'' is derived from the French word ''perroquet'', which is reflect ...

parrot Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...

crow A crow is a bird of the genus ''Corvus'', or more broadly, a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not linked scientifically to any certain trait but is rathe ...

rat Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include '' Neotoma'' (pack rats), '' Bandicota'' (bandicoo ...

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

nilgai The nilgai (''Boselaphus tragocamelus'') (, literally meaning "blue cow") is the largest antelope of Asia, and is ubiquitous across the northern Indian subcontinent. It is the sole member of the genus (biology), genus ''Boselaphus'', which was ...

, pied crested

cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( ) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( ). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are somet ...

, koel,

pheasant Pheasants ( ) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera's native range is restricted to Eura ...

kingfisher Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...

bulbul The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropic ...

and Indian magpie robin.

Notable people

Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia (born 24 April 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from the Congress party and the former MLA ...

(born 5 May 1982) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympian,

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

awardee, politician of Congress party and the current MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan.Krishna wins poll battle in Rajasthan in second attempt
The Tribune, 13 Dec 2018.Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia
NDTV, 26 Nov 2018.