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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Bhiwani}}
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{{original research|date=October 2015}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhiwani district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Haryana|District]] of [[Haryana]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Tosham Hill (back view).jpg
| image_caption = Tosham Hill
| image_map = India - Haryana - Bhiwani.svg
| map_caption = Location of Bhiwani district in Haryana
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Bhiwani
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hisar Division|Hisar]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Bhiwani]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 1. [[Bhiwani]], 2. [[Bawani Khera]], 3. [[Tosham]], 4. [[Siwani]], 5. [[Loharu]]
| area_total_km2 = 3432
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,132,169
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 =
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 =
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 886
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = 1. [[Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani-Mahendragarh]] (shared with [[Charkhi Dadri district|Charkhi Dadri]] and [[Mahendragarh district|Mahendragarh]] districts), 2. [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] (shared with [[Hisar district|Hisar]] and [[Jind district|Jind]] districts)
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 1. [[Bhiwani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani]], 2. [[Loharu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Loharu]], 3. [[Tosham (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tosham]], 4. [[Bawani Khera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bawani Khera]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
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| website = https://bhiwani.gov.in/
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'''Bhiwani district''' is one of the 22 [[Districts of Haryana|districts]] of the northern Indian state of [[Haryana]]. Created on 22 December 1972, the district was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of [[Charkhi Dadri district|Charkhi Dadri]] as a separate district, as it occupied an area of {{convert|4778|km2|mi2}} and administered 442 villages with a population of 1,634,445. [[Sirsa district|Sirsa]] is now the largest district of the state.

The district headquarters is the city of [[Bhiwani]], which is around {{convert|124|km}} from the national capital [[Delhi]]. Other major towns in the district are [[Siwani]], [[Loharu]], [[Tosham]], [[Bawani Khera]], [[Kohlawas]], [[Lamba, Haryana|Lamba]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bhiwani.nic.in/introduction.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329180311/http://bhiwani.nic.in/introduction.asp |archive-date=29 March 2010 }}</ref>

As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Haryana (out of [[List of districts of Haryana|21]]), after [[Faridabad district|Faridabad]] and [[Hisar district|Hisar]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==History==
Pre-[[Tosham Hill range#Tosham Hill range Indus Valley Civilization mines .26 smelters|Indus Valley Civilization mine, smelt and houses]] have been found at Khanak hills of [[Tosham Hill range]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Excavations (1968–73 and 1980–86) in the village of [[Mitathal]] in Bhiwani have unearthed evidence of pre-Harappan and Harappan ([[Indus Valley Civilization]]) culture in the area. Near the village of [[Naurangabad, Bhiwani|Naurangabad]], about {{convert|10|km}} east of [[Bhiwani]] city, preliminary diggings in 2001 revealed artifacts 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 Empire|Gupta]] and the [[Youdheya Kingdom|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 [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]].

==Divisions==
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 five [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: [[Bhiwani]], [[Loharu]], [[Bawani Khera]], [[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 Bond Kalan became part of the new [[Charkhi Dadri district]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charki Dadri notified as 22nd district of Haryana|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Charki-Dadri-notified-as-22nd-district-of-Haryana/articleshow/55803185.cms|accessdate=14 March 2021|work=The Times of India|date=5 December 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|21=1951|22=4,31,188|23=1961|24=5,55,889|25=1971|26=7,24,741|27=1981|28=9,47,374|29=1991|30=11,63,400|31=2001|32=14,25,022|33=2011|34=16,34,445|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bhiwani district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,634,445,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Guinea-Bissau]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Idaho]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Idaho 1,567,582
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 306th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 341 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.32%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bhiwani has a [[sex ratio]] of 884 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 76.7%.<ref name=districtcensus/> After birfurcation the district has a population of 1,132,169. Scheduled Castes make up 251,736 which is 22.23% of the population.<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/06/0613_PART_A_DCHB_BHIWANI.pdf District Census 2011: Bhiwani]</ref>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 79.98% of the population in the district spoke [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] and 18.12% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Haryana |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0600.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
===University===
* [[Chaudhary Bansi Lal University]]

==Religious places==
* Dhareru Dhaam - It is a village 12 km far from the district. There is a very beautiful Temple of Lord Shyam Baba (Shyam Mandir + Shyam Kund).
*[[Devsar Dhaam]] - It is located on a hillock on Bhiwani-Luharu road. It has a temple devoted to the goddess [[Vaishno Devi]].
*Manheru Dhaam - It is a village 11 km far from the district. There is a temple of Balaji Maharaj (Lord Bajrang Bali).

==Sports==
Sports played in the area include wrestling, volleyball, boxing and running. [[Bhiwani]] has emerged as a centre of Indian boxing as all four boxers representing [[India]] at [[Beijing 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 (flyweight boxer)|Jitender Kumar]] reached the quarterfinals of their respective categories. While [[Akhil Kumar]] and [[Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)|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==
{{div col}}

*[[Bansi Lal]] - Former Chief Minister of Haryana
*[[Dinesh Kumar (boxer)|Dinesh Kumar]] - Boxer
*[[Hawa Singh]] - Legendary boxer from Haryana
*[[Jagdish Singh (boxer)|Jagdish Singh]] - Boxer
*[[Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)]]
*[[Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer)]]
*[[Richhpal Ram]] - [[Victoria Cross]] winner in World War-II
*[[Vijay Kumar Singh]] PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC - [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]] for [[Indian Army]]
*[[Vijender Singh]] - Olympic Bronze medal winner in boxing

{{col div end}}
==Villages==
*See [[List of villages in Bhiwani district]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Bhiwani district}}

*[https://bhiwani.gov.in/ Official website of Bhiwani district]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bhiwani district
|North = [[Hisar district]]
|Northeast = [[Rohtak district]]
|East = [[Jhajjar district]]
|Southeast = [[Rewari district]]
|South = [[Mahendragarh district]]
|Southwest = [[Jhunjhunun district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|West = [[Churu district]], [[Rajasthan]]
|Northwest = [[Hanumangarh district]], [[Rajasthan]]
}}

{{Districts of Haryana}}

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