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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Nalwa
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hisar district|Hisar]]
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| government_type = [[Local government]]
| governing_body = [[Panchayat]]
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| leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name = Sh. Krishan Kaswan
| leader_title1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name1 = [[Ranbir Singh Gangwa]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 899 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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| demographics2_info2 = Haryanvi, Bagri
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 125037<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/pincode/haryana/hisar.htm |title=Pin codes of Hisar district, Hisar pincodes, Haryana zip code |publisher=Whereincity.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-22}}</ref>
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| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituency]]
| blank2_info_sec2 = [[Nalwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
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[[File:Haryana in India.png|thumb|right|Nalwa & [[Haryana]] in India]]
'''Nalwa''' is a village, as well as an [[Electoral district|Assembly Constituency]] in [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]], located in [[Hisar district]] in the state of [[Haryana]] in India.

It is situated {{convert|168|km}} from the national capital [[New Delhi]] and {{convert|27|km}} from the district headquarters [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] on the Hisar-[[Tosham]] road.

Nalwa village is the native village of [[O. P. Jindal]], an industrialist. His son [[Naveen Jindal]] is the Ex [[Member of Parliament]] (In 14th and 15th Lok Sabha) from Kurukshetra, Haryana.

==History==
''Nalwa'', which means ''Tiger'', was named after Sardar Balwant Singh Nalwa, who was the Deputy Commissioner of [[Hisar district]] during the [[British Raj]], when Haryana was an integral part of undivided Punjab. ''Balwant Singh Nalwa'' was the fifth generation descendant of the famed [[Khatri Uppal clan|Uppal Khatri]] [[Sikh]] General Sardar [[Hari Singh Nalwa]].

==Demographics==

As per Census 2011 -
Nalwa is a large village located in Hisar, Haryana with total 845 families residing. The Nalwa village has population of 4665 of which 2457 are males while 2208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

People's living in the village are [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]]. There are [[Kumhar]], [[Jat]], [[Brahmins]], [[Dhanak]], [[Chamar]], Thakar, [[Maniyar(Hindu)]], [[Maniyar(Muslim)]], [[Yadav]], [[Balmiki]], [[Baniya]], [[Khati]], Nai, [[Dhobi]], [[Chimpi]], [[Sunar]] and some other castes.

===Literacy rate===
Nalwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011, literacy rate of Nalwa village was 69.24% compared to 75.55% of Haryana. In Nalwa Male literacy stands at 79.16% while female literacy rate was 58.20%.

===Sex ratio===
In Nalwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 657 which makes up 14.08% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nalwa village is 899 which is higher than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex Ratio for the Nalwa as per census is 899, higher than Haryana average of 834.

===Caste factor===
Nalwa village of Hisar has substantial population of Scheduled Caste. Scheduled Caste (SC) constitutes 28.83% of total population in Nalwa village. The village Nalwa currently doesn't have any Scheduled Tribe (ST) population.

==Transportation==

===Road===
The village lies on State Highway (Major District Road 108). MDR 108 from [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] to [[Bhiwani]] connects it to [[Tosham]] and other near by villages.

Bus service is the major means of transport in the village. Bus services are provided by [[Haryana Roadways]] and other private operators. Nalwa Bus Stand was established in 2016.

Nalwa is well-connected by the [[Road surface|metalled]] [[asphalt]] (paved bitumen) road. List of the nearby city and villages away from the village→
*[[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] {{convert|28|km}}
*[[Tosham]] {{convert|13|km}}
*[[Bhiwani]] {{convert|35|km}}
*[[Hansi]] {{convert|25|km}}
*[[Siwani]] {{convert|26|km}}
*[[Balawas]] {{convert|1.5|km}}
*[[Kanwari]] {{convert|4|km}}
*khanak {{convert|5|km}}
*[[New Delhi]] {{convert|168|km}}
*[[Chandigarh]] {{convert|265|km}} via [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]

===Train connectivity===
Nalwa does not have a rail station. Nearest major train stations accessible by road are {{convert|28|km}} at [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], {{convert|25|km}} at [[Hansi]] and {{convert|35|km}} at [[Bhiwani]] city.

===Airport connectivity===
[[Hisar Airport]], the nearest functional airport and flying training club is {{convert|28|km}} away. Currently, there are no commercial domestic or international flights from this airport. Nearest domestic and international airports are {{convert|200|km}} at [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]] at [[Delhi]] and {{convert|260|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Chandigarh International Airport]].

==Education==
According to the data maintained by the Government of India's Department of Statistics, the [[Government College, Nalwa]] was established in 1985, Government ITI in 1980.<ref name=B5>[http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Directories_of_Establishment(Modified)/Rural_06.pdf Establishment details and start dated, page 228, 229] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016193152/http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Directories_of_Establishment%28Modified%29/Rural_06.pdf |date=16 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Nalwa Vidhan Sabha Constituency==
[[Nalwa Chaudhry (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalwa]] became a new Vidhan Sabha constituency of [[Legislative Assembly of Haryana]] (Hindi: हरियाणा विधान सभा) in the state of [[Haryana]] in the 2008 delimitation exercise. Earlier, most of the villages of this constituency were under Adampur, a stronghold of [[Bhajan Lal]]. Some of the villages were earlier with the Bawani Khera Constituency.

==Geography==
Mayapuri, {{convert|2|km|mi}} on the Nalwa-Tosham road forms a small part of Nalwa. Nalwa is a spiritual place with many temples.

==References==
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{{Bhiwani district topics}}

[[Category:Villages in Hisar district]]
[[Category:Hisar district]]

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