Bhiwani

Bhiwani
City
Bhiwani is located in Haryana
Bhiwani
Bhiwani
Location in Haryana, India
Bhiwani is located in India
Bhiwani
Bhiwani
Bhiwani (India)
Coordinates: 28°47′N 76°08′E / 28.78°N 76.13°E / 28.78; 76.13
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictBhiwani
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyBhiwani Municipal Council[1]
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total196,057
 • Density380/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Regional Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
127021
Telephone code91-1664
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-16
HR-61
Websitebhiwani.nic.in

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, Banarsi Das Gupta and Hukum Singh. It is located 128 km west of national capital New Delhi.


The city has a conventional school of boxing, with almost all of the members of the Indian Boxing Squad coming from its Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel. The late Capt. Hawa Singh, the legendary boxer, helped establish the boxing academy in Bhiwani.

Bhiwani is also known as Choti Kashi[2] because of so many ancient Hindu temples in city like Kirorimal mandir, Khaki baba temple, Jogiwala mandir.

  1. ^ "Bhiwani Municipal Council". June 2024.
  2. ^ "मिनी क्यूबा और छोटी काशी के रूप में पहचान रखने वाला भिवानी है हरियाणा का प्राचीन शहर". chopaltv.com (in Hindi). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.