Gignow | |
Other Name: | Gigangarh |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
Coordinates: | 28.4903°N 75.7966°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bhiwani |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name3: | Loharu |
Governing Body: | Village panchayatLachhi ram |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 2,357 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 127201 |
Official Name: | Gignow |
Gignaw is a village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. Located in the Loharu tehsil, it lies approximately south west of the district headquarters town of Bhiwani., the village had 556 households with a total population of 2,357 of which 1,222 were male and 1,135 female.[1]
Gignow is a historic village. In old time it was known as gigangarh. King rishalu ruled here in 5th century and palace of raja rishalu.
In Gignow three temples are famous in which two are very old from historic period Dada Garhwala and Baba Madiya. Shiv Mandir is newly build due to the tragic story happens on same place on highway which is very painful accident.
Gignow is near by Badhra Tehsil towards east, Kairu Tehsil towards north, Behal Tehsil towards west, Surajgarh Tehsil towards south and Jhumpa Kalan (2 km), Barwas (6 km), Gothra (6 km), Jhanjhara Sheoran (6 km), Dhigawa Shamiyan (6 km) are the nearby Villages to Gignow and near by cities are Pilani, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Charkhi Dadri, Chirawa. By train destination is Kushal Pura and Parvezpur Railway Station are both nearby railway stations to Gignow.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) - 142 km
Sanganeer Airport (Jaipur) - 212 km
Surat Gujarat Airport (Surat)- 226 km