Kalali, Bhiwani Explained

Kalali
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Haryana#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates:28.7444°N 75.5798°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Haryana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bhiwani
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Siwani
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:210
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:127046[1]
Registration Plate:HR
Iso Code:IN-HR

Kalali 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 under Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency and Hisar Division of Haryana state.[2]

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

History

Kalali came into existence even before its twin village Bidhwan.

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari

See also: List of Zaildars by Zail. Bidhwan is seat of the former Jaglan Zail that was headed by the Zaildar from influential Jaglan clan who during the British Raj ruled over four revenue villages of Princely state called Loharu State. Descendants of whom still live in the village and their descendant Surender Singh Jaglan still holds the position of Lambardar of these villages. Currently, these four villages of Bidhwan (बिधवाण), Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Mandholi Kalan (मंढोलीकलां) lie in Bhiwani district.Khunga or Jaglan gotra Jats and Kaaushik gotra Brahmins were original inhabitants of Kalali village.

Nearby archaeological sites

Nearby Indus Valley civilization archaeological sites are Banawali, Lohari Ragho, Masudpur, Rakhigarhi, Siswal all with Hissar district as well as Burj and Bhirrana and Kunal and Balu in Fatehabad[3] and Mitathal and Naurangabad in Bhiwani district. Another archaeological site is Agroha Mound.

Administration

Currently, it is under Bhiwani Zilla Panchayat and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat Smiti.[4] There is a Patwari (government land record officer), an ADO (Agriculture Development Officer),a Rural Health Officer (RHO), and an Anganbadi Worker.[5]

The village is inhabited by people belonging to different castes. The dominant caste in the village is Jat where Jaglan (Khunga) is dominant gotra.

Brahman & Jat gotras

The following Brahmin & Jat gotras are found in the village:

Jaglan gotra dominates the Jat community in the village

Transportation

It is well connected by the paved bitumen road. It lies from 9 km Jhumpa Khurd, 18 km Bahal, 21 km Siwani, 29  Rajgarh (Rajasthan), 33  Kairu, 55 km Hissar, 57 km Hansi, 49 km Pilani, 50 km from Bhiwani, 163 km Delhi and 282 km from state capital Chandigarh.[6]

Train connectivity

Nearest train stations are 9 km Jhumpa Khurd, 18 km Bahal, 21 km Siwani, 29  Rajgarh. Nearest major junctions are 55km (34miles) at Hisar, India city and 52 km at Bhiwani city.

Airport connectivity

Hisar Airport, the nearest functional airport and flying training club is 55km (34miles) away. Currently no commercial flights from this airport. Nearest domestic and international airport is 165km (103miles) at Delhi.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://pincodes.qpzm.co.in/pincode/hr/bhiwani/bidhwan India Pincodes
  2. Book: Panchayats of Siwani, Bhiwani, Haryana. 2010-09-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111110004534/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=461&parenttype=B&ptype=V. 10 November 2011. dmy-all.
  3. Book: Archaeology report. https://archive.today/20130804060058/http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/rivers/2010_season.html. dead. 2013-08-04. University of Cambridge. 2010-09-22.
  4. http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=24115&rlbtype=V Haryana Panchayats
  5. http://wcdhry.gov.in/Location%20of%20AWCs.pdf Child Welfare, Haryana
  6. http://pincodes.qpzm.co.in/pincode/hr/bhiwani/bidhwan Pincodes of India