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BHl WANDl—BHI IVANJ.

400

(i88i) 75,363 persons, namely,38,763 males and 36,600 females; Hindus number 65,951 Muhammadans, 8815 others,’ 597. Land revenue ‘





The

is well peopled and Except in the south it is surrounded by the hills which form the watershed of the river Kamvddi, which runs through the Sub-division from north to south.

(1880) ^^13,925.

centre of the Sub-division

richly tilled, but in the west the country

In the west, parts

it

after the rains, the climate is feverish,

generally healthy.

is

is hilly.

from wholesome.

Bhiwandi.

Rice

— Chief

is

Water supply

is fairly

but in the other

abundant, but

far

the chief product.

town

of

the

Bhiwandi Sub-division, Thdna

Bombay

Presidency; 29 miles north-east of Bombay, and 10 Lat. 19° 18' 10" N., long. 73° 6' E.; population miles north of Thana. District,

(1881) 13,837, namely, Hindus, 8011; Musalmans, 5742; Jains, 46 and Parsis, 38. Together with the neighbouring village of Nizampur,



Municipal revenue (1881-82)^1403 ; head of population (15,819) within

Bhiwandi forms a municipality.

rate of municipal taxation, 2s. per

municipal limits; municipal expenditure in the same year, ^1331. Bhiwandi is supplied with water by means 'of an aqueduct constructed

by the inhabitants with the aid of a Government contribution of ;£5oo. The population and mercantile importance of this place are on the There is a sub-judge’s court, a post-office, and a dispensary. increase.

Bhiwdni.

— Tahsil of Hissar

28° 51' N., long. 76°

8'

Punjab. Lat. 28° 41 30" to Area, 585 square miles; populamales 55,848, and females 47,708;

District,

to 76° 16' E.

(1881) 103,556, namely, Hindus numbered 91,912 persons per square mile, 177. dans, 1 1,251 Sikhs, 3; ‘others,’ 390. Land revenue of the

tion

Muhamma-



7 155.



Administered by a tahstlddr, who presides over

civil

Number of police stations {thdnds), 4 strength men; village watchmen {chauktddrs), 204.

court.

163

i



Bhiwdni.

—Town

Bhiwani tahsil

in Hissar District, Punjab,

and

i

criminal

of regular police,

and head-quarters of

distant 37 miles south-east from Hissar town.

28° 46' N., long. 76°

1 1'

45"

E.

Population in 1868, 32,270

in



Lat.

1880-81,

33,762, namely, Hindus, 29,991; Muhammadans, 3463; Jains, 303; Number of houses, 5122. third-class muniothers,’ 4. Sikh, i;

A

‘

880-81 of ^3464, and an expenditure of Principal centre of trade and chief town in the District. Bhiwani was an insignificant village at the beginning of the present century; but being chosen in 1817 as the site of a free market, it rose rapidly to importance, and became the entrepot for trade from Bikaner (Bickaneer), Jaisalmir (Jeysulmere), and Jaipur (Jeypore). The opening of the Rajputdna State Railway seriously injured the trade of the town. But the Hissar-Rewari branch of the railway, opened in 1883, passes through Bhiw'ani, and it is expected that trade will revive. The town good wide stands in an open sandy plain, treeless and uncultivated
 * ^2 742.

cipality, with

an income in

t