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.
- ^2 742.
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
cipality, with
an income in
t
