chapter - viii - revenue and disaster management department, haryana

Pay Roll Savings Groups.-In order to popularise the habit of tnrift'
among the lower income groups and to make the act of savings as far as
possible easy and automatic, the District Savings Officer persuades
employees and employers inthe public and private sectors to start Pay Roll
SavingsGroups intheir establishments. Under this schem~ anemployee gives
an authorisation in favour of, :hisemp10yer for deduction of sav,ings
regularly from his salary/wages for beingcredited to C.T.D. (Cumulative Time
Deposit)/R.D.(Recurring Deposit) Accounts at the post office.
In1976-77, there were 74 Pay Roll Savings Groups in the offices,
schools and industrial units in the Bhiwani district with a membership:
of16,412and deposits worth Rs. 21,55,857 in C.T.D./R.D. Accounts inposf
offices.
Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojna.-A neWscheme of this nam~
was introduced onAprill, 1972. Trained women workers wereto beassigned,~
sp~cific areas for explaining the SmallSavingsScheme and to securedeposits
in C.T.D. and R.D. accounts. The workers wereto earn commission at
the rate of 4p~r cent on all depJsits mlde through them. By March 31,
1977,six su::hag~nts w~re ap))inted in this district. Of these, only two
were active.
AgencySystem.-Itidividuals andregistered organizations are appointed~
as authorized agents for National Savings Certificates and Time Deposit
Accounts. Inthe Bhiwani district, 28authorized agents wer~working under
the standardized agencysysteminthe beginning of 1976-77. During the year
1976-77,11 more authorized agents were appointed. Outof these 39 autho~
rized agents, 12 agents secured collections from investors amounting to Rs:
10.27 lakhs depJsited in National Savings· Certificates and Time Deposit
Accounts.
Publicity.- The State Government every year allots some ,funds as
publicity grant tothe Deputy Commissioners for thepublicity ofsmall savings.
securities intheir district,;, inaddition tothepublicity material receivedfrom the
Regional Director, National Savings,andtheState Government. In the Bhiwani
district, Rs. 500wasspent in1972-73,Rs. 3,000in 1973-74,Rs.2,500in1974-75~
Its. 926 in 1975~76and Rs. 7)06 in 1976-77on publicity. In the exhibition
"India-Marches to Self Reliance" held at Bhiwani from November 17, 197'3'
toNovember 23, 1973,acorn~rwas ctecorated'withposters aridcharts onsmale
savings securities and incentive prizes were given for post officeSavings Bank
Accounts forthepublicity ofSmall SavingsSecurities. 105Saving Boxeswere
sold to the public. About 20,000 persons visited the exhibition.

People,inrural areas inpJ.rticular.had some misgivings about the utility
ofthe decimal coinage introduced in 1957. Conversion tables wereplaced at
alltheplaces ofmoney transactions in order to make for knowledge. The
reactionofp~);?le ~llS,::h'ln~~d lU:lth~yUH' g~n~rally ap)i~::i1te the decimll
coinage. Theprefix naya (new)from the paisa was dropped on June 1, 1964.
TRADE AND COMMERCE
During the 19thcentury, before theadvent ofthe railways inthis part Of
the country, Bhiwani usedto becalled the 'gate ofthe desert'. It wasthe main
centre through whichall the trade from princely States of Bikaner, Jaisalmer.
Jaipur and other States ofRajputana (nowRajasthan), besidesthenearby States
ofLoharu and Jind, passed. The opening of the Rajputana Railway
in the seventies of the 19th century, considerably influenced inter-State
trade at Bhiwani and enormously decreased itscommercial importance. Piece
goods and food grains werethe principal articles dealt in. Ofthe latter, gram
wasperhaps the mostpurchased; large stocks werekept, and itwasexported to
Europe whenprices were suitable. It isevident from Gazetteer of the Hisar
District of1915that Bhiwani hadproduced prominent business, having dealings
not only locally, but with branches in Calcutta, Bombay and invarious other
important cities. Many of them made money in Calcutta and fortunately
several financed works of charity in Bhiwani. It was estimated that of the
businessmen, agents,brokers, clerks, etc., of Calcutta, no lessthan 4,000 hailed
from Bhiwani. Thus eveninbeginning ofthis century, thetraders ofBhiwani
had a name for all-India business. Share brokerage and gunny bags werethe
principal spheres of activity of the Bhiwani businessman in Calcutta. It was
also an impJrtant centre for_negotiating hundis.
In Loharu, trade was carried on with the town of Bhiwani. In the
beginning of the present century, the only articles exported from the Loharu
Wereb:zjra,hides, w.:>ol,plui (Longgrass which grows on wasteland inthe rains
and wasused for thatching) and ghi. The principal imports werewheat, salt,
cloth and fruit.
Similarly the trade ofCharkhi Dadri was interconnected with Bhiwani.
The former had a comiderable trade, but the excessive duties leviedby the
Nawabs ruined this and onthe establishment ofamarket at Bhiwani in 1817,
all the princiI>al firms transferred their business there. However,it continued
to be the expJrter of bajra, stoneware, turned wooden articles and native
shoes.
After Independence. the town of Bhiwani traded incloth, dry fruits and.

salt. Its major supplies toRajasthan werecloth, jeweUery,spices,food articles,
brassware, salt, boxes, hardware and sweets. At present, trade in textile and
handmade utensils, which are the main i~dustrial products of the district,
isbrisk. Bhiwani has abig cloth market; there are two textile mills. Black
salt is also manufactured here. A large number· of ornament cases,
cartons and boxes are supplied to Hisar, Delhi, Bikaner, Patiala and
Rohtak.
Zincandrough blankets are imllorted through Minerals and Metals
Trading CJrporationjState Trading 'Corporation. The refined.guar gum,
pulverized guar gum and m~al are exported from this district to U.S.A.,
Holland, Japan and Yugoslavia. The details Of exports are as under :
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
Country to
which
exported
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Holland
(2) Pulverized Guar Gum U.S.A.
(3) Indian Guar Meal Japan
(1) Refined Guar Gum
(2)Pulverized Guar Gum
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Quantity F.O.B.
Value
4 5
~----~ . (Metric (Rs.)
tonnes)
4,496 57,39,226
128 1,34,235
5,423 59,14,146
349 3,88,208
3,575 52,17,934
2,113 32,16,988
300 4,69,036
3,622 76,12,371
7,784 1,73,89,108
587 , 14,18,903
450 17,73,162
50 31,072
6,199 1,03,07,518
250 5,74,559

(Metric (Rs.)
tonnes
(3) Indian Guar Gum Yugoslavia 6,965 28,10,159
(I) Refined Guar Gum U.S.A. 3,419 46,02,000
(2) Pulverized Guar GllID U.S.A. 180 3,51,000
(I) Refined Guar Gum U.S.A. 5,521 1,28,88,149
(2) Pulverized Guar Gum U.S.A. 60 1,79,775
(3) Guar Meal Yugoslavia 3,965 40,80,398
The district also exports vegetable ghee and cement. Bajra and gram are
setH to other parts of the State. The main m~rkets for wholesale and retail
business in the district are af Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Tosham and Loharu.
In addition, the markets ofSiwani, Bahl and Bawani Khera are developing.
Markets are regulated under the Punjab Agripultural Produce Markets
Act, 1961. In 1976-77, there were seVen regulated markets in the district.
Market committees are set up f6r these markets, which include representatives
of growers, dealers, cooperative soci~ties and Government. These market
committees have powers to regulate and help the sale and purchase of goods.
Som,::important details about these regulated markets are given below:
Regulated market
and the year in
which established
1

BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
1 2 3 4 5
2. Charkhi Grain Baund 172 Wheat, gram, barley,
Dadri Market. Kalan sarson, taramira, toria,
(1948) Charkhi bajra, jowar, gwara,moong,
Dadri moth, cotton seed, gur,
khand, sulphe/'!,- potato,
onion, banana and tomato
3. Loharu Lqharu Dighawa 44 Moong, moth, grapl, bajrq,
(1948) barley, glVara and cottOJl
seed
4. Tosham Tosham 31 Moong, moth, gwara, gur,
(1968) khand,shakkar, gram,wheat
and cotton seed
5. Siwani Siwani 47 Gram, bajra,moong,moth,
(1966) gwara,barley, sarson, and
cotton seed
6. Bahl Bahl 38 Gram, gwara, hajra,moong,
(1972) moth, cotton seed, cotton,
gur alld khand
7. Jui New Grain 26 Moong, moth, gram, bajra,
(1976) Market, Jui wheat, cottO)} see9, gur
and khand
The annual details of the arrival of different commodities in the
regulated markets during the period 1971-72 to 1974-75are given in Table
XXV of Appendix. Th.e produce is handled in large quantities and
specialized operators perform services. These mandis provide a system of
competitive bUYIng,eradicate malpractices, ensure the use of standardized
weights and measures and provide storage facilities.
Uniform market rates have been prescribed by all the market
committees. Most of ~hemarket charges arepaid bythe buyer and these
comprise:
Market and Incidental charges under Bye-law 28 (i)
Commodities :- 1.Wheat, 2. Bajra, 3. Paddy, 4. Mash, 5. Moong, 6. Moth,
7,Massar,8,Swson,9. Toria,10.Tflramira,II. Til, 14.Methi,
22-3-

Incidental charges
(payable by seller)
Market charges
(payable bybuyer)
Incidental charges
(payable by seller)
Market charges
(payable bybuyer)
13.Sunehri, 14. Oats, 15. Henna (mehndi), 16.Gwara,
17. Maize, 18. Gram (kabli and black), 19.Barley,
20. Jowar, 21. Dry peas, 22. Arhar, 23.Gur, 24.Shakkar,
25.Khandsari, 26.Ground nut(shelled) and 27. Rosin
1.Unloading
2. Cleaning &
dressing
1.Filling I
2.Weghing II
3.Sewing J
Re.0.12per unit 1
0.15per unit
Re.0.30 per unit
(Out of30 paise, 10 paise are paid
to the licensed weighmen and 20
paise to other labourers.)
1.Cotton, 2. Wool, 3. Groundnut (unshelled) and
4.Chillies(dry)
1.Unloading Re.0.06per unit
2.Dressing (except Re.0.03per unit
groundnut)
3.Cleaning, Re.0.09per unit
dressing (for
groundnut only)
1.Filling I
2. Weighing I
3. Sewing )
Re.0.24per unit
(Out of24 paise, 8paise willbepaid to
the licensed weighmen and 16paise
to the other labourers.)
Rs. 2.00per hundred rupees
Re. 0.16per hundred rupees

Incidental charges
(payable byseller)
Market charges
(payable by buyer)
Non-perishable vegetables, viz. Potatoes, Shakarkand!,
Onion, Arvi, Garlic and Ginger
1.Weighing and
filling
Incidental charges 1.Unloading
(payable by seller)
Market charges 1.Weighing
(payable bybuyer)
Incidental charges 1.Unloading
(payable by seller)
Market charges
(payable bybuyer)
Re.0.06per unit
Re.0.50per cart/trolley
Rs. 5.00 per truck
Re. 0.10 per unit
Re. 1.50 per trolley
Re. 1.00per cart
1.Weighment Re.0.50per cart
(weigh-bridge)
Re.0.75per trolley
Re. 1.00 per truck
The m1rket committees get their income from the market fee which is
leviedand collected @ 1per cent of the price ofthe produce brought and sold
in the mandi. Income i~also derived from licenc~ fee,90mposition fe~ and
penalties.

Sixty-fiveper cent of the income of a market committee is earmarked
to.construct link roads, thirty p~rcent as contribution to the Haryana State
Agricultural Mlrkleting~Board, Chandigarh, an.dthe remaining fivepercent is
spent onthemaintenance of committee's officeand themandi, and providing a
farmers' resthouse and facilities for drinking water.
Fairs inthe Bhiwani district are chiefly religious and fewofthese have
any commercial if!lportance except the cattle fairs. Theaccount of religious
fairs has been-given inthe 'Chapter on 'People'. Cattle fairs are held at the
following places on the dates mentioned against each. The dates offairs
are determined according to theVikrami Samvat and, therefore, do not fall
onthe samedate every year according to the Gregarian Calendar .-
Date (according to Vikrami Samvat)
(i) Chet Badi Dasmi
(i) Magh Sudi Naumi
(ii) Sawan Sudi Ekkam
(i) Baisakh Badi Ekhm
(ii) Asuj Sudi Puranmashi
(ii) Baisakh Badi Ashthmi
(iii) B.hadonSudi Ekkam
(i) Jeth Sudi Ekkam
(ii) Ashad Sudi Ekkam

Quality bullocks, calves and camels are brought to these fairs for sale; ..
most of the transactions are of camels and ~ulls. Traders and farmers from the _
neighbouring States of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan visit on a buying
spree.
The cattle fairs used to be organized bythe concerned Panchayat Samities
-and municipal committees. Their control and management was taken over
by Government (inthe Development and Panchayat Department) on November
24,1970 vide Haryana Cattle Fairs Act, 1970. Acess ischarged at the rate of
3p:tise p~r rup~e on the sale price of the cattle and ispaid by the purchaser and
rupee one is charged as fee from the seller. The net income from the fairs is,
apportioned between the Panchayat Samitis and the Government in the ,ratio of
80 : 20. The Panchayat ~Samiti spends this money on the welfare and
development of cattle. The following data show the income aecrued and
expenditure incurred at these fairs during 1974-75 to 1976-77 :-
1975-76
1976-77
(Rs.)
5,37,206.61
6,31,733.00
7,76.567.00
(Rs.)
66,951.92
1,00,015.00
99,776.00
There are sixcooperative marketing societies inthe district which conduct
wholesale business in the supply of seeds, fertilizers, insecticides and agricultural
implements. These are: (1)The Bhiwani Cooperative Marketing Society Ltd.,
(2) The Dadri Cooperative Marketing Society Ltd., (3) The Ba.wani Khera
Cooperative M:lrketing Society Ltd., (4) The Loharu Cooperative Marketing
Society Ltd., (5) The Siwani Coop~rative Marketing Society Ltd., and (6) The
Tosham Cooperative Marketing Society Ltd.
The membership of the coop~[ative m'lrketing societies comprises primary
sJ::ieties ani iniividulls. The societies help in the op~ration of the affiliated
cbop::ratives and p~rform many functions, such as the provision of standardized
seeds, agricultural implements and fertilizers. They arrange for the marketing
and processing ofagricultural produce and maintain godowns for storage. They
act as an agency of the GJv~rnment for procuring agricultural produce. These
SJckties procured fooigrains worth Rs. 58.85 lakhs and Rs. 40.27 lakhs during
1975-76 and 1976-77 respectively. The membership, share capital, and working

228 ihhw ANt DISTRIcT GAZETTEEA
capital of these societies from 30-6-1973 to 30-6-1977 are given below:
Particulars ofcoopera- Position as on
tive marketing
societies June June June June June
30,1973 30,1974 30,1975 30,1976 30,1977
1. Number 5 6 6 6 6
2. Membership 1,824 2,091 2,197 2,300 2,337
3. Share capital 1.90 1.98 2.42 2.96 2.95
(Rs. inlakhs)
4. Working capital 11.58 20.51 22.88 19.76 19.91
(Rs. inlakhs)
5. Value of stocks 30.16 116.28 171.39 146.55 131.51
supplied (Rs.
in lakhs)
Consumers' Cooperative Stores. -Following the Chinese aggression and
the n~edto easure b~tter distribution of consumer needs (in short supply),the
B'liwlni C~ntral C)::>p~r.ltiveConsum~rs' Store wasst~rted as one ofthe chain
ofthese such stores op~ned all over the country. This store was registered on
S~ptem')~r 3, 1963 ani comm~n~ed fun-;tioning' in December that year.
Sin:;ethen ithas ren:lered yeom'lUserviceincatering tothe needs of consumers,
b)th urblll and rural. The store, which had started with only two branches,
has 19branches with 57employees in 1977. The construction of 5godowns
and 3shops wascompleted in 1970. Further additions were made up to 1977.
Atpresent the store owns9godowns andhasalsogivena portion ofits building
on rent tothe State Bank ofPatiala.
Thestoreorganized a'Super Bazar atitsHead Officeand availed offinancial
assistance of Rs. 2.60lakhs from Government for additional stocks, furniture,
fixtures, etc. With the opening oftheSuper Bazar, the business ofthe store has
received a big impetus. This has been possible becuause the consumers now
can get under one roof all their daily requirements of grocery, cloth, general
merchandise, household goods, ghee and milk products, imported dry fruit
and even confiscated goods, H.M·T.watches, handloom goods and ration articles.
The customers get qUllity goods of correct weight and at fair prices.
The store supplies various goods of common use through Cooperative
Marketing and Village Service Societies to the rural areas.

Ap:lrtfrom retailbusiness, thestoreactsasawholesaler inrespect ofsome
commodities like sugar, foodgrains and controlled cloth. The major portion
of its incom~ isderiv~d from its wholesale business which enables the store to
steady the retail prices.
The store also provides marketing facilities for the goods manufactured
by other cooperatives. An assessment of the stores value to people may be
had from the annual vital statistics given in Table XXVI of Appendix.
STATE TRADING
Major fluctuations intheprices offoodgrains and thedifficultiesexperiencedbyconsumers
have ledtoState trading. For thedistribution of foodgrains
and other essential commodities, initially the Government started anet-work
offairprice shops inurban and rural areas. With aviewto ensure availability
of wheat, rice and sugar in the open market for consumption by the general
public, the Government promulgated the Punjab Foodgrains Licencing Order,
1964,andthePunjab RiceDealers Licencing Order, 1964, required dealers to
obtain licencesfor storage and saleofthese commodities. Under theprovisions
of the Rice Dealers Licencing Order, no person can purchase, sell
or store for s:lle more than two quintals at any time without obtaining
alicence. Similarly under the Sugar Dealers Licencing Order, no person
can store for sale more than ten quintals of sugar. Government further
promulgated theWheat Licencingand Price Control Order, 1973,and introduced
State trading inwheat. Under this licencing order, noperson canstorefor sale
more than fivequintals ofwheat without obtaining alicence. Further, a dealer
cannot atanyonetimestockmorethan250 quintals ofwheatifheisa retailer or
chakkiownerand not more than one thousand quintals ifhe is a wholesaler.
The State Government has also promulgated the Haryana 1:revention and
Hoarding Order, 1973,and Restriction ofStocks byProducer Order, 1973 to
avoid restrictive holding ofstocks. The restrictions were relaxed with effect
from Ju~e 1,L976.AccordingLy,nowtheproducer cankeepinhispossession any.
quantity of wheat inexcessofhis maximum permitted quota during theperiod
from April 14to October 31each year. The Government has also placed
curbs on the consumptio,n of prohibited food-stuffs at marriages by means
of the Haryana Guest Control Order, 1973and theHaryana Food (Restriction
onServiceof Meals by Catering Establishments) Order, 1973.
For the distribution of wheat, wheat atta, maida, suji and rice, no
wholesaler was functioning in 1976and 1977. The distribution control on
maida and suji was lifted from JuLy5,1975and on wheat from December 16,
1975.Tueprice control onwheat products wasremoved from D~cember 2,1976;

There were9 wholesalers for sugar distribution operating in the district
during 1977; two each at Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri and oneeach at Bahl,
Bawani Khera, Loharu, Siwani and Tos'ham.
The number of fair price shops opened in different areas ofthedistrict
for distribution of sugar, wheat, wheat atta, rice,etc., tocard .holders wasas
flllows .-
Siwani and
Bahl
Urban Rural Total
------- -------- --------
39 83 122
3 33 36
4 49 53
10 155 165
2 34 36
2 39 41
------ ---.------ ------
60 393 453
----- ------- -----,--
'the issue rates of various commodities at fair price shops werefixed
as under :
1. Whea t Atta
2. Wheat-
Rs.l.47toRs.l.53
Rs.l.29,to Rs.l.41
3. Rice
Basmati
(Superior) Rs.2.57 Rs.2.57 Rs.2.57
4. Rice
Begmi Rs. 1.74 Rs. 1.7~ Rs.l.69
5. Rice
Basmati Rs.2.10 Rs.2.10 Rs.2.05
6. Sugar Rs. 2.15 Rs.2.15 Rs.2.15

The number of ration cards and units invarious urban/rural areas in
the district upto March 31,1975,was as given'below. These card-holders
obtained their supplies of wheat, atta, sugar, rice, kerosene oil and ghee
through fair price shops functioning inthese areas :
As regards coarse grains, there is no control over the distribution of
gram, bajra,maizeand barley and consumers purchase requirements from the
open market by bidding system or through a licensed foodgrains dealer.
There were422foodgrains licenceesonMarch 31,1975 inthe various markets
of the

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
-There wasnouniform standard of weights and measures prior to 1941,
-somuch sothat eveninthe same district it sometimes varied from village
tovillage and aseer ranged from 40to 102to/asin weight at different places
according to usage. With increased commercial and industrial activity in
the country, this chaotic situation created a senseof uncertainty accentuated
often by fraudulent practices. One ofthese practices was to use weighing
apparatus by hand thereby cheating the producer of his produce by
unscrupulous traders. It was to remedy these evils that the Punjab Weights
and Measures Act, 1941whichitself was acorollary to theCentral Standards
ofWeights Actof1939,wasenacted. Theuseofunstandard weighing apparatus
byhand has been stopped and the useofapproved weighing apparatus isnow
onlypermissible. For smallertransactions the standard weighing hand scales
dulycertified bythe Inspectorate of Weights and Measures can also be used.
The metric system of weights and measures was introduced in 1958.
To avoid hardship to the public, a transitory period of two years was
allowed permitting use of weights and measures in vogue immediately
before the enforcement of the Act. Thereafter the public became well
acquainted with the new weights and measures and now experience no
difficulty inregard to them.
The Inspectors, Weights and Measures, supervise enforcement work
to ensure accuracy inthe use of weights and measures, through frequent
inspections and periodical stampings. In this district, there are two
Inspectors.
In villages, people store agricultural produce inhouses, kothas (bins)
or inbag~. In markets, the commission agents and cooperative marketing
societies maintain godowns. Mills and factories maintain godowns at their
premises:
The godowns maintained by private dealers vary greatly and are
generally not of desired specifications. To organize better warehousing, the
Agricultural Produce (Development and Warehousing Corporations)Act, 1956,
waspassed and later improved onby the Warehousing Corporation Act,
1962. The Haryana Warehousing Corporation was established under the
latter ActonNovember 1,1967. The corporation was authorized to acquire
and build godowns and run warehouses for the ~torage of a~ricu1t\lraJ
produc~ and oth,er notified commodities.

The corporation is running two warehouses at Bhiwani and Loharu
in hired accommodation. Their total storage capacity is8,924 tonnes. .A
warehouse with a storage capacity of 5,000 tonnes, is being run by the
Central Warehousing Corporation at Charkhi Dadri.
In the cooperative sector, the National Cooperative Development
Corporation provides financial assistance for the construction of godowns
tothe Rural Agricultural Service/Credit Societies aswellasto the Cooperative
Marketing Societies. On June 30, 1975, Cooperative Agricultural Service
Societies in the Bhiwani district bad 31 godowns with a total storage
capacity of 6,880 tonnes.
The Cooperative Marketing Societies have a great needfor their own
godowns for agricultural requisites including chemical fertilizers. On June
30,1974,there were five Cooperative Marketing Societies inthe district with
2godowns with a total storage capacity of 7,185 tonnes.

ChapterVIi
The district, primarly dependent on road communication, remained·
strikingly deficient in it up to 1947. Barring portions of roads between
Bhiwani, Rohtak 1 and Hansi (district Hisa.r) and that between Loharu
connecting Pilani (Rajasthan), there was hardly a kilometre of metalled
road anywhere. Charkbi Dadri town could boast of 1.6kilometres of metalled
road between the railway station and the town; this road was originally
constructed in 1896-97. The condition of unmetalled roads w~s poor.
Most of these, espocially in the western part ofthe district, were covered
with drifting hillocks ofsand.
In 1947, the areas comprising Haryana State had only 1,89"5
kilometres of metalled roads; of this, the Bhiwani. district had only
42.73kilom~tres. The post-Independence period has seen'.a steady expansion
inroad construction. The phased progress of road development achieved
during theFirst, Second and Third Five-Year Plans, and the results achieved
byMay 1968,and thereafter byMarch 31,1977are shown in the table below:
Period Total metalled Length per 100 length per
length square kilo- ,lakh of
metres ofarea population
----------- ------~ ------- -------
2 3 4
--------- -------- ------- _____ to.--_
At the time or'
(Kilometres) (Kilometres) (Kilometres)
Independence (1947) 42.73 0.84 5.63
First Five-Year Plan
(1951-56) 137.16 2.69 18.08
Second Five-Yea-rPlan
(1956-61) 338.75 6.65 44.66
1. This road seems to have been metalled at a very early period of British rule in
viewoftheimportance of Bhiwani as an inter-State market. In 1866,of the 16kilometres
portion)n theBhiwani tahsil, only 1.6kilometres was metalled from the side of Blliwani town.
By 1883.84, the whole portion had been metalled. (Amin Chand, Tawarikh Zi/a Hisar. 1866.
p. 63; Hisar District Gazmeer, 1883·84, p. 58.)

Third Five-Year Plan
(1961-66)
AsinMay 1968
As onMarch 31, 1973
Ason March 31, 1975
Ason March 31, 1976
As on March 31, 1977
522.84
688.24
1432.00
1512.00
1626.55
1673.72
10.27
13.51
28.14
29.71
31.95
32.88
68.94
90.75
188.82
199.37
214.58
220.81
(Note :-The details given above do not include the Zila Parishad,
MFAL and Municipal roads).
During the First Five-Year Plan, only94.43 kilometres ofroads were
metalled and inthe Second Plan period there was an addition of 201.59
kilometres. Inthe Third Planperiod, the road length m~talled was lessthan
that of the Second Plan period, i.e. only 184.09 kilometres. But during
the'period of9 years, i.e.from May 196>8toMarch 31,1977, 985.48 kilometres
of metalled roads were constructed givingan average of 109.50 kilometres
a year.
The roads have been classified on the national pattern as National
Highways, State Highways, Major District Roads, other District Roads and
Village Roads.
Tobring everyvillage on ametalled rOld was one ofthe Government's
development musts after the creation ofHaryana in 1966 and this facility
conferred an inestimable boon onthe villages. In 1970, the Government
took the decision toembark on a crash programme of linking every village
withametalled road. Ofthe 474 villages to be connected with metalled
roads, 225werelinked by March 31, 1971. The year-wise progress thereafter
was:
1971-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
Villages linked
with metalled ro~ds
(Number)
142
9
17
67
10
Length of the
roads metalled
(Kiloriletres)
266
28
52
105
46

In 1973,the State Government further decided that allthe roads in
the district, including those maintain;;,d by the Zila Parishad/Municip~1
C:>mmittees,w0uldinfuture beconstructed and maintained bythe State Public
Works Dep:utment (Buildings and Roads).l The Municipal Committee would
pay 50percent oftheexpenditure asitscontribution towards the maintenance
ofmljor roads within themunicipal area. Under this programme, theP.W.D.
(B&R)has taken OVer 14.76 kilometres ofthe roads of Municipal Committee,
Bhiwani. The metalled village roads which were maintained bythe
Zila Parishad and have beentaken over by the Public Works Department
(Buildings and Roads) are listed in Table XXVII of Appendix.
With the increase in agricultural production, the State Government
inJune 1974, decided upon mobilising resources from the Market Committees
inthe form oftheir cO:ltrib:.ltiJntow.lfds the construction of roads.
Previou,ly, the Mlrket Comnittees used to contribute for specific roads in
their mlrketing areas, but now they contribute 65 per cent for .the
construction of suitable linkroads inthe whole ofthe district.
Roads have also been constructed bythe P.W.D. (B&R) on behalf
of the MFAL Agency. These are detailed in Table XXVII of Appendix.
The district now has a fairly large network or. roads. The total
length of roads (exclusive ofMunicipal Committee, ZilaParishad and MFAL
roads) maintained by the P.W.D. (B&R) as on March 31, 1977, was
as follows:-
National Highways
State Highways
Major District Roads
Other District Roads
272.56
305.005
645.01
15.43
163.24
1. VideHaryana GovernmentNo.PEI-ZP-73/6~265-74,dat~d November 26, 1973
(DevelopmentandPanchayat Department).

Theroads maintained bythe P.W.D. (B& R) in the district as on
March 31,1977,are given in Table XXVII ofAppendix.
Abrief description ofthe more important roads isgivenbelow
~ATIONAL HIGHWAY
Thereisno major National Highway inthis district except a;small
stretch of 7.80 kilometres ofthe Delhi-Hisar-Sulemanki Road (N.H. 10)
whichenters the district at 112.2 kilometre and 1eaves at 120 kilometre.
This road is22 feet (6.7 metres) wide.
STATE HIGHWAYS
1. Karnal-Assandh-Jind-Hansi-Tosham-Sodiwas Road (S.H.12).- The
total lengthofthis road inthe district is64070kilometres. Ittraverses the
whole distriet from east to west entering it at Jamalpur and leaving' at
village Sodiwas. It connects Toshamand Bahl with'Hansi (district Hisar)
onthe one sideand with Rajgarh inRajasthan on the other. The whole
lengtho,ftheroad ismetalledand tarred; treeshave been planted on both
sides.
2. Panipat-Safidon-Jind-Bhiwani-Loharu Road {S.H.14)~-This road
covers adistance of90.28 kilometres inthe district.. It enters at village
Mundhal after crossing N.H.lOandleavesitatvillageDhoaniShamatraversing
the district from east to west. It passes through Mundhal, Bhiwani and
Loharu and is connected with PilaniinRajasthan. The whole lengthofthe
road is metalle(along side. -
3. Panipat-Gohana-Rohtak-BhiwaniRoad(S.H.l6).- The length ofthis
road inthe district is 14062kilometres. It enters thedistrict atvillageSarsa.
Itconnects Bhiwani with Rohtak situated on the Delhi-Hisar-Sulemanki
Road (N.HolO).The wholeroad ismetalledand bitumensurfaced. Treeshave
been plante~ alongside.
4. Gohana-Lakhan Majra-Maham-Chang-Bhiwani Road(S.H. 16A).-
Thetotaldistancecovered bythis road inthe district' is16.40kilometres. It
enters the district at village Golagarhi (subvillageof Chang). The whole
road is metalled and tarred. Itconnects Maham, asmalltown ofRohtak
district, also situated onN.H.to, with Bhiwani.
5. Nizampur-Nanmul-Mabendragarh-Dadri-Bhiwani-Hansi-Barwala-
Tohana-MunakRoad(S.H.li).- The total length ofthis road inthe district
is86.76 kilometres. Itenters (he districtatviUage. Ako'da 1 'and'leave1rital

vIIJage Sikanderpur: .It runsthrough the district fro'msouth to north, passes
through Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani and Bawani Khera, and crosses the Delhi-
Hisar Sulemanki Road (N.H.lO) atHansi. The whole road is metalled and'
bitumen surfaced; trees have been planted on both sides.
6. Barwala-Hisar-Siwani-Singhani Road (S.H.19).-Tbe length of this
road in the district is57.80 kilometres. It enters the district at village Barwa.
The whole road ismetalled and bitumen surfaced.. Itpasses through Siwani,
and servesasa link road between the Bbiwani-Loharu-Pilani Road (S.H.14),
the Blkaner-Hisar Road and the National Highway Delhi-Hisar-Sulemanki
Road (N.H.lO). Itis a useful communication for the western part of the
district.
7. Siwani-Jhumpa-Rajgarh Road (S.H.19-A).- This road traverses a
distance of 20 kilometres inthe district, leaving itat Jhumpa. It connects
the Siwani-Singhani State Highway (S.H.19) with Risar on one side and
Rajgarh inRajasthan onthe other side. The road is metalled and tarred.
8. Murthal-Sonipat- Kharkhoda-Sampla-Jhajjar-Jahajgarh-Chuchhak-
'~lls-Da.dri-LoharuRoad(S.H.20).-The total length ofthis road inthe district
is,n.03 kilometres. Traversing the district from east to west, itenters the
district at village Imlota and joins thePanipat-Bhiwani-Loharu road (S.H.14)
near LohalU after passing througr Charkhi Dadri and Badbara. The whole
road is metalled and bitumen surfaced.
9.R~wari-Dahina-Kanina-Mahendragarh-Satnali-Loharu Road(S.H.24).-
This road passes through the' district over a distance of29.40 kilometres.
After traversing the Mahendragarh district, it enters the Bhiwani district
at village Madogarh and joins S.H.14 near Loharu after passing through
Satnali. The road is metalled and bitumen surfaced.
OTHER ROADS
These include Major District Roads, Other District Roads and
Village Roads. OnMarch 31, 1977,the length ofthese roads was .-
ROAD BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME
1,222.58 kilometres
178.67 kilometres
Aprogramme of beautification of roads was taken up during
1973-74 under the Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Scheme.
This servl

and atthe same time helped in landscaping. Work was taken up on the
roads linking Rohtak, Hansi, Tosham and Chang with Bhiwani. Plantation
has been done alongside 190kilometres of road-length. Programme of
beautification is to be extended on the roads connecting Dadri, Loharu,
etc.
CANAL INSPECTION ROADS
There are well maintained unmetalled inspection roads along the
banks of the canals. These roads can serve only light vehicular traffic,
and are maintained by the Public Works Department (Irrigation). These
are not open to the general public.
When means of communication were poor, people travelled on rare
occasions, like visits toholyplaces, for marriages and other social occasions.
Mostlyjonrney wasperformed ingroup, and often onfoot. Camels were the
popular means ofanimal communication and paths suited to them ran from
village tovillage. Country carts, driven bycamels, were used formovingfrom
village to village and unmetalled roads were used bythese country carts.
Inmassmigrations during drought and famine, people moved enmasse with
their cattle, camels and carts. Better vehicular traffic was confined tolarge
towns.
With an improvement incommunications, there has been avast change.
Asvillagesand towns were linked together by.metalled roads, better vehicles
alsocameinto use. Rubber-tyre tongas, drawn byahorse, became one ofthe
swifter means of conveyance. Some people kept horses for their personal
use. Later appeared cycles, motor cars, trucks. There are now thelasand
hand-carts, horses anddonkeys, camelsinsandytracts, tongas, cycles,rickshaws,
motor cyclesand scooters, jeeps and station wagons, cars, buses, trucks,
tractors ~nd tempos (three wheeled motor transport). The tempo whichhas
appe3.red inthis district onlya fewyears ago isnow becoming a popular
means ofpublic transport, especially. in rural areas. Tempos are also used
for carrying goods.
The total number of vehicles registered inthe district up to March 31,
1977,is given in Table XXVIII of Appeneix.
Before the formation ofHaryana, there wasa bus serviceonly onthe
Delhi-Rohtak-Bhiwani l'Ollte. In otper parts of the district, particlliarly on

the western side, the bus services, both private and nationalized, were· in~
adequate and unsatisfactory. There was no bus stand worth the name
evenat Bhiwani or Charkhi Dadri; then: Werenoweather shelters along the
roads, and passengers had often_to wait for buses for hours inthe. blistering
heat, through sand storms or in the cold.
Asub-depot ofthe Haryana ROldways, Hisar Depot, was opened at
Bhiwani in 1970with a fleet strength of 11vehicles specially to cater to the
passenger traffic requirements ofthe area. With the nationalization ofprivate
services in November 1972,an expansion of existing bus services took
place and the availability of buses improved. A full-fledged. depot of the
Haryana Roadways was established atBhiwani onNovember 1, 1973,with a
strength of88vehiclescovering about 21,000kilometres perday. The Cbarkhi
Dadri Sub-Depot of the Rohtak Depot, wasalso merged with this depot.
The strength of vehiclesincreased to 107byNovember 1974,to 119by
November 1975and to 149by March 31,1977. The Haryana Roadways
Bhiwani Depot isoperating its buses inthe entire district. Someprivate buses
registered in Delhi still ply on certain inter-State routes under reciprocal
agreements with the Union Territory of Delhi. The following undertakings
are operating onthe routes mentioned against each :
1. Bhiwani-Chandigarh
2. Bhiwani-Maham extended up to Kalka
3. Bhiwani-Loharu
4. Bhiwani-Karnal
5. Bhiwani-Rewasa
6. Bhiwani-Mitathal
7. Bhiwani-Jhumpa
8. Bhiwani-Tosham
9. Bhiwani-Siwani
10. Bhiwani-Bahl
11. Bhiwani-Mathura
12. Bhiwani-Jhajjar via Beri
13. Bhiwani-Karnal viaMaham
14. Bhiwani-Bawani Khera
15. Bhiwani-Hardwar
16. Bhiwani-Chandigarh via Rohtak

17. Bhiwani-Delhi
18. Bhiwani-Tohana
19. BH'Nani-Talwandi
20. Bhiwani'-Gohana
21. Charkhi Dadri-Jind via Bhiwani
22. Charkhi Dadri-Mahendragarh-NarnauI
23. CharkhiDadri-Mai
24. Charkhi Dadri-Un
25. Charkhi Dadri-Ateli
26. Charkhi Dadri -Karnal
27. Charkhi Dadri-Bhiwani
28. Charkhi Dadri-loharu
29. Charkhi Dadri-Ranila
30. Charkhi Dadri-Dubaldhan
31. Charkhi Dadri-Mahendragarh
32. Charkhi Dadri-Kanina
33. Charkhi Dadri -Jhajjar
34. Charkhi Dadri-Satnali
35. Charkhi Dadri-Bhagi
36. Bhiwani-Dehradun
37. Bhiwani-Jhajjar
38. Bhiwani-Sonipat
39. Bhiwani-Kaithal
40. Bhiwani- Talwandi via Hisar
41. Bhiwani-Rewari
42. Bhiwani-Karnal via Jind
43. Bhiwani-Kurukshetra
44. Bhiwani-Faridabad
45. Charkhi Dadri-Sonipat
46. Bhiwani-Dabwali
47. Bhiwal1i-Bhuna
48. Charkhi Dadri-Patiala
49. Bhiwani- Bahad urgarh
50. Charkhi Dadri-Gurgaon
51. Charkhi Dadri-YamunanagM
~4' Bhiwani-Narnaul

Haryana Roadways, Gurgaon
(Sub-Depot Delhi)
1. Bhiwani-Siwani
2. Charkhi Dadri-Jhajjar
3· Charkhi Dadri-Loharu
4. Rohtak-Dadri
5. Rohtak-Bhiwani
6. Rohtak-Narnaul
7. Rohtak-Dadri-Satnali
8. Charkhi Dadri-Rohtak via Beri
9. Gohana-Cbarkhi Dadri via Bhiwani
10. Rohtak-Tosham
11. Rohtak-Sardarsher via Bhiwani
1. Charkhi Dadri-Bhiwani
2. Hisar-Loharu
3. Hisar-Tosham
4. Hisar-Bahu via Hansi
5. Hansi-Tosham
6. Hansi-Loharu
7. Hisar-Ajmer Vil 'Bhiwani
8. Hisar -NarnauJ
9. Hisar-Charkhi Dadri
10. Hi>ar-Rewari vi:!Bhiwani
1. Chandigarh-Bhiwani
2. Chandigarh-Pilani via Bhiwani
1. Delhi-Pilani via Bhiwani
2. Delhi-Jhunjhunu via Bhiwani
Union Territory, Delhi runs its sesvice 17times daily on Delhi-Bhiwani
Route and 2 times daily on the Delhi-Jhunjhunu. These buses pass through
Bhiwani town.
Rajasthan Government runs its service2 tim~s daily on the Ddhi-Sikar
R)ute and 2tim~s on the D~lhi-Pilani and one trip on Bhiwani-Pilani
route. These busespass through Bhiwani town.
Tnere isao air-conditioned coach under op~ration_in Bhi\vani dcp::>t.

The transport authorities have issued taxipermits for operation inHaryana,
-Rajasthan, Punjab, Union Territory of Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Union
Territory of Delhi for tourists and the general public.
By1974,210 trips were daily operated from Bhiwani Bus Stand and
160trips from Charkhi Dadri Bus Stand. This number increased to 238 and
180resp~ctive1ybyNovember 1975, and to 288 and 202 respectively by
March 31, 1977.
LOCAL/SHUITLE SERVICES
No local town service isat present under operation. ~ome shuttle
services are run to serVe the rural population of the district. The routes
on which these buses ply are
1. Bhiwani-Maham
2. Bhiwani-Kairu
3. Bhiwani-Mitathal
4. Bhiwani-Mundhal
5. Bhiwani-Manheru
6. Charkhi Dadri-Jhojju
7. Charkbi Dadri-Imlota
8. Charkhi Dadri-Ranila
9. Charkhi Dadri-Bhagi
10. Satnali-Mahendragarb
11. Charkhi Dadri-Dudiwali
12. Charkhi Dadri-Siswala
13. Bhiwani-Dubaldhan
14. Bhiwani-Pur
15. Bhiwani-Rewasa
16. Bhiwani-Nandgaon
-17. Bhiwani-Barsi
StatiJn wagons ani temp:>s,w:lich have been registered as taxis, also
provide transport for villages from convenient points.
Modern bus stands havebeen provided at Bhiwani and Tosham. The
construction ofa workshop atBhiwani estimated to cost Rs. 19.941akhs was
started on May 16,1975. The General Bus Stand, Loharu, haveing been
constructed bythe Municip:l1 Committee, Loharu, was· op~ned on October
31, 1964.The MunL:ipal Committee, Loharu, transferred the bus stand to
the H'lryana Roadways, Bhiwani on October 23, 1970, for a compensation
ofRs. 92,425. It is proposed toconstruct a newbus stan.d at Loharu in

the n::1t future. AneWbus stand and w\>rkshopwas constructed at Charkhi
D.1drifor Rs. 31akhs, bytheTranspon Dep:1ftment,Haryana,and was opened
onAugust 4,1974. These bus stands provide amenities such as soft drinks,
tea stalls, newsp.1per.vends and fruit shops. These are leased to private
persons who operate them under supervision. Public conveniencies for
men and wom~n and drinking water have also been provided.
Public address facilityhas b~enprovided at Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri and
Tosham busstands. Itisnow proposed toestablish busstands at Satnali and
Siwani, and bus queue shelters at Dinod, Bapora and Kairu. There is a
bus adda at Bawani Khera.
Goods traffic ishandled byprivate operators. There were299trucks
r~5ist~rd in the district up to Much 31, 1975. The rural sector in the
district u,;:srOld traffi; inpfeference to rail for the transpJrt ofgoods.It is
specially popular for short distances. .
Goods traffic by road ismostly un-organized. The system of book-
.ingagencies has developed w:lichcater tothe needsof both the operators and
the traders. The operators are provided with parking, godown and warehou,e
facilities, and the traders with a regular satisfac.,toryservice. Private
operators have organized themselves inthe district to reduce competition, to
regulate traffic and to share profits. As compared to the railways, freight
and incidental charges are less. People are now even tending to prefer
transp;:>rtbyroad for longdistance5, asthe goods areusually delivered quicker
and with less risk and often from door to door. Road transport companies
and operators also settle claims more promptly than the railways.
Tileprivate truck own~rsare m::mbers ofthe Truck Union, Loharu
Road, Biliwani. The trucks required by the traders and goods companies
are supplied bythe union at fixed rates. The number of trucks with the
union is nearly 200. The truck stand on the Loharu Road (near the Anaj
Mandi), whichcanaccommodate 300 trucks and also has been provided with
sitesfor transpJrt com}.1niesand their godowns, has been constructed bythe
Improvement Trust, Bhiwani. The two other truck unions in the district
are: Tru:::kUnion, Siwani and Tj:uck Union, Charkhi Dadri. There are private
goods transpJrt com;nnies at every tahsil headquarters of the district.
Someofthe major goods companies functioning at Bhiwani are listed below:
1. East india Transport Agency
2. Associated Traderi Engineering

3. Great India Roadways
4. Gupta Goods Transport Company
5. New Defhi Bhiwani Goods Transport Company
6. Eagle Transp.ort Ltd.
7. Bl.'lbna Transport Company
The district is mainly served bythe Northern Railway. A metre guage
railway lineofthe Western' Railway from Sikar terminates at Lohar.u which
isthe onlyra.iljunction inthe district.
Rewari-Hisar-Bhatinda Railway Line (Northern Railway).-In the seventies
ofthe last century, the opening of the Rajputana Railway considerably
I
influenced inter-State trade at Bhiwani and enormou~ly decreased its comm~rcial
importance, as other terminuses were now available. Then the
Rewari Firozpur Railway was opened in 18S3. It restored the imporlance
ofBhiwani towntoanextent. Italsohelp.::dthethen Jind State in diminishingthe
hardships of famine inthe insecuretract of Dadri. However, themain
obj~ct ofthis line was to do a largecarry,ing tr.ade ingrain from the tracts
north of Sirsa towards Delhi and Bombay. The passenger traffic was of
minor im;.:>ortance. The linepassed through the Dadri tahsil for about 14
miles(22:5.kilometres) with stations at Charkhi Dami and Manheru. Inthe
rest (!)fthe district, it had stations at Bhiwani and Bawani Khera .
.Being ame~regauge railway, itwasa part oftheBombay, B3'roda and Central
Indi:l Rlilway Company. It had 'itsdiV'isiorral headquarters at Sirsa..
Nowthe line runsthrough three tahsils of the district. of Bhiwani,
viz.·Dadri, Bhiwani and Bawani Khera, overa :distance of68 kilometres and
passes through railway stltions .at Patuwa's Mehrana Halt, Charkhi Dadri,
Fatehgarh Haryana Halt (Dadri tahsil), Manheru, Bhiwani (Bh.iwanitahsil),
Sui HIlt, B1\vani K!lera, Jita Kh::ri Halt and Aurang Nagar Halt (Bawani
Khera tahsil). Patuwas M~hrana Halt and Fatehgarh Haryana Halt railway
stations were opened in 1962.
Sadulpar-Siwani-H;sar R:tilway Line (Northern Railway).- The 28

kitometres orthis metre gauge linethat runs through the Loharu a.nd Bawani
Khe'ra tahsils ofthe B~iwanidistriet, is apart ofthe railway linefrom Degana
(Nlg1ur distriCt of Rajasthan) to Hisar constructed jointly bythe erstwhile
StatesofBikaner and Jodhpur. The section from Degana to Bikaner frontier
(near Sujangarh) wasconstructed bythe Jodhpur State whereas the remaining
line from Sujangarh to Hisar by the Bikaner State. The former ?las
opened on September 16,1909 and the latter onJuly 8,19111.
In the Bhiwani district, the railway line passes through Jhumpa,
Sainiwas Halt, Siwani, Naloi Barwa and Chauraud stations.
Bikaner-DeJhi Railway Line (Northern Railway).-Parvezpur, Kusalpura
Halt, LQh'lru Junction, Sohansara, Satnali and Nanwan are the stations on
this.metre gauge railway line that runs through onlythe Loharu tahsil of the
distr.ictfor35 kilometres. This portion isa part ofthe chord line; 139 kilometres
in length, from Sadulpur (Rajasthan) to Rewari (Mahendragarh
district) w:lich wassanctioned forconstruction inMarch 1937.The Sadulpur-
Loharu section, 50 kilometres inlength, wasop.enedtotrafficonDecember 12"
1938and thecomplete chord linefromSadulpur toRewari on March 1,194p·.
The op~ningof this linemade Loharu an important trade centre.
A new broad' gauge rail link from Bhiwani to Rohtak isunderconstruction.
There isalso a project to expand the ~hiwani station as a
junction, and' construct a newBhiwani City Station.
RADIO AND WIR;ELIOSS STATIONS,
The wireless ~tations are installed for receIvmg and transmitting
messages at the following phces in the district :-
(a) District Control Room, Officeof the Senior Superintendent of
Police, Bhiwani
(b) Police Stations: Badhara, Bawani Khera, Charkhi Dadri,
Loharu, Satnali, Siwani, Tosham and Bahl
(c) Police Posts: Bauad Kalan, Chahar Kalan, Dhanana and
Kairu.
1. ChuruDistrict Gazetteer, 1970, pp. 143-44.
~. ~bid.p. 144.

toprovide quickcommunications during VIP duties and emergencies. Wirelesssetshavebeenfitted
inthestaff carof theSeniorSuperintendent of Police,
Bhiwani; JeepoftheDeputy Superintt:ndent ofPolice(Headquarters), Bhiwani;
Jeep of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Charkhi Dadri; Pick-up van of
Police Station City Bhiwaniand Jeep ofthe Sub-Inspector, Anti-smuggling,
Bhiwani, with headquarters at Loharu.
There isnoaerodrome inthe district. Theconstruction ofa civil air
strip has beentaken inhand atBhiwani.
In the Bhiwanidistrict, there isno place primarily oftourist attraction.
For people visiting the towns, either on business or otherwise, dharmsalas
and some ordinary hotels are available. There are chopals and dharmsala~
in almost every village of the district, the maintenance of which is an old
tradition. These are used for the stay ofmarriage parties and other common
purposes as well as for visitors. Many religious I people have built
rest places for Sadhus in the memory oftheir ancestors, whose remains are
sometimes enshrined at these places. These are known as "Chbatris", the
famous among which are :
2. Chhatrian Seth Ramji Das Laxmi Narain Haluwasia
3. Chhatrian Seth Faqir Chand Bhagganka
Thereareresthouses atallimportant places inthe district for the stay
of touring officials,maintained by the different departments of the Haryana
Government. In,the rest houses maintained by the P.W.D. (Buildings and
Roads) non-officials can also stay on payment of prescribed chargs provided
accommodation isavailable. The Irrigation Department, the Public Works
Pepartment (Buildin~s. and RO~9S),and Haryana State ~lectricity ~oard

control most .of the rest houses; only one is controlled by the Deputy
Commissioner; oneby theDistrict Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Board 1 and
one bythe Manager, Milk Plant, Bhiwani. A list ofthe rest houses, along
with the number of sets/suites, and the officerswho make reservations isgiven
in Table XXIX of Appendix.
In Bhiwani, Loharu and Charkhi Dadri towns, dharmsalas have been
constructed by philanthropists. A list of these is given in Table XXX
of Appendix. As for eating places, these are mostly of the dhaba
and the tea-stall variety. The State Tourism Department opened
the Hoopoe Restaurant in a rented building at Bhiwani on May
1, 1973. It has become popular both with outsiders and local residents.
Inthe eighties ofthenineteenth century, in the then British area of the
district, there were 4 Imperial Post Officesat Bhiwani, Tosham, Kairu and
BahV Money-order offices and savings bank facilities were provided. By
1892,however, thenumber had increased to9, the newones located atBawani
Khera, Siwani,Chang,Tigrana andBapora. These had money-order arrangements,
but Savings Bank Officeswere only available at Bawani Khera and
Bhiwani. These two werethe Sub-Officeswhereas the remaining seven were
Branch Offices. Allpost officeswerecontrolled and supervised bythe Head
Office, 2nd class, Hiiar 3 •
According to the Hisar District and Loharu State Gazetteer, Statistical
Tables (His'lr District), 1912"', 17post officeswerethen functioning at the
following places :-
Head Office Sub-Office Branch Office
1 2 3
Hisar
BawaniKhera
1. Now known as Zila Sanik Board.
2. Hisar District Gazetteer, 1883-84, p.59.
3. Hisar District Gazetteer, 1892,p.219,
4. Ipid, Taple n.
1. Bahl
2. Siwani
1. Baliali
2. Jamalpur
3. Ratera

1. Bamla
2. Bapora
3. Chang
4. Dinod
5. Dhanana
6. Dhani
7. Kairu
8. Tigrana
9. Halu Bazar, Bhiwani
The Savings Bank Officeswere still conll.nedto Bawani Khera and
Bhiwani. One bar to further exp:msion ofpastal facilities was illiteracy, which
nude letter writing the business of ap:uticular and smallclass ofpersons 1 •
Inthethirties, thelocation ofpost offices wasasfollows 2
1. Bahl
2. Jhumpa Kalan
3. Siwani
1. Baliali
2. Bhurtana
3. Jamalpur
4. Ratera
5. Tosham
1. Bamla
2. Bapora
3. Chang
4. Dhanana
5. Dhani
6. Dinod
7. Kairu
8. Mitathal
9. Tigrana
10. Halu Bazaar, Bhiwani
1. Hisar District and Laham State Gazetteer (Hisar District), 1915, p. 192.
2, Hisar District Gazetteer, Statistif:al Tables, 1935, Table 31'.' .
:-

At Jhu:n:Jl K1lan, B\urtam an::lMitathal, new Branch Post Offices
had beenopened and Tosham Sub-Post Office was down graded into' a
Branch Post Office.
In the erstwhile Loharu State, there seemsto have been no post office
prior to 1900. However, indications areavailable intheHisar District Gazetteers
of 1904 1 and 1915(Loharu portion)i that there was an Imperial Post
and Telegraph Officein Loharu town. It was a sub-post 3 officeand covered
the whole of the Loharu State with no branch officeunder it. The State was
responsible forthe repairs oftheofficeand forthe safe transit ofmailthrough
itsterritory. The position continued till Loharu wasmerged with the Hisar
district in 1950and became a part of the Bhiwani tahsil.
In 1961,there were 51 post officesin the Bhiwani tahsil. Five post
officesfunctioned inthe urban area (13.6 square kilometres) and the remaining
46 4 inthe rural area (2513 square kilometres).
Before the subsequent Census of 1971,'Loharu tahsil had been carved out
of the Bhiwani tahsil with 72villages leaving 147villages in the Bhiwani tahsil.
In1971, there were57postofficesintheBhiwani tahsil of which 5 were located
inthe urban area (12.66square kilometres) and the remaining 52° inthe
rural area (1964.76 square kilometres). In the Loharu tahsil, in 1971,there
were 14post offices. There was only onepost office inthe urban area (2.59
squarekilometres) whilethe remaining 13served the rural area (578.40 square
kilometres) 6.
In the Dadri tahsil of erstwhile Jind State, prior to 1885,there Were
two post officesat Charkhi Dadri and Badhara. These were like all the other
post officesin the State managed by a .Munsarim attached to the Deodhi
Mualla, and Jind Stamps and post cards were used within the State limits.
There wasalso a British post officeatCharkhi Dadri. OnJuly 15,1885,apostal
co:w~nti::>nw.:ls·effectedb~tween the Imp~rial Post Office and the State to
facilitate the m'ltual exchange ofcorrespondence, parcels, insured articles and
money-orders. The British post officeatCharkhi Dadri wasabolished and the
1. Ibid, p.13.
2. Ibid, p. 14.
3. Hisar District and Loharu State Gazetteer, Statistical Tables (Hisar District), 1912,
Table 31.
4. Census of India, 1961, District Census Handbook, Hisar District, 1966, p. 90.
5. Census of india, 1971, District Census Handbook, Hisar District, 1974, pp. 6, 18
and 84-91.
6. Census of India, 1971,District Census Handbook, Hisar District, 1974,p. 18.

management of the State post offic~splaced under a State Postmaster General,
two:post officesof exchange, the Impf'dal Post Officeat Ambala(under British
Rule) and the State Office at Sangrur (tahsil headquarters of the Jind State)
being authorised to deal with articles givingriseto accounts. Postage stamps,
postcards and envelopes, surcharged "Jind State" weresupplied bytheImperial
GoVernment to the State at cost price 1 • Charkhi Dadri wasHead Post Office
(3rd class) and Badhara was aBranch POlltOfficeunder it.
Charkhi Dadri Head Post Officewas also acash office. The post offices
were under the State authority.
This shows that a neWSub-Post Officeat Mandi Dadri and a new
Branch Post OfficeatManheru had been opened butthe Branch Post Offices at
Chhaparand Imlota wereclosed.
AfterIndependence (1947) and the subsequent formation ofPEPSU on
May5,1943, theDldri area of theJind State wasincluded intheMahendragarh
district asatahsil. In 1961, the number ofpost offices intheDadri tahsil had
1. Ph/l/kian States Gazetteer (Patia/a, Jind alld NaMa), 1904, p. 296.
2. Jind State Gazetteer, Statistical Tables, 1933,Table 31.

increased to44 1 • There wasonly onepost office,i.e. Charkhi Dadri in the
urban area (22.02 square kilometres) and the remaining 43 served the rural
area (1,461.8 square kilometres).
In 1971, the number of post offices in the Dadri tahsil stood at 6P.
There was still onlythe same onepost officein the urban area (4.5 square
kilometres)3 while the remaining 60 catered to the requirements of the
rural area (1,449.9 square kilometres) .
The number ofpost officesason December 31,1972, i.e. atthe time of
formation ofthe Bhiwani district, was202. It increased to206 byDecember
31.1974. However byMarch 31,1977, thenumberi-ncreased to 223(1 head
office, 34iub-offices and 1-88branch offices) as detailed inTable XXXI of
Appendix.
Allthevillagesofthedistrict havedailydelivery serviceexcept Sunday.
Mail inBhiwani and Charkhi Dadri towns isdelivered twice onall the
days of aweekexcept Sunday.
In 1883, atelegraph lineran:along the wholelength ofRewari-Fir@zpur
railway line. There was atelegraph officeat each station4.. Thus there
weretel~graph officesat railway stations Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani and Bawani
Khera 6 • Ii
By 1892, inaddition to the telegraph officesat the railway stations, a
postal telegraph office,second class, had beenestablished at Bhiwani. Atelegraph
lineran across country from Bhiwani to Rohtak 6 •
There wasacombined Post and Telegraph Officeat Loharu~. In 1932,
there wasanon-guaranted Telegraph Office atJCharkhi Dadri 8 • Besides, there
1. CensusofIndia, 1901,District CensusHandbook, Mahendragarh District, 1966, p.58.
2. Census of India, 1971, District Census HaJldbook, Mahendragarh District, 1973, pp.
12,24-31.
3. Afrer 19M Census, SoiU~area was excluded from the municipal limits of Charkhi
D.dri an-i tlliseKplains for tn~ d~rease in tne urban area from 22.02 square kilometres in
1961 to 4.5 square kilometres in 1971.
4. Hissar District Gazetteer, 1883-84, pp. 58-59.
5. It is doubtful if tn-~reW1S a tel.;:grapn oftbe at Mlnh"ru railway station in the
Didri Nizamlt. According to the PiJ.'llkian States Statistical Tables, 1913, Table 31, there
WiSa railway telegraph oflke only at Cnarklli D.ldri.
6. HisarDistrict Gazetteer, 1892, p. 219.
7. Hisar District and Loharu State Gazetteer, Statistical Tables (Loharu State), 1912,
Table 32.
8. Jind State Gazetteer~Statistical. Tubles, 1933. Table 31.

were Railway Telegraph Officesat Manheru and Charkhi Dadri railway
stations.
On March 31, 1962':, inthe whole of the Dadri tahsil, there was still
only onetelegraph office at the tahsil headquarters. By Novemoer I, 1966,
the number oftelegraph officesincreased to2withtheopening ofthe Charklii
Dadri City Tel.~graphOffice. Similarly, the Bhiwani tahsil including Loharu
sub-tahsil wasservedby4telegraph officeswhich were atBhiwani, HaluBazaar
Bhiwani, Birla Colony Bhiwani and Loharu. The number oftelegraph offices
increased to 6by November 1,1966, withtheir opening atBawani Khera and
Jut Sincethen telegraph facilities haveconsiderably improved. ByDecember-
31, 1972,these were available:it the following 16post officesin the Bhiwani
district :- .
1. Badhara 9. Jhoju
2.: Bhiwani 10. Jui
3. Bhiwani (Ha1uBazar) 11. Loharu
4. Bhiwani (Birla Colony) 12. Manheru
5. Bahl 13. Mundhal Kburd
6. Bawani Khera 14. Siwani
7. Charkhi Dadri 15. Tosham
8. Cbarkhi Dadri City 16. Barw~
The telegraph facilities werefurther extended tothree post offices,viz.
Digawa Jatan, Bhiwani (Lohar Bazaar) and Satnali byMarch 31,1977.
TELEPHONES
By1976, 8telephone exchanges Werefunctioning intheBhiwani district
at the following places :-
4. Toshain
5. Jui
6. Siwani
7. Satnali
8. Bahl
1945
1960
1965
1969
1~70
1971
1973
1974

Bhiwani isdirectly connected with Ne~Delhi, Rohtak, Hisar (Hissar),
Jind, Rewari, Hansi, Charkhi Dadri, Jui, Tosham, Bawani Khera, Kharak
Kalan and Kalinga. Charkhi Dadri, Jui, Tosham and Bawani Khera are
directly connected with Bhiwani town. Siwani has direct connection with
Hisar, Hansi, Rewari, Biran PCO, Bapora PCO, Tigrana, Bamla PCO,
Kalinga PCO, Jhojhu Kalan PCO, Biroher PCO, Kosli and Manheru.
The number oftelephones were:
1-11-1966 31-12-1972 31-12-1974 31-3-1977
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I. Bhiwani 157 377 490 913
2. Charkhi Dadri 76 200 224 256
3. Loharu 18 25 34 38
4. Tosham 36 38 13
5. Jui 11 11 13
6. Siwani 44 42 42
7. Satnali 14 13
8. Bahl 16 22
Thetelephone serv!ceisavailable forthegeneral publi~ atthe following
public calloffices :-
Bawani Khera, Halu Bazaar Bhiwani, Head Post OfficeBhiwani, Birla
Colony Bhiwani, Lohaar Bazaar Bhiwani, Railway Station
Bhiwani, Bus Stand Bhiwani, Tosham, Jui, Siwani, Barwa,
Manheru, Jhojhu Kalan, 'Digawa, Badhara, Local City Post
OfficeCharkhi Dadri, Local Mandi ~harkhi Dadri, Satnali,
Blhl, -Biran, Bapora, Tigran,a, J