Bhagana, Hisar

Hierarchy of Pt. Adram

Bhagana (Hisar)
Bhagana (Hisar) Location in Haryana
Coordinates: 29°04′11″N 75°51′07″E / 29.069596°N 75.851943°ECoordinates: 29°04′11″N 75°51′07″E / 29.069596°N 75.851943°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Hisar district
Municipality	Hissar, Haryana
Population (2011)
• Total	5,198
Website	www.hisar.nic.in

Bhagana is a village in Hisar-I Tehsil in Hisar district, Haryana, India, in Hisar division. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the district headquarters at Hisar. Its postal head office is Satroad Khurd.
Bhagana village got its name "Bhagana" from a pandit “Bhagu Ram". Bhagu Ram and Thambu Ram were two brothers and each was given piece of land from the King at that time. Pandit Thambu Ram established a village now called village thurana while Pandit Bhagu established village now called Bhagana. After that, in order to expand the village and help the outsiders, pieces of lands were given to other cast’s people who came to live in village Bhagana by Pandit Bhagu Ram and his heirs. Pandit Bhagu Ram and Thambu Ram were of “Vats nagwan” Gotra. However, later many heirs of Pandit Bhagu Ram shifted to other villages like sultanpur, umra, dhandhari etc. After many generations Pt. Adram was born in the family of Pt. Bhagu Ram. The kursinama of Pt. Adram is shown in hierarchy table.

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Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Bhagana (Hisar) had a population of 5198 in 1047 households. Males (2765) constitute 53.19% of the population and females (2433) 46.8%. Bhagana has an average literacy (3079) rate of 59.23%, less than the national average of 74%: male literacy (1897) is 61.61%, and female literacy (1182) is 38.38% of total literates (3079). In Bhagana (Hisar) 13.28% of the population is under 6 years of age (596).^[2]

Dalit Atrocities

The Bhagana Rape case is known in whole India as atrocities against Dalit girls of the village.^[3] In August 2015, due to discrimination from upper castes of the village about 100 dalit families of the district’s Bhagana village converted to Islam in a ceremony at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.^[4][5][6]

Adjacent villages

• Ramayan, Hisar
• Satrod Kalan
• Ladwa, Hisar
• Shikarpur, Hisar
• Raipur, Hisar

References

1. http://www.onefivenine.com/india/villages/Hisar/Hisar_1aI/Bhagana
2. "Census of India 2011". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
3. "Dalit girl from Bhagana, Haryana bring to a nation that thinks it has now become sensitive to sexual assault".
4. Service, Tribune News (6 September 2015). "Bhagana Dalits convert to Islam for ‘dignified life’". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/bhagana-dalits-convert-to-islam-for-dignified-life/117311.html. Retrieved 6 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. Manvir SainiManvir Saini, TNN (9 August 2015). "Dalits from Bhagana convert to Islam". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
6. "100 Dalit families of Hisar village convert to Islam at Jantar Mantar". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)