Kanwari

Kanwari, Hisar district, Haryana, India
कंवारी
Kunwari, Knwari or Kwari
Village

Kanwari in Haryana, India

Coordinates: 28°58′30″N 75°49′12″E / 28.97500°N 75.82000°E / 28.97500; 75.82000Coordinates: 28°58′30″N 75°49′12″E / 28.97500°N 75.82000°E / 28.97500; 75.82000
Country  India
State Haryana
District Hisar
Founded by Indus Valley Civilization
Named for Bua Kanwari (Virgin Goddess)
Government
 • Type Local government
 • Body Panchayat
 • Sarpanch Ms. Rajpati
Elevation 215 m (705 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 5,733
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 125037[1]
Vehicle registration HR
Kanwari & Haryana in India

Kanwari, also spelled Kunwari, Knwari or Kwari, is a village of less than 7,000 population, in Hansi Tehsil[2], Hisar-1 Rural Development Block,[3], Hansi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[4] and Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)[5] of Hisar District of Hisar Division in the Haryana state of India.[6]

It is situated 166 kilometres (103 mi) from the national capital Delhi and 24 kilometres (15 mi) from the district headquarters Hisar on the Hisar-Tosham road.

History

After Independence of India in 1947, Kanwari became part of Punjab. Once Haryana was formed as a separate state in 1966, Kanwari became part of the Hisar district, state of Haryana State.

The village is the location of several Indus Valley Civilization (2500 to 4000 years old) archaeological mounds.[7]

Kanwari has an old Shiva temple called Baba Shri Giri (the lord of mountains) and an Akhara (abode) for sadhus (Hindu mystics) as well as a temple of the dhok (Haryanvi: धोक, meaning worship), bhaiyan (Haryanvi: भईयाँ, from भूमिया or of land), or jathera (Punjabi: जठेरा, from जेष्ठ which means elder) village ancestor deity called Bua Kanwari Dham (the abode of Virgin Deity), where newlyweds go for blessings before entering the village.

Demographics

A home in the village
Another view of a home in the village

As per a July 2010 official report,[8] Kanwari has 1,147 households with a total population of 5,733 with 1,196 Scheduled Caste inhabitants.

All of the people living in the village are Hindus. The majority of people living in the village are Jats. There are Brahmins, Lohar, Khati, Balmiki, Harijans, Nai, Baniya, and other Hindu castes.

There were a few Kumhar (potter) families who converted to Islam during the Mughal Empire era (1526–1858). After the 1947 partition of India, these families reconverted to and were accepted into the Hindu religion. Since 1947, Kanwari is a 100% Hindu village.

Kanwari is influenced by the reformist Hindu Movement of Arya Samaj.

As per 2001 census, Kanwari had 896 households and a population of 5,119. There were 2,712 males and 2,407 females. 835 people were below the age of 6. The number literate were 2,655, of which 1,739 were male and 916 were female. The working population was 2,581.[9]

Kanwari is covered by The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and 135 Job cards were issued under this legislation as of July 2010.[10]

Jat gotras

The following Jat gotras are found in the village.

Other gotras

Transportation

Kanwari is well-connected by the Matelled Asphalt (paved bitumen) road; five different roads converge at Kanwari. Places in clock-wise direction from Kanwari are:[11]

To North is Hisar (city) 24 km on Hisar-Tosham-Bhiwani MDR 108 (Major District Road 108).

To North-East is Hansi 43 km via Umra link road number 1409.

To East is Muzadpur 2 km via link road.

To South are Balawas 2 km and Nalwa 4 km; further South-West continuing on the same Hisar-Tosham-Bhiwani MDR 108 (Major District Road 108) are Tosham 16 km and Bhiwani 40 km.

To West is Badya Jattan 4 km via a link road, that also leads to Hisar via Mangali 15 km and Kaimri 22 km.

Train connectivity

Kanwari does not have a rail station. Nearest major train stations accessible by road are 24 km (15 mi) at Hisar, 24 km (15 mi) at Hansi and 45 km at Bhiwani city.

Airport connectivity

Hisar Airport, the nearest functional airport and flying training club is 24 km (15 mi) away. Currently no commercial domestic or international flights from this airport. Nearest domestic and international airports are 200 km (120 mi) at Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi and 260 km (160 mi) Chandigarh International Airport.

Administration

Geographical and electoral administration

Kanwari is under Hansi land and revenue Tehsil[2], Hisar-1 Rural Development Block,[3], Hansi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[4] and Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)[5] of the Hisar District of Hisar Division in the Haryana state of India.[6]

Panchayat and local governance

Kanwari is an administrative unit and has a democratically elected panchayat samiti (village council). Currently, Ms. Rajpati is Sarpanch (elected head of the village council) of Kanwari.[12]

Currently, Kanwari is under Hisar Zilla Panchayat parisad and Hisar block panchayat smiti, and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat code 25444 [6] and census village code 00412900.[13]

Haryana Government has appointed Mr. Pravesh s/o Dharam Vir[14] to run Customer Service Center (CSC) to deliver e-Seva government e-services including G2C Services such as Birth certificate, death certificate, Nakal of Jamabandi, Caste certificate, etc and B2C Services such as payment of mobile phone bills and top-ups, PAN card, Voter card for delivery through the CSCs.[15]

Water for drinking and irrigation is sourced from Himalaya via Sunder Branch of Hansi-Butana branch of Western Yamuna Canal of Yamuna river.[16][17] Electricity is distributed by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam.[18]

Village divisions

The village is subdivided into various 'Panna' (पान्ना) or subsectors, such as 'Parla Panna' (the upper sub-sector) or Sheoran Panna (the sub-sector of the Sheoran gotra) (clan) of the Hindu Jat, 'Nichla Panna' (the lower subsector) where majority of the residenst are Hindu Jat people of Duhan gotra (clan) and 'Bahrla Panna' (the outer subsector), each having their own community center called paras (परस) or chaupal (चौपाल).

Revenue, Agriculture, Health and Other Services

There is a Patwari (Government Land Records Officer), an Agriculture Development Officer (ADO),[19] a Rural Health Officer (RHO), and an Anganwadi (Community Childcare) worker based at Kanwari.

There is Kanwari Yuva Mandal (Kanwari Youth club) established in 1990 by the youths of the village to spread the social awareness among the villagers about the importance of education, their rights and creation of attitude for a positive change. Currently, Baljeet Jangra is the Pardhan (Chairman) and Sudarshan Sheoran is the Cashier for the same. It received an award for the Best Yuva Mandal in the Hissar district.

Jan Sahayak e-Governance Services

Government of Haryana services are accessible via their Official website.

Government of India e-governance services can be availed online at their website for various govt departments including land & revenue (land rights and ownership records), transport (driving license and vehicle registration), health (birth and death certificates), public health (water and swerage connection), food (ration cards), Power (electricity connection) and HUDA or Municipal Committee/council (house tax and building plans), etc.[20]

Education

A child playing at water tank at the Government Girl's Middle school

Kanwari has a two government schools, a private government approved teachers training college and few more private schools.

Climate

Yamunotri glacier - the origin of Yamuna is the ultimate source of water in Kanwari via the Sunder Branch of Western Yamuna Canal

Kanwari is a semi-arid region and agriculture is supported mainly by canals and ground water irrigation. Kanwari lies 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from the northeast edge of the Thar Desert.[22] Hot winds, locally known as 'Loo', are strong and frequent from May to July. Intermittent dust storms are common. In the winter some rain is received due to western disturbances. West of Kanwari lie Aeolian sand dunes blown from the Thar Desert of Rajastan.[23] Rest of the land is Fluvial flood plain of seasonal Chautang river,[23] which is a remnant of Drishadvati river which joins the Ghaggar-Hakra River (remnant of ancient Sarasvati river) east of Suratgarh in Rajasthan.[24][25]

The Sunder Branch of Western Yamuna Canal (originating from Yamuna river), brings water from the Yamunotri glacier at a height of 6,387 metres on the south western slopes of Banderpooch peaks in the uppermost region of the Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand, meandering past Hansi passes through the agricultural fields of Kanwari on the eastern side between Kanwari and Muzadpur villages, and goes towards Balawas village. The Hansi branch, of which Sunder branch is a subbranch, was built in the paleochannel of seasonal Chautang river which is a relict of Drishadvati river flowing from Kaithal to Hisar district, passing through the largest Indus Valley Civilization site of Rakhigarhi. Drishadvati river itself was a tributary of extinct Sarasvati River which stills flows in the forms of Ghaggar-Hakra River.[26] A water channel links this Sunder branch canal to Kanwari Water Works that purifies the water and supplies the potable piped water to Kanwari and nearby villages.

Kanwari has a continental climate, with very hot summers and relatively cool winters. Summer starts in April and lasts till the middle of October. May is the hottest month, with the maximum day temperatures in the 48 °C (118 °F) range. Hisar experiences a weak monsoon, from late June to September, with about 15 inches (380 mm) of rain. Winter starts in November and is mild and sunny, although temperatures may reach freezing on some nights.

Climate data for Hisar (1951–1980)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 21.4
(70.5)		 24.7
(76.5)		 30.5
(86.9)		 36.8
(98.2)		 40.7
(105.3)		 41.0
(105.8)		 37.0
(98.6)		 35.1
(95.2)		 35.4
(95.7)		 34.3
(93.7)		 29.1
(84.4)		 23.5
(74.3)		 32.5
(90.5)
Average low °C (°F) 5.5
(41.9)		 8.3
(46.9)		 13.7
(56.7)		 19.4
(66.9)		 24.2
(75.6)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.0
(78.8)		 23.7
(74.7)		 17.8
(64)		 11.0
(51.8)		 6.5
(43.7)		 17.6
(63.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 013.4
(0.528)		 015.5
(0.61)		 012.1
(0.476)		 005.6
(0.22)		 020.3
(0.799)		 042.9
(1.689)		 140.7
(5.539)		 146.9
(5.783)		 065.0
(2.559)		 014.8
(0.583)		 006.1
(0.24)		 007.3
(0.287)		 490.6
(19.313)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.6 1.3 3.0 6.9 7.5 3.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 28.5
Source: India Meteorological Department[27]

Main ecological issues are desertification, deforestation, encroachment and land grabbing of common Panchayat forest and grazing land called "bani".

Fauna

Animals and bird of various species are found including sparrow, large Indian parakeet, parrot, crow, rat, rabbit, nilgai (state animal of Haryana), pied crested cuckoo, koel, pheasant, kingfisher, bulbul and Indian magpie robin.

The national bird of India, the common peafowl (mor) is quite common and is seen in the fields and common village land.[28]

Reptiles
Snakes: The poisonous snakes like common krait, Russel’s viper, phoorsa and other snakes like blind snake, John’s sand boa, wolf snake, rat snake and sand snake are found around the village.[28]

Lizards
The common lizards can be seen in the houses. Kirla or girgit is found in the hedges and attracts the attention by changing its colours. Sanda is found in sandy areas.[28]

Amphibians
Two species of tortoises found are black pond turtle and three-striped pond turtle in around village and the common frogs found in the village are Indian bull frog, Indian cricket frog, Indian burrowing frog and common toad.[28]

In May 2007, Kanwari villagers stopped a transport truck full of cattle, rescued the cattle (which were on their way to the slaughterhouse), and set the truck on fire.[29][30] The slaughter of cows is not permitted in the Hindu religion, as the cow is sacred and worshiped by the Hindus as mother (giver of life-nurturing milk).

Bua Kanwari temple

Main article: Bua Kanwari Museum
Bua Kanwari Temple

The Bua Rani Kanwari Dham is a temple complex of the village deity called 'Bua Kanwari' (Virgin Deity) where newlyweds go for blessings before entering the village. During renovations of the Bua Kanwari temple carried out in 2001 to 2003, ancient stone statues of Hindu deities were found. These stone statues are yet to be scientifically dated or examined by trained archaeologists. The statues are stored in the basement under the temple.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pin codes of Hisar district, Hisar pincodes, Haryana zip code". Whereincity.com. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  2. 1 2 [http://hisar.gov.in/hisar_map/tehsil_hisar.html Hansi tehsil
  3. 1 2 [http://hisar.gov.in/hisar_map/block.html Hisar-1 Rural Development Block
  4. 1 2 [http://hisar.gov.in/hisar_map/ac_hisar.html Hansi Assemby Constituency
  5. 1 2 Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency
  6. 1 2 3 "Kanwari Summary". offerings.nic.in.
  7. ↑ An encyclopaedia of Indian archaeology. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  8. ↑ "ReportYSRHabitationDistrict". Ddws.gov.in. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  9. ↑ "Sheet 1". voiceofbharat.org.
  10. ↑ http://164.100.112.66/netnrega/writereaddata/state_out/bank_jobcard1215016_1011.html
  11. ↑ Haryana Road Network
  12. ↑ Hisar district list of panchayats
  13. ↑ "Kanwari GP map". offerings.nic.in.
  14. ↑ Hisar District CSC
  15. ↑ Hartron: CSC Haryana e-Seva scheme
  16. ↑ Western yaumna Canal Project
  17. ↑ Planning Commission of India: Western Yaumna Canal
  18. ↑ Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) official website
  19. ↑ "Source: O/o Agriculture, Hisar". Hisar.nic.in. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  20. ↑ http://jansahayak.gov.in/
  21. ↑ "R.D.S. College of Education, Vill. Kanwari, Hisar(Haryana)". Rdscoekanwari.com. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  22. ↑ http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Haryana/Hissar.pdf
  23. 1 2 Rakhiraghi excavation report, by Archaeology Survey of India
  24. ↑ Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations. John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  25. ↑ McIntosh, Jane. The Ancient Indus Valley: New perspectives. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  26. ↑ ASI Report on Rakghigrahi excavation
  27. ↑ "Climatological table of Hisar, India". India Meteorological Department. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "Gazetteer India Hisar" (PDF). revenueharyana.gov.in.
  29. ↑ "Villagers block traffic after torching truck carrying cows — News — Webindia123.com". News.webindia123.com. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  30. ↑ "Villagers block traffic after torching truck carrying cows — Oneindia News". News.oneindia.in. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
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