Kalali is a village and administrative unit with a democratically elected panchayat samiti (local council) in the Loharu (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Siwani Tehsil of Bhiwani District under Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency and Hisar Division of Haryana state.[2]

Kalali
village
Kalali Location in Haryana, India Show map of Haryana Kalali Kalali (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 28.7444°N 75.5798°E / 28.7444; 75.5798
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Bhiwani
Tehsil	Siwani
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	127046[1]
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	HR
Website	haryana.gov.in

It is situated 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Hisar on the Hisar-Rajgarh road and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the district headquarters Bhiwani.

History

Kalali came into existence even before its twin village Bidhwan.

Bidhwan Jaglan Zail and Jaglan Lambardari

Bidhwan is seat of the former Jaglan Zail that was headed by the Zaildar from influential Jaglan clan who during the British Raj ruled over four revenue villages of Princely state called Loharu State. Descendants of whom still live in the village and their descendant Surender Singh Jaglan still holds the position of Lambardar of these villages. Currently, these four villages of Bidhwan (बिधवाण), Kalali (कलाली), Mandholi Khurd (मंढोली खुर्द) and Mandholi Kalan (मंढोलीकलां) lie in Bhiwani district. Khunga or Jaglan gotra Jats and Kaaushik gotra Brahmins were original inhabitants of Kalali village.

Nearby archaeological sites

Nearby Indus Valley civilization archaeological sites are Banawali, Lohari Ragho, Masudpur, Rakhigarhi, Siswal all with Hissar district as well as Burj and Bhirrana and Kunal and Balu in Fatehabad[3] and Mitathal and Naurangabad in Bhiwani district. Another archaeological site is Agroha Mound.

Administration

Currently, it is under Bhiwani Zilla Panchayat and has its own unreserved Gram Panchayat under Gram Panchayat Smiti.[4] There is a Patwari (government land record officer), an ADO (Agriculture Development Officer),a Rural Health Officer (RHO), and an Anganbadi Worker.[5]

The village is inhabited by people belonging to different castes. The dominant caste in the village is Jat where Jaglan (Khunga) is dominant gotra.

Brahman & Jat gotras

The following [[Brahman & Jat gotras are found in the village:

• kaushik
• Khunga

Jaglan gotra dominates the Jat community in the village

Transportation

It is well connected by the paved bitumen road. It lies from 9 km Jhumpa Khurd, 18 km Bahal, 21 km Siwani, 29  Rajgarh (Rajasthan), 33  Kairu, 55 km Hissar, 57 km Hansi, 49 km Pilani, 50 km from Bhiwani, 163 km Delhi and 282 km from state capital Chandigarh.[6]

Train connectivity

Nearest train stations are 9 km Jhumpa Khurd, 18 km Bahal, 21 km Siwani, 29  Rajgarh. Nearest major junctions are 55 km (34 mi) at Hisar, India city and 52 km at Bhiwani city.

Airport connectivity

Hisar Airport, the nearest functional airport and flying training club is 55 km (34 mi) away. Currently no commercial flights from this airport. Nearest domestic and international airport is 165 km (103 mi) at Delhi.

See also

• Bidhwan
• Badya Jattan
• Kanwari
• Zaildar
• List of Zaildars by Zail

References

1. India Pincodes
2. Panchayats of Siwani, Bhiwani, Haryana. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
3. Archaeology report. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
4. Haryana Panchayats Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
5. Child Welfare, Haryana
6. Pincodes of India

External links

• Google location map

• Haryana Government e-Services
• Bhiwani District Website
• e-Disha e-services
• Government of India e-services

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