Bawana
Encyclopedia
Bawana is a census town
in North West district in the state of Delhi
, India
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, India.It's a constituency in Delhi vidhan sabha.Since 1993 when Delhi vidhan sabha was re-constituted Bawana constituency has been reserved for SC and since then represented by Chandram(BJP-93) and Surinder kumar(cong-98,03 & 08). Bawana is home to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Industrial Park, which is one of the best planned industrial areas of India. A 1000 MW natural gas power plant is also in the making. Rajiv Gandhi Stadium has been made in the village keeping in mind the need of sportpersons from rural Delhi. A 20 MGD water treatment plant has also been set up considering the water woes of rural delhi. Bawana also has an Air force Station and a CRPF Base Camp.
The SOS children's village was presented with the award of best orphanage in Delhi. It is one of the few places where Delhi Public Library is still running and is being reinnovated and the construction of the new building will start soon. The tehsil of Bawana is one 0f the 20 historical sites which have been renovated to showcase during the 2010 Commonwealth Games of delhi.
, Bawana had a population of 23,095. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Bawana has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...
in North West district in the state of Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
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India
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Overview
Originally a Jat village(Gotra- Sehrawat) in North West of DelhiDelhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India.It's a constituency in Delhi vidhan sabha.Since 1993 when Delhi vidhan sabha was re-constituted Bawana constituency has been reserved for SC and since then represented by Chandram(BJP-93) and Surinder kumar(cong-98,03 & 08). Bawana is home to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Industrial Park, which is one of the best planned industrial areas of India. A 1000 MW natural gas power plant is also in the making. Rajiv Gandhi Stadium has been made in the village keeping in mind the need of sportpersons from rural Delhi. A 20 MGD water treatment plant has also been set up considering the water woes of rural delhi. Bawana also has an Air force Station and a CRPF Base Camp.
The SOS children's village was presented with the award of best orphanage in Delhi. It is one of the few places where Delhi Public Library is still running and is being reinnovated and the construction of the new building will start soon. The tehsil of Bawana is one 0f the 20 historical sites which have been renovated to showcase during the 2010 Commonwealth Games of delhi.
Notable people
- Rajesh ChauhanRajesh ChauhanRajesh Kumar Chauhan is a former Indian cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 35 ODIs from 1993 to 1998. He was part of the Indian spin trio of Kumble-Raju-Chauhan, in the 1990s....
a hockey player represented India for 10 years and currently the coach of Indian under 18 team - Naresh KumarNaresh KumarNaresh Kumar is a former Indian tennis player who was born on December 22, 1928 in Lahore, Punjab, British India.He played on the India Davis Cup team for eight years beginning in 1952. He later served as team captain....
winner of arjuna award in 2000 for wrestling. - Satpal SinghSatpal SinghSatpal Singh is a wrestling coach and former wrestler of India. He was a Gold Medalist in 1982 Asian Games and a Bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games.Today he is better known as the coach of Olympic Bronze medal winner Sushil Kumar.-Biography:...
Gold Medalist in 1982 Asian Games, Silver medalist in 1978 Asian Games, Bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games, Coach of Olympic Bronze Medalist Sushil Kumar. Gold medalist in Commonwealth Wrestling Championship (1979,1981). He was awarded Dronacharya Award in 2009 by the Government of India. Earlier in 1983 he has been awarded by the Padma Shri award.
Geography
Bawana is located at 28.8°N 77.03°E. It has an average elevation of 213 metres (698 feet). The villages touching bawana are nangal thakran, bajit pur, dariya pur, majra dabas, pooth khurd, holabmi khurd, kheda khurd,holambi kalan, sultanpur dabas and ghogha. The area of the village under farming used to be 52000 bigha but now most of it has been acquired by delhi government for industrial area. Bawana has khadar soil and is a very fertile area with very high water table because of the western yamuna canal and the high density of ponds. The climate of bawana is also extreme with very high temperatures in summers and almost zero level temperature during winters.Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Bawana had a population of 23,095. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Bawana has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.