Pinangwan

Pinangwan पिनगवां
Town
Pinangwan Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 27°54′N 77°06′E / 27.9°N 77.1°E / 27.9; 77.1Coordinates: 27°54′N 77°06′E / 27.9°N 77.1°E / 27.9; 77.1
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Mewat
Elevation	195 m (640 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,612
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	122508
Telephone Code	1268
Vehicle registration	HR 28
Lok Sabha constituency	Gurgaon Lok Sabha Constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Punhana
Civic agency	Gram Panchayat, Pinangwan

Pinangwan is a town located in the Mewat district of Haryana.

Geography

Pinangwan is located at 27.90°N, 77.10°E in the National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR). The town falls on southern border of Haryana, near to Alwar and Bharatpur Districts of Rajasthan.

Demography

The Pinangwan Census Town has a population of 12,612, of which 6,521 are males while 6,091 are females, according to the Census India 2011 report.^[1]

History

Pinangwan is an old town. Qazi Dost Mohammad was the Qazi of Pinangwan during 17th century. He had one daughter Bibi Rabiya and two sons Deewan Idris Mohammad and Durwesh Mohammad. Bibi Rabiya was married to Qazi Abdul Baqi son of Qazi Ibrahim ibn Qazi Mahmood ibn Hākim-e Shariah Shareef Qazi-e Aazam ibn Qazi Ziauddin.^[2]

During Partition of India

The Town and nearby villages witnessed large scale migration of Muslims^[3] particularly Khanzada community towards Pakistan and Hindu Punjabis from there settled here in significant numbers.

Proposed Railway Connectivity

The Proposed Palwal- Alwar railway line had to pass thorough town though now a new Rail Line Connecting Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozepur Jhirka has been announced in Railway Budget 2013-14. The Survey has been completed and State government has agreed to share 50% cost of project.^[4]^[5]

Educational institutions

Schools

Adarsh Arya High School
Green Field High School
Government Boys Senior Secondary School (Estd. 1942)
Government Girls Senior Secondary School (Estd. 1948)
Government Boys Primary School (Estd. 1942)
Government Girls primary School (Estd. 1948)
Government Primary School, Harijan Basti
Meraj Public School
I K M Public School ( Estd. 2004)(managed by the Tribal/Social Welfare Department)
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Khanpur Ghati(Estd. 2014)
Mewat Adarsh High School
Nikky Model Sr.Sec.School
Shri Tula Ram Geeta Vidya Mandir (Senior Wing)(Estd. 1997)
Shri Tula Ram Geeta Vidya Mandir (Junior Wing)(Estd. 1997)

Nearby colleges

Hazrat Bibi Fatimah Girls College, Khanpur Ghati
Mewat Engineering College, Palla, Nuh (Haryana)^[6]
Government College, Nagina^[7]
Modish Polytechnic, Punhana^[8]
Shanti Sagar Jain Girls College, Ferozepur Jhirka^[9]
Yasin Mev Degree College, Nuh
Government Polytechnic, Uttawar
Industrial Training Institute, Nagina
Industrial Training Institute, Ferozepur Jhirka
Industrial Training Institute, Nuh^[10]
S.D.Mewat Institute of Technology and Management, Raoli, Ferozepur Jhirka^[11]
Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical college, Nalhar, Nuh^[12]