Pur, Bhiwani


Pur is a village in the Bawani Khera tehsil of Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on the border with Hisar district, north of the district headquarters at Bhiwani, west of Bawani Khera and around from the state capital Chandigarh.

Demographics

, the village had 1,248 households with a total population of 6,961 of which 3,682 were male and 3,279 female.

History

According to local oral traditions, Pur village traces its origins to the late 18th or early 19th century. The earliest known figure associated with the establishment of the settlement is Puran Singh Tanwar, a member of the Tanwar Rajput community, from whom the village is believed to derive its name. The founding family is said to have constructed the oldest haveli in the village, which early residents identify as the first permanent structure of Pur.
Over the following decades, the settlement expanded as additional households were established around the original habitation site. Generations descending from the early Tanwar lineage—locally recalled through names such as Bagdi, Agdi, Prahlad and Dharampal—are regarded as having contributed to the early socio-agricultural development of the village.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Pur gradually integrated into the administrative framework of Bawani Khera tehsil and the wider agrarian economy of the Bhiwani district. Despite modern development, the village retains cultural and architectural elements that reflect its early formation and long-standing oral history.

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