Bhiwani District is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Bhiwani was created on 22 December 1972. The district occupies an area of 5,140 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi), and is situated between 28.19 deg. and 29.05 deg. north latitudes and 75.26 deg. and 76.28 deg. east longitudes. It has 442 villages with a population of 1,425,022. The district headquarters is the city of Bhiwani, which is around 124 kilometres from Delhi.