| Bhalwani | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Solapur district |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Bhalwani is a village in the Mangalvedha taluka of Solapur district in Maharashtra state, India.
Solapur District is a district in Maharashtra state of India. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters. It is located on the south east edge of the state and lies entirely in the Bhima and Seena basins. The entire district is drained by the Bhima River.
Maharashtra is a state considered to be part of western, central, southern and south-central India. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west, and Madhya Pradesh to the north. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity. It was formed by merging the western and south-western parts of the Bombay State, Berar and Vidarbha, and the north-western parts of the Hyderabad State and splitting Saurashtra by the States Reorganisation Act. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population around 18 million making it the most populous urban area in India. Nagpur hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Pune is known as 'Oxford of the East' due to the presence of several well-known educational institutions.
Bhalwani was one of 10 villages of the Mangalvedha taluka where all voters boycotted the 2009 Indian general election polls. They did so to protest the lack of action by elected officials in resolving problems with water supply. [1]