Bhalwani (Solapur district)
Bhalwani is a village in the Mangalvedha taluka of Solapur district in Maharashtra state, India.
Bhalwani | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Solapur district |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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]
Demographics
Covering 1,509 hectares (3,730 acres) and comprising 463 households at the time of the 2011 census of India, Bhalwani had a population of 2163. There were 1119 males and 1044 females, with 291 people being aged six or younger.[2]
gollark: With companies or people or whatever, you can usually just go to a different one. You *can't* do that for governments.
gollark: They do not, at least, have legally binding power and the whole "monopoly on violence" thing going on.
gollark: If it's really easy to convert some new opinion into binding law, then people will do it lots and you get badness.
gollark: And I don't trust the government much either, because they tend to grow excessively and/or do stupid/powergrabby things.
gollark: I don't really trust "the aggregated opinion of the majority" to be remotely sensible.
References
- Kothari, Vishwas (24 April 2009). "10 villages boycott polls in Solapur". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "Census of India 2011: Maharashtra Series 28, Part XII District Census Handbook Solapur Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations Maharashtra. p. 222. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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