Bawal is located at coordinates. It has an average elevation of 266 metres.
History
Bawal town was a part of Jhajjarprincely state prior to first war of independence in 1857. As the Nawab of Jhajjar fought against the British, they hanged the Nawab of Jhajjar, Abdur Rehman, on 23 January 1858 and gave Bawal to traitor Hira Singh, the ruler of Nabha, who had aided the British against fellow Indians. He built a fort of slate and stone masonry here in 1875. Its three-sided walls and rear gateway are in a satisfactory condition.
Demographics
, the town had 2,962 households with a total population of 16,766, an increase of 28% over the 2001 figure of 13,016. There were 8,828 males and 7,948 females in 2011.
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a US$100 billion India-Japan state-sponsored industrial development project of the Government of India on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, aimed at developing 7 Investment Regions of 250 km2 and 13 industrial areas across six states in India by boosting major expansion of Infrastructure and Industry, including industrial clusters and rail, road, port and air connectivity in the states along the route of the Corridor. This would open a floodgate of opportunities along several parts of Golden Quadrilateral such as Delhi-Mumbai NH-48, NH-2, NH-1 and NH -10 for developing industrial, urban and supporting infrastructure through public-private initiatives. More than 60% area of Haryana is under DMIC project, which is extended up to 150 km on both sides of the alignment of DMIC. Manesar-Bawal-Nangal Chaudhary is one of the investment regions selected for development in the first phase of ambitious DMIC.
Manesar has more than US$10 billion investment in several large multinational industries, specially from Japan, such as Maruti Suzuki and Tosiba Eco City. Aadhar's national Data Center is also located here.
Bawal has been evolved as a mega industrial growth hub where HSIIDC has allotted 78 Industrial manufacturing plots to 78 medium- and large-scale projects multi-national companies here with capital investment of around US$1.18 billion, including Harley-Davidson, Asahi India, Musashi Auto Parts India, POSCO steel, Kansai Nerolac Paints, YKK, Euothern Hema, Keihin Corporation, Atlas Copco, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation, Caparo Maruti and Haco Group along with many Indian companies such as Delseal, Omax Corporation, Rico Auto Corporation, Minda Auto Group, Rubyco Modular Furniture International, Tenneco Automotive India, Continental Equipment and Multicolor Steels, Caparo power plant, etc. have set up plants.
Nangal Chaudhary, with USD$3.3 billion phase-I investment, is North India's largest logistics and warehousing hub.
Transport
The nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport at New Delhi, about 85 km away. Bawal railway station is on the Alwar-Rewari railway line. National Highway NH 48 passes through Bawal connecting it with the major cities of Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodra, Surat and Mumbai. The former NH 71 used to connect Bawal to Rewari before it was realigned and widened to a 4-lane toll road bypassing east of Rewari city. Now NH 352 terminates on NH 48 about north of Bawal.
