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Nalwa is a village, as well as an Assembly Constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, located in Hisar district in the state of Haryana in India.

It is situated 168 kilometres (104 mi) from the national capital New Delhi and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the district headquarters Hisar on the Hisar-Tosham road.

Nalwa village is the native village of O. P. Jindal, an industrialist. His son Naveen Jindal is the Ex Member of Parliament (In 14th and 15th Lok Sabha) from Kurukshetra, Haryana.

The village gets its name from General Hari Singh Nalwa. Nalwa was a title bestowed on Hari Singh by Maharaja Ranjit Singh after the former single-handedly killed a tiger that had attacked him. On witnessing the event, Ranjit Singh's exclamation, "Wah! Mere Raja Nal, wah!" (Bravo my Raja Nal, bravo), became "Nal wah". After Sardar Balwant Singh Nalwa's tenure as the Deputy Commissioner of Hisar district during the British Raj when Haryana was an integral part of undivided Punjab, the village was called 'Nalwa'. Balwant Singh was a fifth-generation descendant of the famed Sikh General.

As per Census 2011 - Nalwa is a large village located in Hisar, Haryana with total 845 families residing. The Nalwa village has population of 4665 of which 2457 are males while 2208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

People's living in the village are Hindu and Muslim. There are Bishnoi, Jat, Brahmins, Dhanak, Chamar, Thakar, Maniyar(Hindu), Maniyar(Muslim), Yadav, Balmiki, Baniya, Khati, Nai, Dhobi, Chimpi, Sunar and some other castes.

Nalwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011, literacy rate of Nalwa village was 69.24% compared to 75.55% of Haryana. In Nalwa Male literacy stands at 79.16% while female literacy rate was 58.20%.

In Nalwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 657 which makes up 14.08% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nalwa village is 899 which is higher than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex Ratio for the Nalwa as per census is 899, higher than Haryana average of 834.

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