Ratto رتو

                        Info. by Nawaz Khokhar

Location                     Click here to see Village Photos

Village Ratto is in Tehsil Phalia distt Mbdin. Its round about 12 km from Phalia in south and 6 km from village Qadirabad in east. It is situated at small road from Ranmal shareef to Qadirabad.

History.

History of village Ratto is very interesting. A way before there was a battle between Kala shadian and Bahri .It happend in sikhs era.There were a lot of people killed in that battle. Men from Kala Shadian were killed more than Bahri. In that era, principle of the govt was that bodies were counted from both sided ,and if one side has less men killed then more people was killed for balancing the both sides. A man from Govt came here for investigations. In those days a Man of Allah , Allad dad came here and he saw that people of Kala were killed in less countings but they say that our men are killed in more numbers than Bahri .so that they want revenge from Bahri. Baba Allah daad noticed it . People of Bahri went to him and asked for help. He said them to make more graves than Kalas men .
Govt officer came here and saw those graves and he ordered to dig up the graves to see the bodies.when he dug up the graves and there were bodies in each grave made by Bahri men.So bahri men were saved by Alladad. Then People of Bahri decided to gave his some area to Alladad .Then he founded Ratto and his sons are now a days living here. Grave of Aladad is available between Kala and Bahri nowadays too. Marth familly is in big numbers in Ratto which is from Alladad sons.

Population

Population of the village is round about 1000 persons

Nature of the people

People of the village are very hospitable,friendly, hard working,and moderate.

Area

53 muraba

Wards

There is 1 ward of the village and Union council of the village is Ghanian.

Source of income

Source of income of village comes from agricultur sector, govt services and most of the people are living abroad (Spain, America England and Middle east etc)

Neighbouring villages

Randialy——->east
Lakia ——-> west
Malo Mahi giran—–> north
Channab river+ Bhari——-> south

Social personalities of the village

Sher Muhamamd s/o Khan Muhammad
Muhammad Inayt numberdar s/o Ghulam Muhammad
Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar
Haji Rasool bakhas s/o Salabat
Shan Muhammad s/o Deen Marth
Muhammad Aslam s/o Laal khan

Highly qualified persons

Muhamad Bashir Doctor
Tariq Mehmood
Muhammad Amjad Engineer
Qamad Zaman khokhar

Hospitals

There is no govt hospital in the village …

Main casts

• • Khokhar

• • Gondal

• • Marth

• • Tarar
    

Main crops

Wheat, rice, suger cane,vegetables.

Education sector

There is just one Govt primary school each for girls and boys .

Mazar

1. 1. Sain deeen Ali

1. 1. Jarray wala
      

Media and Industry

Tv, Mobile .There is No PTCl in the village. There is one bricks company in the village.

Canal

Canal R-15 passes by the village .which comes from Chooknawali and ends at Thatta Khan Muhammad.

Sports

Volly bal
Cricket
Kabbadi

  Info. provided by, Amir Irfan Joya (Ghanian)

Village Pindi Kaloo historical and latest information

• Pindi Kaloo is a village in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan . It is located 16 kilometers from Phalia in the direction of Gujraat.

Pindi Kaloo has all basic facilities; hospital, schools, telephones and good roads with transport to the nearest city Phalia andPharianwali .

Most of the people are farmers by profession but since a couple of years ago, a lot of people have been employed in European countries, which has raised people’s life style. There are two main crops; rice and wheat. Local farmers make lot of money from ‘Colonel Basmati’ brand rice. The literacy rate is also going up, specially in women

        Social Personalities of the Village:

• Ch Gulam rasool tarar
• Ch amjad hussain tarar advocate
• Ch Azhar mehmod tarar captain army
• Syed Azmat hussain shah
• Syed safder hussain Shah
• Syed sager hussain shah
• Ch mazhar iqbal cheema  MBBS
• Ch bawo cheema
• Muhammad rasheed rajpot
• Muhammad Aslam rajpot

Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village:

Ch Amjad hussain tarar advocate

Ch Azhar mehmod tarar army caption

Syed azmat hussain

Syed zafar hussain

Ch mazhar iqbal Cheema mbbs

Means Of Earning

Majority of the peoples earn their livelihood through agriculture. Few peoples are in Government services and among them most are in WAPDA and ARMY. Now there is trend among the youth to go abroad that’s why many peoples of the village are found in France,Spain, Greece, Itlay, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Muscat etc. in search of their earning.

Schools and Colleges in the village                             

• Govt boys primary school
• Govt girls primary school
• Govt boys Middle school and highi school
• Govt girls Middle and Highi school

Bazars And Markets

A good Bazars and Markets are present in the village and provideing everything of the daily use.

Health Facilities                

There is one hospital in the village and many clinic are present wich are runing by health related servant.above 20 female of the village are working as a health worker she are creating awareness in females about health related problems.Now after guidance females are very much aware of pregnancy and birth  etc.

Media Facilities

In the village Television, Radio, Tape Recorder, PTCL Phones and Mobile Phones with services of all the Telecom companies are present in almost every house.

plants of the village

1.      Acacia species (kikar)
2.      Dalbergia sisso (tahli)
3.      Rosa indica (gulab)
4.      Orange species (maltay aur methhay)
5.      Guava (amrood)
6.      Mangoes (aam)
7.      Gomi (dhraik)
8.      Bamboo (Baance)

Main Crops   

Land of this village is very fertile almost every crop of the world can be grown here.People use peter engins for irrigation purposes. Major crops of the village are

1.      Wheat (gandam)
2.      Rice (chawal)
3.      Corn (mukai)
4.      Potato (aalo)
5.      Barley (jao)
6.      Sugar Cane (kamad)
7.      Sweet Pea (mator)
8.      Chicken Pea (chana)
9.      All Vegetables etc.

10.  Tobbacco

Flora and Fauna

As the area is very productive both animals and plants love to stay here.

Domestic animals of the village are:

1.      Buffalos (bhainsein)
2.      Cows and Bulls (gaey aur bael)
3.      Sheeps (bhairain)
4.      Goats (bakrian)
5.      Horses (ghoray)
6.      Donkeys (gadhay)
7.      Dogs (kutay)
8.      Cats (Bilian)
9.      Hens (murgean)
10.    Rabbits (khargosh)
11.    Pigeons (kabutar)
12.    Fishes (in forms)
13.    Ducks (batkhain)

Nearest Villages     

Thatha

Jono ki

Chuk zahar

GOD BLESS THIS VILLAGE(Ameen)

Location of the village

Village Noor Pur Katvi is located in District Mandi Bahauddin. It is away from District Mandi Bahauddin upto 55 KM and 30 KM from Tehsil Phalia and  250M from RIVER CHANAB towards south and 8 KM from M.B.Din to SAYAL MOR road towards North

Brief History

Village Noor Pur Katvi is after the name of a person known as NOOR MUHAMMAD. The village is found about 1725.following are the founder of the village.

Muhammad Khan S/O Aziz Ahmad S/O Hayyat Muhammad S/O Karam Dad S/O Bakhish S/O Ahmad S/O Massan S/O Shahdat S/O Noor Muhammad Ranjha.

Neighbouring Village

Neighbouring villages of Noor Pur Katvi  are Khamb Kalan are in the West Chakroi are in the East and  Thathi Marran in the North

Population of the village

It is nota very big village only about 120 houses are in it and about 1250 peoples live in them. All the population of the village is muslim among them all are SUNNY . No non-muslim is there in the village.

Registered voters

The number of registered voters in the village is 450 among them almost half of them are of female voters. Although village is small but at the time of election village splits into three parts. Each group tries to cast votes against each other. At the time of BD elections both males and females cast vote and also at National and Provincial Assembly elections only males cast their votes.

Major Castes

Major casts of the village are

1.      Ranjha

2.      Darzi

3.      Muchi

4.      Kumahar

5.      kasbi

6.      Dindar

7.      Nai

8.      Qurashi

Nature of People of the village

Peoples of the village live a simple life. They have very friendly behavior. Peoples are very much hostile, peaceful and sincere. Except few black sheeps vulgarity is an uncommon thing. People of the village go to their lands to care their cattles and crops and come back in the evening so they have a very busy life.Young boys play Volly Ball or play cards in their extra time. Peoples of the village remains careful about fight and misbehavior .

Means Of Earning

Majority of the peoples earn their livelihood through agriculture. Few peoples are in Government services and among them most are in EDUCATION and ARMY. Now there is trend among the youth to go abroad that’s why many peoples of the village are found inGreece,Malashia Dubi  etc. in search of their earning.

People in Civil Service or abroad

People in civil service

1. 1. Muhammad Afzal Ranjha   ( instructor in GIC Phalia)

1. 1. Muhammad Sadiq Ranjha    ( machine attendant in GIC Phalia)

1. 1. Muhammad Aslam Rehmani   ( Inspector in Traffic Police)

1. 1. M.Arif     ( Pak Army)

1. 1. Mudassar Javeed   ( Pak Army)

1. 1. Shoaib Aslam Ranjha   ( Police)

1. 1. Altaf Ahmad Rehmani  (Pak Army)

1. 1. Hamid Nasir  (STATE LIFE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN)

1. 1. Jamshaid Nawaz Ranjha ( Pak Army)

People in abroad

1. 1. Ch.Sakandar Hayat Ranjha    (Greece)

1. 1. Ch.Gulam Rasool Ranjha       (Greece)

1. 1. M. Akram Ranjha                  (Greece)

1. 1. Zulfqar Hussan Ranjha           (Greece)

1. 1. Naveed Ahmad Rehmani       (Greece)

1. 1. Farooq Ahmad Ranjha          (Greece)

1. 1. Raiz Ahmad                           (Dubai)

1. 1. Fiaz Ahmad Rehmani              (Dubai)

1. 1. Irfan Ahmad Ranjha                (Dubai)

1. 1. Aslam Rehmani                    Malaysia

1. 1. Asghar Rehmani                   Malaysia

1. 1. Iqbal Ranjha                               Iran

1. 1. Zhaid Nawaz                              Iran

1. 1. Javeed & shaid Ranjha              Greece

       Social Personalities of the Village:

1.      Haji Ali Muhammad

2.      Haji  Hafiz. M.Bakhish

3.      Haji Muhammad Aslam

4.      Hafiz Fath-e-Muhammad

5.      Wali Muhammad

6.      Ahmad Khan

7.      Ahmad Khan Ranjha

8.      M.Ashraf Ranjha

9.      M.Ashraf. S/o Aziz Ahmad

10.  M.Anyait Ranjha

11.  Muhammad Khan Ranjha

12.  Saif Ullah Ranjha

13.  Bashir Ahmad Ranjha

14.  Ahmad ali (Kasbi)

15.  Ch. Tariq Ranjha

Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village:

1.      M. Afzal Ranjha.  ( Graduate)

2.      M. Arif                    (Graduate)

3.      Ahmad Bakhish Ranjha   ( M.A LL.B ) proceed

4.      M.Qasim Ranjha.     (B.A proceed Master)

5.      Hamid Nasir  ( M.A Islamic study )

6.      Hafiz Ijaz    (Graduate  proceed Master)

7.      Zulfqar Ahmad Rehmani   (B.A  LL.B)

8.      Iftakhar Hussan Ranjha ( Graduate)

And few females have also done Master degrees in different subjects.  

Schools and Education

Literacy rate of the village is much better. Almost every child of the village goes to school. There are two schools in the village:

Govt. Elementary school Noor Pur Katvi.

Govt. Girls primary school Noor Pur Katvi.

Mosque and Madresa

Only one main Mosque in the village and one Madresa in the village.

• • Dar-ul-alom Qamria Rezwia Fakhar Islam Noor Pur Katvi

• • Jamia Masjad Gulzar Madina Noor Pur Katvi.

Shrines

There is only one shrines in the village. 
Peer MASOOM SHAH (Peer Gulam Jahania) shrine is away from Village only 300M on west-south side..

Medical store and shop

Only one medical store   Hafiz medical store and five shops in the village

Crops of the village

Land of this village is very fertile almost every crop of the world can be grown here.People use peter engins for irrigation purposes. Major crops of the village are

1.      Wheat (gandam)
2.      Rice (chawal)
3.      Corn (mukai)
4.      Potato (aalo)
5.      Barley (jao)
6.      Sugar Cane (kamad)
7.      Sweet Pea (mator)
8.      Chicken Pea (chana)
9.      All Vegetables etc.

As the area is very productive both animals and plants love to stay here.

Domestic animals of the village are

1.      Buffalos (bhainsein)
2.      Cows and Bulls (gaey aur bael)
3.      Goats (bakrian)
4.      Donkeys (gadhay)
5.      Dogs (kutay)
6.      Cats (Bilian)
7      Hens (murgean)
8.Rabbits (khargosh)
9.Pigeons (kabutar)

As the land of the villagers is 1 to 250M from the village and it is very much close to RIVER     CHANAB therefore a lot of area is available for wild animals.Wild animals found in the villagers land are:

1.      Jackals (geedarr)
2.      Snakes (saanp)
3.      Pigs (sours)
4.      Wild Cats (jangly billay)
5.      Fishes of many types
6.      Tortoises (kachhway)
7.      Parrots (totay)
8.      Sparrows and Finches (chirian)
9.      Sea Gulls (baglay)
10.Wild Ducks (murgabian)

Plant in the village

1.      Acacia species (kikar)
2.      Dalbergia sisso (tahli)
3.      Rosa indica (gulab)
4.      Orange species (maltay aur methhay)
5.      Guava (amrood)
6.      Mangoes (aam)
7.      Gomi (dhraik)
8.      Bamboo (Baance)

Media Facilities

In the village Television, Radio, Tape Recorder, and Mobile Phones with services of all the Telecom companies are present in almost every house. Few homes in the village also possess COMPUTERS in them some rare people use internet

Area of the Village

Total area of the village is about 50 squares that is about 1250 acres in which no one in the village contain more than 40 to 60 acres so no one is a big fish but it is almost equally distributed among prominent families.

Free time & Hobby

In Free time the people of the village play Wali Ball and it is the popular sprot in the village

Transportation

Village is located almost 8 KM towards south from syal -Mandi Bahauddin Road. People of the village travel on Vans Raksha from Bhoa Hassan Bus Stop or Villages own Bus Stop.. Motor Cycles and Cycles are very common in the village which are used to go towards their lands or near by areas.

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Problems of the Village’s People

As the Village is small so basic facilities are absent  No hospital, No Markets,No college for Boys or Girls therefore peoples especially females have to face many difficulties in order to fulfill their daily or occasional necessacities. Main problems of the village are as under

Problems of the Poor People

People of the village are not very rich nor very poor. Except few houses all other can earn their livelihood easily those who are poor they are helped by the other village people in the form of Fitrana or other things in the name of God so fortunately every one is able to eat honourably

Educational Problems Faced by Girls

This is another main problem faced by students especially by Girls as there is no institute after  Primary  the girls have to face great hurdle in their career so most of them stop their education because villagers does not allow their girls to go away from their homes,so most of the girls are only till five class if other want to carry on their education they do so either Privately through Punjab University or  through Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad.

Promises made by the Political Leaders of the area

This is a very interresting  topic because when there is period of election especially of National and Provincial Assembly it looks that all the candidates are our own and they are in election only for our village because they solve all the problems of the village with their tongue in few minutes but as soon as they becomes leaders they even refuse to recognize their major supporters until the next election comes.

Crime rate in the Village

The crime rate in the village  is Zero because all the people live with peace each other

Jagirdari System

Unlike other nearby villages Jagirdari system is notat its peak but some roots are there in this village , one example occurred few years ago when all the JUTT bradary decided to punish  Kami brodery because they were becoming disobedient unfortunately some of them come under this violence but now situation is changing with the passage of time

Health Facilities                 

There is no hospital in the village only one clinic is present which is run by a health related servant. peoples get medicine of minor diseases from Behkho mor and of major from Phalia or M.B.Din.

Suggestions

1. 1. Education problems of girls can be resolved by constructing an institute upto master level atleast in arts subjects in this or any of the neigbhouring villages.

1. 1. About promises of leaders (bus Allah un ko hadaet de).

1. 1. Problem of poor people can be met by creating fund for them by villagers.

Phone Book in case of emergency

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Mobile: 0346-6190245

God bless this village ——-