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      DHAREKAN KHURD

 Info. Provided by Amir irfan joya (Ghanian)

Updated by Ch: Muhammad Amir Ranjha Advocate ( Dherkan Khurd)

Village Dherekan khured Location

Dherekan khured is a village in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan . It is located 9 kilometers from Phalia in the direction of Ranmal Sharif

Dherekan khured has some basic facilities; Schools ( Girls & Boys), telephones and good roads with transport to the nearest city Phalia.

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 iftkhar Ahamed Tarar
• Late Ch: Muhammad Feroz Ranjha Advocate
• Ch Gulam Rasool Tarar
• Ch waqar hussain tarar
• Ch Pervaz Iqbal Tarar
• Ch: Zaheer Ahmed Tarar Advocate
• Ch: Muhammad Amir Ranjha Advocate
• Ch: Mazhar Iqbal Ranjha
• Ch: Raiz Ahmed Ranjha
• Ch Sjaad Ahamad Tarar
• Ch Njam Hussain Tarar
• Ansir Iqbal Butt (police)
• Guzenger Iqbal Butt
• Amjad Iqbal Butt (police)

 Qualified Personalities of the Village:

• Ch Iftkhar Ahamed Tarar
• Ch Waqar Hussain Tarar
• Ch: Zulfiqar Ahmed Tarar
• Ch: Zaheer Ahmed Tarar Advocate
• Ch: Muhammad Amir Ranjha Advocate
• Late: Ch: Muhammad Feroz Ranjha Advocate
• Ch: Mazhar Iqbal Ranjha

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, Armed Forces and Police. Now there is trend among the youth to go abroad that’s why many peoples of the village are found in France,Spain, Greece, Italy, 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 girls Middle school

Hospital

There are no hospital in the village

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

• Acacia species (kikar)
• Dalbergia sisso (tahli)
• Gomi (dhraik)

 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

• Wheat (gandam)
• Rice (chawal)
• Corn (mukai)
• Potato (aalo)
• Barley (jao)
• Sugar Cane (kamad)
• All Vegetables etc.

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) 

Nearest Villages                     

• Dherekan kalan
• Bhagat
• Ranmal

Sports                               

• Cricket
• Volley ball

Problems of the village

No High School for girls & boys in the village

Medical problems- No big hospital nearby

• Roads condition is very bad
• No well organized means of transport for general public
• No Play ground / Park

Bahri باہری

Introduction:

Village Bahri باہری is in Tehsil phalia district Mandi Bahauddin having area of 3,300 acres. 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:

Round about 2 centuries before village Bahri was in district Gujranwala then due to flood reasons it became part of the river and people of that village were divided into two parts, some came in Mandi Bahauddin area and other were gone to Hafizabad district. At that time there was Chaudhry Alam in Hafizabad Bahri and a Sahibzada sahib was in mandian Bahri. Nowadays river is in the boundary of hafizabadi bahri.

Founder of Village:

Here were 3 brothers ,one was named as Bahoo, 2nd was Vero ,3rd was Gurgaje, Vero’s sons were in both bahris and Vero was the founder of Bahri, Vero was Tarar. This village is at the bank of river. Chanab river is just half a KM from Bahri village. Bahri is very famous due to its old Jirga (panchait).

Neighboring Villages:

• Randiali – east
• Kala Shadian+Channi – west
• Ratto – north
• Channab river+ Bhari Janoobi – south

Nature of People:

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

Main casts

1. Tarar 80%
2. Gondal 2 %
3. Bhinder 4%
4. Bhin 4 %
5. Ranjha 2 %
6. Dharar 4 %
7. others 4 %

Social Personalities of Village:

• Muhammad Azam Numberdar
• Muhammad Abbas s/o Ghulam Muhammad (ex chairman)
• Muhammad Inayat s/o Ahmed Khan
• Sauni s/o Jaan Muhammad
• Khizar Hayat s/o Lal Khan Tarar

Highly Qualified Persons:

1. Imtiaz Vatto (Alfalah Bank Assistant Manager)
2. Muhammad Asif Vattoo (SDO irrigation Department)
3. Sajjad Ahmed so/ Muhammad Nawaz (Advocate)
4. Shahid Abbas s/o Muhammad Abbas Tarar (Sargent Police)
5. Muhammad Imtiaz s/o Muhammad Abbas (Sui Gas)
6. Shahbaz Ahmed s/o Muhammad Abbas
7. Ijaz Ahmed s/o Manzoor Ahmed (Punjab Police)
8. Shahid Imran Butt (Punjab Police)
9. Imtiaz Ahmed s/o Shaan Ali (Punjab Police)
10. Shafqat Parvez Malak (PP)
11. Ghulam Abbas Gondal (PP)
12. Muhammad Riaz s/o Bahadar (Army)
13. Mian Manzoor Ahmed (Rtd. subedar Army)
14. Master Ghulam Abbas Tarar
15. Zafar Iqbal Malak (Cashier UBL)

Wards:

There are 2 wards of the village and Union council of the village is Ghanian.

Education Sector:

There are 2 govt primary schools in the village ,one for girls and other for boys and a private school is also working there named as Zeeshan Public model middle school Bahri

Mosques:

There are Four Masajid in the village

1. Jamia Masjid
2. Masjid Ghulzar
3. Darbar wali masjid
4. Northern masjid

Mazars:

• Mian Fazal Deeen
• Mian Rang Balol

Canal

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

Source of Income:

Source of income of village comes agriculture sector, govt. services, and most of the people are living abroad (Spain. America, England, middle east etc.)

Hospitals:

There is no govt hospital in the village. Just 1 medical store is available in the village.

Media:

Tv, Mobile. There is No PTCL in the village

Main Crops:

• Wheat
• Rice
• Sugar Cane
• vegetables.

Sports:

• Volley Ball
• Cricket
• Kabaddi