Village Kattowal کتووال is situated at the left bank of Jehlum River and it is a small village in Malakwal subdivision of Mandi bahauddin District. It has a total population of approximately 1,500 inhabitants, with all of them Muslims.
Village’s disputes are often settled by a committee (Panchyat) headed by Ch. Ghulam Qadir Gondal who is a respected personality of the area. Among other famous persons of the villages are Nawazish Ali Gondal (a leading farmer) ,
Ch.Ahmad Yar Gondal (a leading farmer) ,
Khizer Hayat Gondal (Secretary Civil Services Reforms) ,
Sikandar Hayat Gondal (a retired army officer) ,
Ahmad Naveed Gondal (Supritendent District Jail)
Tanveer Abbas Gondal (District Excise & Taxation Officer) .
Ch. Arshad Nawaz (Post Master, Mong)
Fasel Iqbal (Wapda Dept, Malakwal)
Ch. Khizar Hayat (Hayat Market)
Kamran Akram
Zeeshan Akram
People of Village:
About two third of the village population is associated with agriculture. Most of the farmers are small landowners owning less than ten acres.
Schools and Religious Institutions:
In addition with two primary schools (one for each gender) there are three mosques in which basic religious education is provided to the people.
Haria Railway Station ہریا ریلوے اسٹیشن
Info. by M. Ashraf Shaheen (Switzerland)
Haria Railway Station is a village in Tehsil Malakwal. It is 30 KM from Mandi-bahuddin towards West and 10 KM from Malakwal towards East. This village located in very important place, because this was and is only one railway station for many villages. This railway Station is since 1919. This is a small shopping center for many other villages, and also bypass for many villages and Mandi bahaudin, Malkwal. We have Muslim Commercial Bank, Post Office. Samagi Behboud Committee (Social Welfare Committee). The Population is nearly 5,000 inhabitants. This village belongs basically toHaria Village.The Literacy rate of the village is average. There is one boys and one girls Govt. Primary school Haria. There are also working some private Schools for the betterment of the Society in my Village. Ghazali girls high school Haria. Haria Railway Station is Cultivated Area. The Population of village is Agriculturist. Some people are working in the Government Services, Private services, and a number of People are working abroad. We have four very beautiful Mosques, and Two welfare Organizations (Samagi Behbud council, social welfare committee)
Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village
Farooq Ahmad Dhariwal (Prof. Govt.College Malakwal)
Abdul Wadud Dhariwal (journalist ARY T.V.and BBC London)
Haria is a village in Tehsil Malakwal. It is 28 KM from Mandi-bahuddin towards West and 8 KM from Malakwal towards East. It is a big Town in its nears. The Population is nearly 10,000.
The Literacy rate of the village is average. It has a Govt. high School for Boys Haria Since 1987 , Middle School for Girls, Community Primary School for Girls. There are also working some private Schools for the betterment of the Society in my Village. Tahir Girls Model School Haria, Abduwahab Model School Haria. Haria is Cultivated Area.The most Poplution of village is Agriculturist. Some are working in the Government Services, and a number of People are working abroad.
Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village
1. Muhammad Anwar Gondal (Grade-3 Officer Habib Bank)
2. Muhammad Akram Gondal (Inspector Punjab Police)
3. Rana Ghulam Mustafa (A.D PARC Islamabad)
4. Habib-ullah ( Headmaster High School Sahana)
5. Rana Mehmood Ahmad ( PS To Chairman FPSC Islamabad)
6. Rana Naveed Mustafa ( S.O WRRI Islamabad)
7. Muhammad Ashraf Zia (Adovacate Session High Court)
The name of my village is Chot Dheeran. It is situated about 12 KM in South west side of Malikwal . The nearby villages are Chak No 9. , Chak No. 22 ,Wasuwal, Chak No 23 , Bhaw, Bhalo datta, Khana, Kertar pur , etc .
In south side of Chot dheeran is a long forest , which is called Barmusa forest. It is between Loon manni to Rukken road .My village center point of the both .
Almost from every family in my village the people live in European countries,because of that too my village is famous. The second name of My village is Francecci .The most families of my village are rich and very respectable.
In my village there is one Govt High School for Boys and
one Middle school for Girls.
There are three PVT Schools in my village,the names of these are given below .
Allama Iqbal school: In this school there are classes till intermediate .
Quaid Azam School . In In this school there are classes till Matric.
Alfurqan Caddit Model School .In In this school there are classes till Matric.
One Darras (Madresa) is opened in my village . In In this Darras there are classes till Degree Level. There is one Govt.Hospital in my village and one Telephone Exchange.
There are Five Mosques in my village.
Majority of people lived on DERAs.Facility of Post office is also available in village .
Social Personalities of the Village
One of the great person of my village is Ch.Muhammad Ashraf Gondal, who is President of Labour party in France.
Another great person from village is Ch Skindar Hayyat gondal , who is president of Muslim league in France.
Qamar Bashir Bosal
Imran Gondal Nazim
One of respectable person of my village is Ch Pervaiz Ahamad Gondal.
Chak No.16 is situated in tehsil Malakwal near Gojra. Its distance from District capital Mandi bahauddin is 35 Km and from city Malakwal is 25 Km and from Gojra its 6 Km through Chak No. 33 (Khassa)
History
The first name of my was Chak No. 16 Bagh-bahar. Then gujjar familly came from Kararriwala (Kharian) and established here, so then slowly slowly it was known as Chak No. 16 Kararriwala
Population
Population of our village is round about 12,000 persons.
Founder of the village
Founder of the village is known as Raja Nazar Ali numberdaar. He was son of Raja Hakim Ali Zaildar who came here before 1947 from Gourra Hashim.
Mohallas
It has three mohallas,
Gujjar mohalla
Raja mohallah
Kamiyan da mohallah
Nature of the people
People of our village are very respective, moderate ,well educated and good host. Way of living is agricultural. Some people are working in govt sector and many are abroad (Spain, Italy, France, UK, Middle East)
Neighboring villages
Chak No. 17 –> North
Chak No. 33 khassa–> South
Chak No. 32 —> East
Ghourri —> West
Social personalities
Syed Sajjad Hussain shah.(ex)
Mian Muhammad Aslam Gondal
Haji Raja Rafaqat Ali
Mushtaq Ahmed Singhalia
Ghulam Ahmad Gujjar
Ch. Nadeem Shoukat
Chairman Liaqat Ali Thanedar
Tehsildar Ghulam Haider (Rtd.)
Khadam Hussain Qaisar (Advocate General Supreme Court of Pakistan)
Ch Mohammed Anwar (Chairperson CLF)
Highly Qualified persons
Ch. Naseem Sabir Gujjar (MA, LLB)
Ch. Waseem Shoukat (B.A)
Sajjad Karim (member of European Parliament) fist Muslim Pakistani in history
Captain Dr. Asif Ali. M.S (civil) hospital Jhelum
Raja Safdar Iqbal.BA
Asif Ali Gujjar Advocate
Ijaz Ahmad Gujjar .Ex MNA
Imtiaz Ahmed Gujjar Tehsil nazim Mandi bahauudin
Ghulam Hussain Jarra. (Overseer)
Muhammad Asghar Jarra. (Wapda)
Hospitals
B.H.U. Chak No. 16 and there are also 2 medical stores in the village
Education sector
There are 2 govt schools in the village
Govt girls elementary school chak no. 16
Govt boys elementary school Chak no. 16
There are 2 private school too.
Little bird middle model school chak no. 16
M.C high school chak no. 16
and there are also 2 Maddrasssas,
Madrassa Noor ul binaat chak no. 16
Madrrasa Zaheer ul islam chak no. 16
Main casts
Gujjar (50%)
Raja (25%)
Jaat, Gondal (25%)
Main crops
Wheat, Rice, Suger cane, Jawar, Bajra, etc
Communication and Entertainment system
Every facility of modern era is available like Telephone, Internet, Transport , Mobiles, TV etc.
The Government of British India launched a program in early years of 19th century to bring the forest like land which is currently in District Malakwal into agricultural use. For this reason the launched a scheme called ‘Gori Pal scheme’ to give a package of 56 acres of land to each farmers selected from different regions of Punjab. Around 1914, many tribes from different villages who were already farmers there but did not had much land, got benefited from this scheme and got land in form of ‘Ghoris’ (named on female horse).
The farmers came to this village in decade of 1914th and removed the forest and started cultivating the land. The land proved to be very fertile which was very much appreciated by the new farmers. The main tribes came from different villages like ‘Bharoki Cheema’ near Wazirabad, Saroki Cheema, Jaamke Cheema, Sahi ke, etc. Because the casts of those farmers originally was Cheema, that’s why Cheema is the dominant cast of the village.
Location:
Chak 45 چک نمبرTehsil Malakwal, District Mandi Bahauddin. The village structure was designed by Government and has all proper wide streets, land for mosque in center, school, land for ‘Numberdar’ etc, civil servants of village and their lands as salary e.g. Imam masjid, sweepers, etc.
Founder of the village
No single founder. Land was allotted farmers who cultivated and formed the village. Cast of the Founder was Cheema This is a mid sized village with no prominent names of streets. On the south eastern corner there exists a street with Christian population along with their church.
Neighboring villages, towns and geographical landmarks:
It is approximately 38 KM South West of the city of mbdin. On the North it is bordered to Tibba Manak Busal (the residence of politicians Nawaz and Iqbal Busal) and on southern side it is bordered with Chak. Bar Musa is bordered on the North western corner of the village territory.
Nature of People:
Mostly habitants of Chak 45 are farmers, on average the youth has at least attend a high school.
Source of Income:
The main source of income of villagers in Chak 45 is through agriculture. The fertile land of Chak 45 produces excellent quality of citrus of different kinds which helps in earning the farmer a good amount annually.
Famous Personalities
Atta Mohammad Cheema
Dr. Azam Cheema
Ehsan Ullah Cheema
Muhammad Arif Cheema (sss Retired)
Shabbir Ahmed Cheema (Retired Sr. Head Master)
Highly Qualified Personalities:
Dr. Mohammad Azam Cheema (running Cheema Hospital in Gujranwala)
Atta Mohammad Cheema (Retired Director Education)
Nazar Mohammad Cheema (Retired High School Head Master)
Schools, Collages, Mosques and Madrasas:
Govt Middle School for Boys
Govt Primary School for Girls
Main castes
Cheema
Gakkhar
Way of living:
Peoples of the village live a simple life. They have very friendly behavior. Peoples are very much hostile, peaceful and sincere
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.
Flora and Fauna:
As the area is very productive both animals and plants love to stay here.
Main crops and fruits:
Citrus (oranges of different kinds)
Wheat
Rice
Sugar Can
Potato
Domestic Animals:
Buffalos (bhainsein)
Cows and Bulls (gaey aur bael)
Sheeps (bhairain)
Goats (bakrian)
Horses (ghoray)
Donkeys (gadhay)
Dogs (kutay)
Cats (Bilian)
Hens (murgean)
Rabbits (khargosh)
Pigeons (kabutar)
Ducks (batkhain)
Wild animals found in the villagers land are:
Jackals (geedarr)
Snakes (saanp)
Pigs (sours)
Wild Cats (jangly billay)
Parrots (totay)
Sparrows and Finches (chirian)
Main Problems of this Village
Problems faced by people of the village
No medical facility available from Government
School are poor staffed.
Due high illiteracy in the village, the local rivalries and conflicts are very common (typical on land own ship or water irrigation etc.) among different families which often cause violence and bloodshed. This has also been a main reason for people to move city to look for better future of their children.
Village Chak No. 42 چک نمبر 42 or Bhaggal is in Tehsil Malakwal .It is 22 Km in the east of mbdin and 13 km away from Malakwal in the east. Khai is 1 km in the west of bhaggal and Gojra is 4 km from here.
History:
In 1905 people migrated to this Chak from Gujrat due to flood reasons. Those people were from village Bhaggal (Gujrat).
Area:
Area of the bhaggal is 12.5 murabbas
Population:
Population of the village is round about 1,200 heads.
History of the village is related way beyond to the Hazrat NOOH alaihissalam era Qalmi shora is created from here. Grave yard of village Bhaggal is also here. Population of tibbas is round about 400 persons, Natt family is in a big number here.
Famous Personalities of the village:
Muhammad Arshad
Muhammad Akram Cheema
Muhammad shareef Araain
Ghulam Hussain
Mureed Hussain
Ali Asghar Lahori
Haji Akram
Highly Qualified persons
Muhammad Aslam
Arslan Ali (Punjab Police)
Khadim Hussain (Advocate)
Saeed Ahmed (WAPDA)
Qaiser Naveed Tarar
Mubashar Hussain Bhatti
Ghulam Abbas (Patrolling Police)
Muhammad Shafeee (Rangers)
Jawad Ul Hasan Bhatti
Zafar Iqbal
Education sector:
Govt. primary school for boys
Govt. girls primary school
Al-Hasan public model school(private)
Iqra Model school
Medical sector:
Shahzeb Medical Clinic
Dr. Jahangeer
Masajid:
Jamia Masjid Markazi
Mazars:
Mian Muhammad Qazi
Baba Umar shah Tibba
Union council office:
Office of the union council Gohar is here in village bhaggal. PTCL exchange is here too
Source of income:
Source of income of people of the village is agricultural areas and Govt services, abroad livings
Nature of People:
Hospitable, political workers, loving, caring. Village bhaggal is also very famous for Tangaas which are run by dharrar family.
Industrial area:
In the village there are two areas of wood which are very famous for creating very beautiful furniture.
Our Village is Chak No 44 چک نمبر. Its old name were Ahmad Ki Abaadi and Chak No. 9. Our village is 14km for away from Gojra and 45 km from mandi bahauddin. Its fertile land is about 56 Acre. There is a govt. high school for boys and Govt. Middle School for Girls. Our village also has a post office. Kinno of our village are very tasty and famous streets of our village are straight and vast.
Rana Asif Iqbal (MA mass communication) working in Wateen Telecom
Saleem Bhatti (BA/LLB) Senior Politician
Schools
Govt. High School
Govt. Girls Elementary School
Casts of the Village
Mughal
Bhatti
Arrain
Muslim Shaikh
Warraich
Nambardar
Rana
Malik
Mahar
Ghumman
Mosque/Madrisa
There are three Mosques and one Church and one Imam Bargah in this village.
Fields/Crops
Rice
Sugar Cane
Wheat
Kinnow
Melon
vegetables of all types
Problems of the village
there is no facility of hospital. The main problem is that there is no girls high school in our village. There is lack of education in our village children so that they involves in bad activates like drug addiction, wandering etc.
Chak No 33 Khasa village چک نمبر 33 is lies in Tehsil Malakwal district Mandi Bahauddin on Gohar road. In 1905 people migrated to this Chak from Gujrat due to flood reasons. Those people were from village Khasa (gujrat)
