Wara Balian واڑہ بالیاں
Wara Balian واڑہ بالیاں
Info by: Mozzam Riaz
Locations
Village Wara Balian is located in District Mandi Bahauddin. Its away from District Mandi Bahauddin upto 12 KM.
Neighboring Villages
Neighboring villages of Wara Balian are Samun Pur, Lokri, Shahan Lok, Rasool, etc…
Population
It is a very big village only about 800 houses are in it and about 4,000 peoples live in them. All the population of the village is Muslim among them all are SUNNY except one house that is of Shia. No non-Muslim is there in the village.
Registered voters
The number of registered voters in the village is 2,400 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 but at National and Provincial Assembly elections only males cast their votes.
Major Castes
Major casts of the village are
- Khokhar
- Gondal
- Warraich
- Mughal
- Barkhay
- Kasbi (Rajhay)
- Kumhar
- Machhi
- Lohaar
- Mochi
- Tarkhan
- Muslim Sheikh
- Barber
Famous Personalities
Important personalities of the village are as follows:
- Ch. Anaar Khan (Nazim)
- Alla Ditta (Chairman)
- Brigadier Najaf Gondal
- Azhar Shahid (Line Superintendent)
- Shahzad Afzal (Project Manager)
- Muhammad Afzal Wapda (X.E.N)
- Jahangeer Ahmad (Consular)
- Ch. Pathan Khan (Counselor)
- Rana Manzoor (Thekedar)(late)
- Ch. Zahid Gondal
- Dr. Imtiaz
- Dr. Hidayat
- Dr. Nazeer
Means Of Earning
Most of the people are engineers. Many 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, Italy, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Muscat etc. in search of their earning.
Way of Living
Peoples of the village live a simple life. They have very friendly behavior. Peoples are very much hostile, peaceful and sincere. Except few black sheep’s vulgarity is an uncommon thing. People of the village go to their lands to care their cattle’s and crops and come back in the evening so they have a very busy life. Young boys play Cricket, Volley Ball or play cards in their extra time. Peoples of the village remains careful about fight and misbehavior because if any body do a little mistake other party persons quickly report to the police at THANA CITY MANDIBHAUDDIN.
Bazars And Markets
No Bazars or Markets are present in the village only Five General stores (Karyana shops) are present which provide commodities of daily use. Peoples have to go M.B.Din for major shopping and to for minor shopping.
Mosques
There are total Three mosques in the village which’s are:
- Jamia Masjid
- Masjid Abu Bakkar
- Masjid Ali
There is also two Madrisa’s.
Schools and Education
Literacy rate of the village is much better. Almost every child of the village goes to school. There are three schools in the village:
- Govt. Primary Girls School.
- Govt. Primary Boys School.
- Jinnah Public Model Middle School (Private)
Highly Qualified Persons
Although the literacy rate is good but only few persons are Master degree holders among them:
- Farooq Ahmad Gondal (M.Sc. M.Phil. Env. Science proceeding towards Ph.D.)
- Master Muhammad Akram (M.A English)
- Anar Sajid Gondal (M.A Economics)
- Muhammad Arif Warraich
- Master Khalid Mahmood etc.
And few females have also done Master degrees in different subjects.
Health Facilities
There is no hospital in the village two clinic’s is present which is run by a health related servant. Generally peoples get medicine from M.B.Din.
- Dr. Nazeer
- Dr. Hidayat
- Dr. Imtiaz
Transportation
Village is located almost 15 KM towards from City Mandi Bahauddin. People of the village travel on Buses, Vans from Wara Balian 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.
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. Few homes in the village also possess computers in them very rare people use internet.
Flora and Fauna
As the area is very productive both animals and plants love to stay here. Domestic animals of the village are
- 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)
- Fishes (in forms)
- Ducks (batkhain)
As the land of the villagers is 1 to 2 Km from the village and it is very much close to RIVER JEHLUM therefore a lot of area is available for wild animals. Wild animals found in the villagers land are:
- Jackals (geedarr)
- Snakes (saanp)
- Pigs (sours)
- Wild Cats (jangly billay)
- Fishes of many types
- Tortoises (kachhway)
- Parrots (totay)
- Sparrows and Finches (chirian)
- Sea Gulls (baglay)
- Wild Ducks (murgabian)
Village land is very much fertile, availability of water is enough although soil not suitable for GYMNOSPERMS and FERNS but ANGIOSPERMS are very much common in the village which include both ornamental and wild. Important plant of the village are as under:
- Acacia species (kikar)
- Dalbergia sisso (tahli)
- Rosa indica (gulab)
- Orange species (maltay aur methhay)
- Guava (amrood)
- Mangoes (aam)
- Gomi (dhraik)
- Bamboo (Baance)
Crops of the village
Land of this village is very fertile almost every crop of the world can be grown here. People use peter engines for irrigation purposes. Major crops of the village are
- Wheat (gandam)
- Rice (chawal)
- Corn (mukai)
- Potato (aalo)
- Barley (jao)
- Sugar Cane (kamad)
- Sweet Pea (mator)
- Chicken Pea (chana)
All Vegetables etc.
Crime rate in the Village
As it is already mentioned that most of the reports in Thana Malakwal belong to this village in which most are to pull legs or arms of the opposing party but the steeling of cattle’s is an important problem faced by villagers especially JUTT families such Thieves does not belong to this village but to nearby villages whom names are not good to mention, in this village few black sheep’s in young generation are also going on wrong path.
MAY ALLAH BLESS THIS VILLAGE (Ameen)
Information Provided By Mozzam Riaz (mozzam.mbdin@gmail.com)