Khai is a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan .
10-527: 32°50′0″N 72°46′0″E / 32.83333°N 72.76667°E / 32.83333; 72.76667 This article about a location in Chakwal District , Punjab (Pakistan) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chakwal District Chakwal District ( Punjabi and Urdu : ضلع چکوال ) is in Pothohar Plateau of Punjab , Pakistan. It is located in
20-595: Is 6,609 square kilometres, which is equivalent to 1,652,443 acres (6,687.20 km ). The southern portion runs up into the Salt Range and includes the Chail peak, 3,701 feet (1,128 m) above the sea, the highest point in the district. Between this and the Sohan river, which follows more or less the northern boundary, the country consists of what was once a fairly level plain, sloping down from 2,000 feet (610 m) at
30-537: Is derived from Dhan valley where its spoken. The closely related dialect Sohāī̃ is spoken in the Fateh Jang Tehsil of Attock District . It is closely related to Shahpuri and Jhangvi dialects. It, along with Shahpuri, Jhangvi, Pahari-Pothwari , and Thali , is intermediate between Majhi (Central Punjabi) and Lahnda (Western Punjabi). In the 1920s G.A. Grierson in his Linguistic Survey of India called this group North-Western Lahnda. Jatki
40-411: Is subdivided into five tehsils . These tehsils were formerly part of neighbouring districts: Now the district is administratively subdivided into Five tehsils and 45 union councils . (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) There is one district council, one municipal committees — Chakwal — and two town committees — Choa Saidan Shah and Kallar Kahar . The district is represented in
50-550: The National Assembly by two constituencies: NA-60 and NA-61. The district is represented in the provincial assembly by four elected MPAs and in National Assembly by two MNAs who represent the following constituencies: Chakwal district borders the districts of Rawalpindi and Attock in the north, Jhelum in the east, Khushab in the south and Mianwali in the west. The total area of Chakwal district
60-550: The Chakwal District include: "Official Website of Chakwal District" . Archived from the original on 3 July 2009 . Retrieved 27 January 2023 . Dhani dialect Dhani ( دھنّی ; pronounced [təˈni] ) is a dialect of Punjabi spoken in the southern parts of Rawalpindi Division of Pakistani Punjab . It is spoken throughout a widespread area, including Chakwal and Jhelum Districts , as well as in neighbouring Attock District . Its name
70-562: The foot of the hills to 1,400 feet (430 m) in the neighbourhood of the Sohan; the surface is now much cut up by ravines and is very difficult to travel over. At the time of the digital census 2023, Chakwal district had 288,838 households and a population of 1,734,854 with average growth rate 2.51% with respect to Census 2017. Chakwal had a sex ratio of 99.23 female to 100 male and a literacy rate of 77.79% - 86.12% for males and 69.52% for females. 434,805 (25.06%) lived in urban areas. 398,401 (22.96%) were under 10 years of age. Muslims formed
80-458: The north of the Punjab province, Chakwal district is bordered by Talagang to its south, Rawalpindi to its north east, Jhelum to its east, Talagang The district was created out of parts of Jhelum and Attock in 1985. During British rule , Chakwal was a tehsil of Jhelum district, the population according to the 1891 census of India was 164,912 which had fallen to 160,316 in 1901. It contained
90-569: The overwhelming majority at 1,722,147 (99.45%) while 9,542 (0.55%) were from religious minorities, mainly Christians. Languages of Chakwal district (2023) At the time of the 2023 census, 92.04% of the population spoke Punjabi , 5.47% Pashto and 1.66% Urdu as their first language. The local Punjabi dialects are Dhani and Awankari . Chakwal has a total of 1,140 government schools out of which 52.63% (600 schools) are for female students. The district has an enrollment of 181,574 in public sector schools. Notable Educational institutions in
100-422: The towns of Chakwal and Bhaun and 248 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to 3–300,000. The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement . After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India and later it was upgraded as a District on 1 July 1985. The district of Chakwal, which covers an area of 6,524 km ,
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