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Chakrian

Chakrian is a village with a population of around 10,000 in union council Langay, (near Mangowall) in Gujrat District, Pakistan. Chakrian is situated 23 kilometers away from Gujrat towards the West. Historically, this village was named after Sardar Chakar Singhan, an influential Sikh Sardar. The Sufi saint Shah Sharif came to the village in the 17th century and converted all the villagers to Islam.

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Map of Chakrian, Pakistan

Sports

Volleyball, Cricket, Kabaddi and Badminton are popular sports in Chakrian.

Notable people

  • Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas (ex police officer of Punjab Police).
  • Chaudhry Ali Bahadur (ex CWO Air force)
  • Rahim Ahmed Warriach (Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales)

    • Language

  • The majority of people speaks Punjabi.
  • Urdu being national language is spoken and understood.
  • English is also understood and spoken by the sizable educated people.

    • Education

    There are different schools for girls and boys in this village. Their names are as follows:

  • Government Middle School for boys (~400 students).
  • Government Middle School for girls (~250 students).
  • Rizvan Public Model School (Coeducation ~200 students)
  • Quaid-e-Azam public model school (Coeducation ~200 students)
  • Shaan e Pakistan Elementary school for boys and girls

    • Facilities

    Village is facilitated with gas, electricity, Internet, 3G/4G etc.

    General Elections, 2002

    During these elections, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain won elections defeating Ahmad Mukhtar for NA-105 constituency. At village level, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain won with a majority of 500 votes. For PP-110, former Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won election. Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won with a majority of 400 votes at village level.

    General Election, 2008

    In general elections, the village Ahmad Mukhtar won the election. In Punjab Assembly, village was represented by Chaudhry Moonis Elahi. At village level(For NA-105), Ahmad Mukhtar baged 641 votes and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain got 459 votes. For PP-110, Nasir Mehmood of People's Party got 640 votes while Moonis Elahi could bag only 470 votes.

    General Election, 2013

    In General Elections 2013 PMLQ representative Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won the constituency "NA105" by a margin of 15000 Votes. For PP-110, Moonis Elahi won by huge margin of 30000. At Village level PMLQ got a lead of 604 Votes over PMLN and PPPP. Former Law Minister Of Punjab, Raja Muhammad Basharat, also won previously from here. It also remain in the consistency of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Shaheed.

    Former Deputy Mayor of Union Council Langay belongs to Chakrian.

    Local politicians

    Local representer of political parties of Pakistan are as follow

  • PML-Q Chaudhry Talib Hussain, Former Mayor Of Union Council Langay.
  • PML-Q Chaudry Nusrat Iqbal (Deputy Nazim) UC langay
  • PML N Chaudhry Muhammad Asghar
  • PPPP Chaudhry Ali Bahadur

    • References

    Chakrian Wikipedia
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