Dhalla

History

Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, mostly population was Sikhs. Sikhs migrated back to India peacefully along with their brotherhood. Some people made caves in the hills of Dhalla as their shelter in the rain when they used to go with their herds. Dhalla till 2000 century had some remembrance of the Sikhs that Sikhs ever lived here. The caves were broken down for some construction purpose, so the last remembrance of Sikhs vanished.Before sikhs Government,Dhalla was a famous state of Pakhral Rajput and they ruled between Dhalla to chakwal

Location and geography

Dhalla is located on a hill on Adiala Road. It is 31.7 km (19.7 mi) away from the Islamabad International Airport and 19 km (12 mi) from Rawalpindi.

Surrounding

Dhalla has 2 dams in its surrounding areas, Jawa Dam and Khasala Dam in the village before Dhalla.The river Sawan is passing in front of the village.The bed of Sawan river is very fertile and full of greenry which have an outstanding look from the top of the village. The temperature in winter may decrease to 1 c and in June may rise up to 55 c. Mostly people are farmers and make their income from farming but the new generation know is moving towards industrial and government departments.

Education

There are a number of government educational institutions being developed in the town, such as

Students from nearby villages come and study in these schools. Some private English Medium schools are also there in the town.

Health

There is a government hospital in the town with several beds spaces. It is an old hospital before the independence. Its building structure was old style recently new building constructed on the same place. One family welfare center is available and one private clinic is also in the town, people from nearby villages come and get treatment and medicine for small diseases and injuries from the hospital and clinic.

Telecommunication

The PTCL provides the main network of landline telephone. Many ISPs and all major mobile phone and wireless companies operating in Pakistan provide service in Dhalla.

Religion

There are three mosques in the town Jamia Mosque, Farooq'e Azam Mosque and Bilal Mosque. One under construction Madrasa Hanfia Farooqia is also in the town for Islamic education and memorizing the Quran. There is an accommodation for student of Madrasa. This runs with the help of locals and charities. Approximately 99% population of the town is Sunni Muslims.

Agriculture

Dhalla is an agricultural town in this area. People harvest the vegetables and Approximately 80% population is attached with this field. A significant proportion of the population belong to the Minhas rajpoot(Pakhraal) and Maliar tribe and their lives and source of income totally depend on their agricultural land of the Sawan river bed which consist of very fertile soil of Sawan river.The people of Dhalla also use the water of jawa dam for cultivation

Water reservoir

Jawa Dam is a small water reservoir. It located Dhungi Reserved Forest. This dam was designed to irrigate 800 acres of land with irrigation requirement of 0.783 MCM at cropping intensity of 100%. Jawa dam became operational in 1997. Since its inception, the dam received almost constant inflow till 2000. However, after 2000, the inflow decreased gradually most probably due to decrease in rainfall. Except for the year 1998 and 2002, the outflow has been less than the inflow. Because this dam is built on a perennial stream, it received regular and constant flow throughout the year. However, the flow is relatively high in June to August, due to monsoon. The total average annual inflow to dam is 0.687 MCM, whereas, outflow is 0.777 MCM. In this case the discharge is more than the inflow. However, the available irrigation supply from the dam is almost equal the designed irrigation requirement of 0.783 MCM. Therefore, in general, the available water is sufficient to irrigate the designed area.But unfortunately the dam serves very less to the land of Dhalla although the dam is situated at the land of Dhalla.