Country Pakistan Time zone PST (UTC+5) Area 2.75 km² | Province Gujrat Pakistan Elevation 275 m Population 2,915 (1998) | |
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Kafeel ahmed jhantla gujrat pakistan
Jhantla جھانٹلہ is a village in Tehsil Kharian of Gujrat District, Pakistan. It is located about 150 kilometers from Lahore, 17 kilometers from Kharian. Awan is the main tribe of Jhantla. You can see greenery all around the village throughout the year specially in the monsoon season. In the southwest of the village there is a small lush green hill which is used as graveyard of the village. Many people have donated their lands to increase the area of this graveyard.
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Map of Jhantla, Pakistan
People are hardworking serving in legal profession, Pakistan army and abroad. Famous people include, Malik Karam Ellahi, Malik Khadim Hussain Awan, Brig. dr Safdar Awan, Amjad Awan & Naveed Awan (business & employment consultant).Muhammad Hashim, Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Rizwan, (Business in Norway) Muhammad Farhan, Capt Zeeshan. Master Muhammad Hanif. Malik Latheef Councilor .Malik Muhammad Munawar Awan Advocate High court who brought electric power to this village.
Jhantla is known for its agricultural diversity, different crops including wheat. There is a primary school near the hill and kids have to travel few milles to go to high school in the nearby village.
Every year on 25 June people celebrate summer mela and go to three different shrines to pay their tribute to these holy men; one grave is almost 9 yards in length. Jhantla is basically a small village with a population of about 2000 people and area about 3km in radius. Jhantla is surrounded by villages like Malka, Malagar, Manglia and Golrahashim.
Jhantla can be reached from Gulyana/ Manglia road or from Kharian road. People in Jhantla are mostly peace-loving, require basic infrastructure in shape of proper roads, electercity in the streets and development work in order to avoid flood related problems in the moonsoon. But above all education is the area where it needs some improvement.