Kot Jattan

Location

[Kot jattan] is situated on [Bhimber], [Barnala] Road at a distance of about 12Km from Bhimber, 15Km from Barnala (Tehsil of Bhimber) and 10Km from Kotla Arab Ali Khan.

Its surrounding areas are mainly Nandwal located within Gujrat District in the South-West, Kot Chibban (its twin village) in the South-East and, Dhandar in the North-East.

It is situated at the southern edge of Azad Kashmir bordering Punjab Pakistan

History

This area was near the site of an old citadel [castle] hence the name Kot. The castle and adjoining town was destroyed in 960 AD by Maharaja of Kashmir due to the local governor ending his allegiance to the Maharaja in Sirinagar Kot and the town [old bhimber] was burned to the ground and the people killed, hence the human skeletons and burned property could be found on the adjoining hill called Pangloor. Kot and Pangloor is a national heritage site with history of at least two thousand years but is being destroyed by buildings and in general destruction.

Division

The village can be divided into these major areas: Chaprri Muhallah

Masjid muhalla

Lendha Muhallah

Dara Muhallah

Jandi Muhallah

Barra Muhallah

Education

There are three schools to educate the children of the village. one of them is a private school KPS. "Kashmir Public School" and the other two are "Govt Primary School for Boys"and "Govt Middle school for Girls" Many students get their formal education from nearby town Dhandar and some other choose Bhimber to have better education.

Library

The village also has a small Religious Library of Islamic Books.

Religion

All the People living in Kot Jattan are Muslims and they have Mosques namely "Madni Masjid, Gulzar-e-Habib Masjid, Sufi Rehmat Masjid and Tanvir Shaheed Masjid" to offer their prayers before God.

Insaf Welfare committee

People of the village have set up a committee to address the social problems and for the welfare of society.

Health

Currently there are no health-facilities or medical-care provided by the government to the village however, not very long ago, a U.K-based N.g.o. Rahmat Nawab Trust UK has started a project Rahmat Nawaab Hospital that will be a great help to the village.