Bhowanj is a village in the
Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at the distance of around 15 km from the city of
Jhelum
Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...
. Bhowanj is located at the banks of
Upper Jhelum Canal
The Upper Jhelum Canal is an irrigation canal in Pakistan that provides water to 1.8 million acres of farmland.
The Upper Jhelum Canal starts at the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam. It runs through Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin in Punjab, Pakistan, a ...
.
Bhowanj is located in a valley between
Tilla Jogian
Tilla Jogian ( Punjabi and ur, ) is an abandoned Hindu temple and monastic complex located on the summit of the ''Tilla Jogian'' mountain in the Salt Range of Pakistan's Punjab province.
The complex was the most important centre for Hindu '' j ...
mountain range and the hills of Pubbi.
The village has a government schools for both boys and girls and there is also a couple of clinics providing medical facilities.
Demographics
The population of village Bhowanj is around 3000 persons with 55% male and 45% female ratio.
Economy
Bhowanj is a rapidly growing village and the expansion is fed by growing number of its residents finding work and doing businesses in other major cities of Pakistan and quite a few of them are living and working in other countries mainly UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, France, United Kingdom ,Spain ,South Africa and ireland to name a few.
Transport
Bhowanj is very well connected the outside world with a good road connection to the city of Jhelum which is at half an hour drive away. The capital
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...
can be reached in just over 2 hours through the
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...
(GT Road). The nearest airport is Sialkot airport but most of the population prefer Islamabad or Lahore airports for domestic and international travels.
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Villages in Jhelum District