Dhangri is a small

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

situated near

Chakswari Chakswari (Urdu: ), also known as Chaksawari, is a Tehsil in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It comprises 15 Union Councils of Pakistan, Union councils including the Islamgarh Municipal Committee. Amongst the primary affectees of ...

in the

Mirpur District The Mirpur District ( ur, ) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. The Mirpur District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the Bhimber District, on the south by the Gujrat Dis ...

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

. The closest airport is ISB - Islamabad Chaklala, located 87.7 km north of Dhangri."Dhangri Mirza (Punjab, Pakistan)." Nona.net. September 15, 2006. 5 June 2008 . It is just further from the village of Brutiyan and about 15–20 minutes away from Dudial. Dhangri has a relatively small population with most of the inhabitants doing

manual labor Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word ''manual'' ...

on very low pay. However, almost 75% of the inhabitants of Dhangri moved to England or other European countries in the 1960s, where they have settled with growing families.

Dhangri Mosque

Dhangri has a large mosque that is currently undergoing development.

Tribes

Dhangri is host to many different tribes.

Jats The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

who are well known throughout the many villages surrounding Dhangri and even as far as

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 ...

, Punjab. The land surrounding Dhangri is mainly owned by the gujjar tribe

References

{{coord, 33, 13, N, 73, 47, E, display=title, region:PK_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Mirpur District