Khandowa ( ur, کھنڈوعہ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in a

Kallar Kahar Tehsil Kallar Kahar Tehsil (in Punjabi and Urdu تحصِيل كلّر كہار), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Tehsil headquarters are in Kallar Kahar Kallar Kahar ( ur, ) is a tow ...

Chakwal District Chakwal District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is in Pothohar Plateau of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the north of the Punjab province, Chakwal district is bordered by Khushab to its south, Rawalpindi to its north east, Jhelum to its east, Mian ...

. The town's natural environment includes a number of historical

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

s and resorts. Khandowa is 8 km distant from Kallar Kahar, 36 km from

Chakwal Chakwal ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in Rawalpindi Division, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 66th largest city of Pakistan by population. Chakwal is located 90 kilometres south-west of the federal capital, Islamabad and 270 kilomet ...

, 114 km from

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 ...

and 101 km from

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

in a northerly direction.

Name and history

Khandowa word is derived from

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

word khand, meaning sweet.

Landmarks

Khandowa lake Khandowa ground(Khandowa Valley)

People and tribes Khandowa

People belonging to this village are mostly employees in

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

in various ranks, while the rest of the population are involved in livestock farming. General Musarrat Nawaz Malik s/o Col Muhammad Nawaz Malik, (Tamgha e Basalat) also hails from same village.

Tourism

The area's

tourist Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mo ...

attractions include its

valleys A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

, and the lake of Swaik.

Gallery

Lake Khandowa Gallery Good Images by Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa File:Nathiagali Hotel Elites.jpg, alt= By Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa , View of Lake Khandowa File:Khandowa.png, alt=Lake of Khandowa Beautiful Place by Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa , View of Lake Khandowa by Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa File:Khandowa Lake Good Chakwal Punab Pakistan.jpg, alt=Lake Khandowa Good Chakwal Punab Pakistan By Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa, Lake Khandowa Good

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

by Muhammad Ehsan Khandowa

References

Villages in Kallar Kahar Tehsil Populated places in Chakwal District {{Chakwal-geo-stub