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Official Punjab Government Portal Retrieved 24 October 2019 Commercially Pindi Bhattian lies in the heart of

and North Pakistan. Pindi Bhattian is also on the track for a fast connection through M2 to major cities like Lahore, Sheikhupura, Islamabad, and Peshawar. Through M3, Pindi Bhattian is connected with Faisalabad, Multan and connecting to major cities of Baluchistan and Sindh like Karachi. E3, (Expressway) is being upgraded to connect Sialkot via Wazirabad, whereas Pindi Bhattian is also connected to Hafizabad, Gujranwala, and Daska. On the western side it is connected to a major city like Jhang, Sargodha, and Mianwali. Mianwali being the main city of the Western CPEC route would be another commercial hub that will connect KPK and Punjab. The prominent villages in surrounding Pindi Bhattian are Ghubrika, Macho Nikka (Officers Valley), Mustafabad, Kot Nakka, Shah Behlol, Kaseesay, Nauthen, Khuram Chorera, Thatha Khero Matmal, Bahuman (Crescent Bahümán Limited), Thathi Behlol Pur, Tahli Goraya, Dhalkey, Sabat Shah, Par Ghusroo, Chokerian (village of Kharal families). Castes of Pindi Bhattian are Bhatti, Kharal, Arrain, khatri, Sial and Tarar.

Background

It is one of the ancient towns of

and the home town of Dulla Bhatti, a 16th-century heroic rebel of Punjab. Pindi Bhattian's economy also mostly depends upon agriculture. It has mostly

English medium An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students. Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland i ...

institutions for education. All the secondary and intermediate educational institutions are affiliated with BISE Gujranwala. Qutab Din Pehlwan Awan was one of the best wrestler of Punjab in 1965 till 1985"Dulle di bar: Dulla Bhatti and his homeland", a book by Asad Saleem Sheikh about

Dulla Bhatti Dulla Bhatti (also known as Dullah Bhatti and Rai Abdullah Bhatti) is a Punjabi folk hero who supposedly came from the Punjab region and led a revolt against Mughal rule during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He is entirely absent f ...

, presents a comprehensive view of Pindi Bhattian in the times of

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

Communication

Pindi Bhattian is situated on Motorway M2 and is considered an important interchange of M2. Moreover, it is also situated on Shiekhupura-Sargodha-Mianwali Highway. A motorway leads to

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

from Pindi Bhattian known as M3. Another highway connects Pindi Bhattian to Wazirabad via Jalalpur Bhattian and Rasul Pur which is being converted into Expressway E3 under NHA. A highway connects Pindi Bhattian to

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and

Jhang Jhang (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, ), ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the List of most populous c ...

. So we can say that Pindi Bhattian is a junction of many important motorways/highways. There is no railway station in the city, the nearest railway station is that of Sukheke Mandi. Dahar,

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...

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, Hanjra,

Kharal The Kharal also spelled ''Kharral'' or ''Kharl'' is a very large tribe centered in Punjab Region that was traditionally semi-pastoral and is classed as Jat or Rajput. Modern Indian and Pakistani census reports mention Kharals as Rajputs. The ...

, Toor,

Goraya Goraya is a city in Jalandhar district and Tehsil of the Indian state of Punjab. It lies between Jalandhar and (Ludhiana) stretch of National Highway 44 (Old NH 1), Grand Trunk Road. Demography , the town has a total number of 3590 hous ...

, Waseer,

Bhatti Bhatti () is a clan of Rajputs and Jats found in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Bhattis along with Bhuttos and Bhatias claim to have originated from the Hindu Bhati Rajputs. In the years preceding the Indian rebellion of 1857 the British ...

, Lodhra, Mughal are dominant tribes of this area.

References

City Websites
TMA Pindi Bhattian Website
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{{Authority control Hafizabad District Populated places in Hafizabad District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan

Background

Communication

See also

References