Ratta is the largest and the most famous village in
Dadyal
Dadyal ( ur, ڈڈیال) is a tehsil in Mirpur district, located in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It is home to roughly 84 villages.
Administration
The Dadyal tehsil is divided into many villages. Some of them include
* Arra Jattan
* Ankar ...
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 ...
of
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:
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* and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...
. It is located east of
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 ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. Residents of Ratta sometimes add the word Ratvi to their surname. Ratta derived from the word jatta naming it jatta da malla meaning the place of Jatts. Many people from other parts of Azad Kashmir villages have also moved to Ratta for a better life.
Demography
According to the Pakistan census of 1998, its population was 3,152.
References
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Populated places in Mirpur District