Kohali (Faisalabad District)
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Kohali is a village of union council 47-GB of
samundri Samundri (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a city and headquarters of Samundri Tehsil located in Faisalabad District of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 55th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. History Etymology Samu ...
of
Faisalabad District Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) ( Punjabi and ur, ) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad Cit ...
in the
Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
province of
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. It is part of samundri, and located at latitude 31° 7'45.50"N and longitude 72°47'56.72"E with an altitude of 563 feet.Location of Lopoke - Falling Rain Genomics
/ref> It was very rich and historical village before
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.10 to 15% people working abroad, mostly in France, America, UK, UAE, KSA. There are four mosques and one Imambargah in the village. More influential tribes and clans are
Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
,
Jat 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 su ...
, Arian,
kamboh The Kamboj ( pa, ਕੰਬੋਜ ''Kamboj'', hi, कंबोज ''Kamboj''), also Kamboh ( ur, ALA-LC: ), is a cultivating community of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, spanning a region from the Sutlej Valley to the north, the M ...
, etc. Main occupation of the people are cultivation. This village is located about from
Gojra Gojra (Punjabi and ur, ), the administrative capital of Gojra Tehsil, is the city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Gojra is from Faisalabad, from Lahore and north of Toba Tek Singh. Founded in 1896 during the ...
and about from
Samundri Samundri (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a city and headquarters of Samundri Tehsil located in Faisalabad District of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 55th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. History Etymology Samu ...
. The main crops that are cultivated in this village are sugar cane, wheat Cotton and the land of this village is watered from the branch canal of the
Gugera Branch Canal The Gugera Branch Canal originates from the Lower Chenab Canal. The main areas to which it supplies water are Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad in Punjab province of Pakistan. It iis named after Gogera that was district at that time. See also * Hea ...
which is a branch of
Lower Chenab Canal The Lower Chenab Canal is a canal in Pakistan. It was dug in 1892 and originates from Khanki Headworks, which is situated on the River Chenab in Gujranwala District. Some distributaries coming out of Lower Chenab Canal are the Jhang Branch ...
. Rana Shamshad ali khan is the biggest land owner from this village. Most of the under water is sour. More than 70% population of this village is connected directly and indirectly with cultivation. Literacy rate is very good comparatively, Four schools at per record (2 Gov+2 Private) and several people from this village are working at outstanding positions in various industries including doctors, engineers and finance sector, several in Pakistan Army at very senior positions.


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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120326133048/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=8&dn=Faisalabad Villages in Faisalabad District {{Faisalabad-geo-stub