Chitta is one of the 32 villages located in the Soon Sakesar Valley in

Khushab District Khushab District ( Punjabi: ), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab. The district consists of four tehsils: Khushab, Noor ...

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.List of villages in soon valley.
/ref> The population is around 4000. It is located 220 km south-west of

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. The village sits on footsteps of the highest peak of Soon valley;

Sakesar Sakesar ( Punjabi, Urdu: سكيسر) is the highest mountain in the Salt Range in Punjab, Pakistan. Its height is . It lies on the outer fringes of the Soon Valley in Khushab District in the Punjab province. The small village of Sakesar is name ...

and on the edge of the beautiful Uchali lake. The main towns near Chitta are Naushera,

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, Khushab and

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. The main source of income for the people of Chitta is cultivating crops, soldiering and animal herding. Wheat is the most common crop that is harvested though some people have also started harvesting vegetables such as potatoes and cabbage. There is one middle school in the village and a government high school which is located roughly 500 meters from the main village. Much of the population have their homes built on an elevated part (which is known as "Dhairi" in the local language) with the Jamia Mosque on the peak of that elevation.

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{{coord missing, Punjab, Pakistan Populated places in Khushab District