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Gujranwala District Gujranwala District (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district that is a part of the Majha region in Punjab, Pakistan. Gujranwala District is bordered by the districts of Gujrat, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura. Gujranwala distri ...

located in

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 ...

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History

Mosques

Jamia Masjid Sadiqia Rizvia (Hanfi Bareelvi Bary Manaar Wali)
Jamia Masjid Ahlehadees (Ahlehadees)
Jamia Masjid Madni (Hanfi Dewbandi)
Masjid Alhayat (Hanfi Dewbandi)
Jamia Masjid Toheed (Toheedi Sect)
Imam Bargah Husania Masjid (Fikkah Jafria)

Schools and education

SP High School
Govt. Primary School for Girls
Govt. High School for boys
Govt. Primary School for Boys
Sir Sayed Model School

Banks

MCB Bank Limited MCB Bank Limited () is a Pakistani multinational commercial bank which is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The majority of shares are owned by Pakistani conglomerate Nishat Group and Malaysian bank Maybank. The bank has a network of 1,600 bra ...

(Raja Sadhoke Branch),

Agriculture

Rice and wheat are the basic crops cultivated in the area

Hospitals

Basic Health Unit Raja.

Transportation

Main High Way is N-5 Grand Trunk Road passing through

sadhoke Sadhoke ( pnb, , ur, ) is a town of Tehsil Kamoke in Gujranwala District in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on Grand Trunk Road N-5. Agriculture Rice, wheat and animal fodder are cultivated in the area. Vegetables like ladyfinger, pe ...

which is connected by Baig Pur Road and Canal Road.
Baig Pur Road passing through many small villages ends at Baig Pur Village situated on Gujranwala Sheikhupura Road.
No train station in located in Raja, the nearest train station is Sadhoke Train Station, where a few local trains stops for a while.

Telecommunications

PTCL = PSTN and DSL (Copper line, No Optic Fiber)
JAZZ = Cellular with 4G LTE indoor Services
Telenor = Cellular with 4G Services
Zong = Cellular with 4G Services
Ufone = Cellular with 4G Services
PTCL EVO = Charji EVO

Climate

Weather conditions for Raja Village are dominated by its geographical location. The summer season is long and hot. The piercing sunrays may raise the temperature up to .

Geography

Nearby locations

Sadhoke 1 km east side
Muridke 13 km South via Sadhoke
kamoke 10 km North via Sadhoke
Sheikhupura 30 km West via Baig pur road
Gujranwala 30 km North via sadhoke
Lahore 35 km South via Sadhoke

Major tribes

Malik Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic duri ...

, Syed,

Rajputs 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 ...

and

Jats The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralism, pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval time ...

are major tribe. The principal clans are

Virk Virk is a Jat clan. In India and Pakistan, it is used as a surname by the Jatt Sikhs and Jat Muslims. Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include: *Adnan Virk, Canadian television sportscaster *Ammy V ...

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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 ...

Mughal Mughal or Moghul may refer to: Related to the Mughal Empire * Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries * Mughal dynasty * Mughal emperors * Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia * Mughal architecture * Mug ...

Khokhar Khokhar are a Punjabi community native to Pothohar Plateau of Pakistan, and the adjoining areas of India. Khokhars now predominantly follow Islam, though a minority continue to follow Hinduism. Many Khokhars converted to Islam from Hinduism a ...

Ansari Ansari may refer to: People *Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra *Ansari (nesba), people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba * ...

Kumar A coin, around 200 Yaudheyas.html" ;"title="BCE, of the Yaudheyas">BCE, of the Yaudheyas with depiction of Kumāra Karttikeya Kumar (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: wikt:कुमार, कुमार ''kumārá'') is a title, given name, m ...

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 an ...

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Minhas The Minhas or Manhas is a Rajput Clan. They are found in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. These are spread in most of the part of Gagwan and Jhatgali of district Ramban. It is found in Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities. Not ...

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 E ...

Qureshi Qureshi (also known as Qureyshi, Quraishi, Qurayshi, Qureshy, Quraishy, Qoraishi, Qoreshi, Koraishi, Kureshi, Kureshy, Kureishi, Coreish) is a Muslim family name. In English it has many spellings, in Arabic is spelled "", which means part of the ...

Julah Julah is a village in Tejakula District in the regency of Buleleng in north-eastern Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island ...

Chowkidar ''Chowkidar'' is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Shyam Ralham. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Yogeeta Bali, Vinod Khanna and Om Prakash in lead roles. Plot Shambhu (Om Prakash) is a village Chowkidar (night watchman), who is helpful to ...

Bajwa Bajwa ( pa, ਬਾਜਵਾ ; ) is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan. Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the cl ...

and a small Christian community also residing here.

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Gujranwala Gujranwala District