Chak 21 SB

Chak 21 S.B.
Village
Chak 21 S.B.
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°11′18″N 73°01′43″E / 32.18833°N 73.02861°E / 32.18833; 73.02861Coordinates: 32°11′18″N 73°01′43″E / 32.18833°N 73.02861°E / 32.18833; 73.02861
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Sargodha

Chak 21 S.B. is a village, four kilometers to the north of Kot Momin, in Sargodha District. It is the biggest village of Union Council 38. This village came into existence on the South Branch Canal created in 1901 by the British. In this village the most respected person was Choudhary Ghulam Hussain Jethal (late). One of his sons, Choudhary Muhammad Ali Jethal, travelled to Italy in 1986 and settled there; he became the president of Pakistani Association in the city Reggio Emilia. He devoted his life for the welfare of the people. The chairman of UC-38 is also from this village, Raja Jahangeer Haider, who belongs to the Raja Janjua family.

ln this village there are two major tribes: the Sunnis and Shiites.

Different families from District Jehlum, Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, moved there and got 50-acre (200,000 m2) per family agricultural land based on the mare they own. The people living here there major source of income is the Mandarin, the village is associated with facilities like natural gas, electricity and roads. The climate of this village in summer is about 40 °C, and in winter it reaches also 4 °C. In this village there are 5 mosques and 1 Shiite prayer place. This village has 2 graveyards. This village 90% consists of the families who derive from Jehlum. Major families in the village are:

Most of the families are associated with agriculture. Area is good for the production of Kinno (Mondarian).

Literacy rate is around 60%. There is one elementary school for boys and primary school for girls.

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