Gunja, Pakistan

Gunja
گنجه
Union council and town
Gunja
گنجه
Location in Punjab Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°43′12″N 73°51′36″E / 32.72000°N 73.86000°E / 32.72000; 73.86000
Country Pakistan
Region Punjab
District Gujrat District
Tehsil Kharian Tehsil
Government
  Chairman Choudhry Iqbal Chak Iklas
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT)
Postal Code 50141
Area code(s) 0537

Gunja(Urdu: گنجه ) is a town and a union council of Kharian Tehsil and Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is part of Kharian Tehsil. Other villages in the union council are Chak Ikhlas, Mughli, Dhalla, Chak Rajjadi, Jataria Khurd, Jataria Kalan, Chatta and Shahsar mast.

Geography

The nearest city of Gunja is Lalamusa. Gunja is a midpoint between three cities Dinga, Kharian and Lalamusa. Almost 11 km from Lalamusa and 15 km from Kharian and Dinga. Surrounding villages of Gunja is Hail, Bashna, Chak Iklas and Mugli. Gunja is 8 km far from G.T Road.

Village Gunja also have a Govt Hospital

And Private clinics around the village

Lifestyle

The village is surrounded on all sides by farmland. The major trades in the town are farming, masonry, and other types of manual labor. Gunja has a large diaspora living overseas, mainly in Middle east, United States, and Europe. Remittances sent from overseas are a major source of income of the village.

Schools

Gunja has a number of private and government schools including:

  • Government boys High School
  • Government girls High School
  • Moozam Ideal Public School
  • Tipu Junior Model School

Notable people

References

  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. National Reconstruction Bureau- Government of Pakistan 2007. Accessed May 10, 2012
  2. 1 2 Sultan M. Babar "House where I spent first 10 years of my life" Accessed May 10, 2012.
  3. "Borough of Carteret, New Jersey - Health Department". Ci.carteret.nj.us. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  4. Carteret Board of Health Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine., Carteret Board of Health, Accessed August 26, 2011.
  5. Jackosn, Herb Legislators top list of Obama delegates Archived 2012-07-08 at Archive.is The Source, Accessed April 4, 2012
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Coordinates: 32°43′12″N 73°51′36″E / 32.72000°N 73.86000°E / 32.72000; 73.86000


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