Chakrian

Village in Gujrat District, Pakistan

Chakrian is a village in union council of Langay (near Mangowall) in Gujrat District of Pakistan.

Local politicians of Chakrian failed get funds for improvement of infrastructure of the village, Road connecting the village with nearby town Mangowal is in very poor condition from decades, education infrastructure, water, gas and swerage system of the village is also very poor because of the negligence of government and politicians.

The politics of the village is divided into family based groups no one stands for the rights of the village.

But after September 2024, people of Chakrian decided to unite under one platform (Chakrian Welfare Association) to solve there problems beyond politics.

In historical meeting of 18th October 2024, people of chakrian decided to improve infrastructure of the village by there own. More than 100 overseas boys of Chakrian promised to finance the projects of Chakrian welfare association.

At 18th of October the village decided to build the Chakrian Mangowal road at there own. The construction of the road is under way, this project will change dynamics of the village politics after completion.

## Demographics

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The village has a population of around 5000. It is situated 23 kilometers west of the city of Gujrat. It is one of the very backward villages of Gujrat where electricity came in late '80s.

## History

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The village was named after the influential Sardar Chakar Singhan, a Sikh Sardar. In the 17th century, the Sufi saint Shah Sharif converted the residents of the village to Islam.

## Sports

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Volleyball, Cricket, Kabaddi and Badminton are popular sports.

A view of Chakrian.

## Facilities

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After a long phase of darkness, the village of Chakrian offers gas, electricity, Internet and 3G/4G wireless communications now.

## Education

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The four schools in Chakrian are:

* Government elementary School Chakrian (for boys, ~400 students)
* Government Elementary School Chakrian (for girls, ~250 students) The infrastructure of government school buildings is not upto mark.
* The people of Chakrian built the girls primary school building by their own donation. The cost of the project was more than 7 million rupees. The project was built under welfare organization of Chakrian named ( Chakrian welfare organization)
* Quaid public model school (co-education, ~200 students)
* Shaan-e Pakistan Elementary school (co-education)

## Languages

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The majority of inhabitants speak Punjabi. Other languages include Urdu, the national language of Pakistan and English.

Another view of the village of Chakrian.

## Governance

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2013, Ch Moonis Elahi in Chakrian during inauguration of Sui Gas in neighbour village, Miana Kot

### 2002 general election

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During the 2002 elections, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain defeated Ahmad Mukhtar for NA-105 constituency.[1] At village level, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain won with a majority of 500 votes. For PP-110, former Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won election.[2] Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won with a majority of 400 votes at village level.

### 2008 general election

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In the 2008 general election, Ahmad Mukhtar won.[3] In the Punjab Assembly, the village was represented by Chaudhry Moonis Elahi. At the village level (For NA-105), Ahmad Mukhtar received 641 votes and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain received 459 votes.[4] For PP-110. Nasir Mehmood, of People's Party, got 640 votes while Moonis Elahi could bag only 470 votes.[5]

### 2013 general election

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In the 2013 general election, PMLQ representative Chaudhry Pervez Elahi won the constituency "NA105" by a margin of 15000 Votes.[6] For PP-110, Moonis Elahi won by huge margin of 30000.[7] At Village level PMLQ got a lead of 604 Votes over PMLN and PPPP. Former Law Minister Of Punjab, Raja Muhammad Basharat, also won previously from there. It remains in the consistency of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Shaheed.

Former Deputy Mayor of Union Council Langay belongs to Chakrian.

## Local politicians

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the Local representatives of political parties of Pakistan are as follows:

* PML-Q Chaudhry Talib Hussain, Former Mayor Of Union Council Langay.
* PML-Q Chaudry Nusrat Iqbal (Deputy Nazim) UC langay
* PML N Chaudhry Muhammad Asghar
* PPPP Chaudhry Ali Bahadur
* PML-Q Ch rang baz warraich urf Kalo warraich

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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7. ^ "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

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