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! colspan=”5″ style=”text-align:center; background:YellowGreen;”| ”’Sources”’Census of Pakistan, 1951, Village List, Punjab, Gujrat District, Office of the Provincial Superintendent Census, Punjab and Bahawalpur, Lahore, June 1952, Page: 45 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16292 Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Gujrat – Page 70 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15391 Population Census of Pakistan, 1972: Gujrat – Page 155 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14751 1981 District Census Report of Gujrat – Page 121 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14618 1998 District Census Report of Gujrat – Page 276
! colspan=”5″ style=”text-align:center; background:YellowGreen;”| ”’Sources”’Census of Pakistan, 1951, Village List, Punjab, Gujrat District, Office of the Provincial Superintendent Census, Punjab and Bahawalpur, Lahore, June 1952, Page: 45 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16292 Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Gujrat – Page 70 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15391 Population Census of Pakistan, 1972: Gujrat – Page 155 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14751 1981 District Census Report of Gujrat – Page 121 http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/14618 1998 District Census Report of Gujrat – Page 276
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Village in Punjab, Pakistan
Village in Gujrat, District administration
Chak Dina[2] (; Urdu: چک دینا; Colloquial: Dina Chak), is a village in Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated at about five km westwards from the town of Lalamusa. It is located at 32°42’0N 73°53’0E with an altitude of 233 metres (767 feet).[3]
Chak Dina which previously fell in the Gunja Union Council, is now part of Kotla Qasim Khan Union Council. Other villages in this Union Council are Saida Baraham, Sukhchaina, Chakori Khurd, Thurgala and Jalaldin.
Revenue circles[edit]
The village falls under the revenue limits of Kanungoi Circle Lalamusa and Patwar Circle Jataria Kalan. A Kanungoi Circle is headed by a Kanungo (also Qanungo[4][5]) and a Patwar Circle is headed by a Patwari.
Etymology[edit]
The name Chak Dina is combination of words ‘Chak’ meaning village and ‘Dina’ meaning of Allahdin. The first inhabitant of the village Chaudhry Allahdin was nicknamed Dina hence Chak Dina became the name of the village. There are other villages in the close vicinity which have names of the same pattern like Chak Ikhlas and Chak Rajjadi.
History[edit]
The village was founded in the second half of the 18th century CE by Chaudhry Allahdin, a Muslim descendant of Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala at the site of Shahpur, a city ruined by revolution of the time.
Ships named after Chak Dina[edit]
British India Steam Navigation Company (BI) (registered in 1856 as the Calcutta & Burmah Steam Navigation Company and got new name in 1862) borrowed the name Chakdina from this village to name two of its ships.
Chakdina (1)[edit]
Chakdina (1) built in 1914 was bombed and sunk in Mediterranean in 1941.[6]
Chakdina (2)[edit]
Chakdina (2) built in 1951 was transferred to Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company in 1973. In 1975, it was renamed Strathlairg and scrapped in Taiwan in 1977.[7]
Demographics[edit]
| Historical population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | Time span (yrs) | %± | Annual RoG %± |
| 1951 | 720 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 758 | 10 | 5.28% | .52% |
| 1972 | 1,017 | 11 | 34.17% | 2.71% |
| 1981 | 1,139 | 9 | 12% | 1.27% |
| 1998 | 1,362 | 17 | 19.58% | 1.06% |
| 2017 | 1,637 | 19 | 20.19% | .97% |
| 2023 (est) | 1,735 | 6 | 5.99% | .97% |
| Sources[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] | ||||
The following is the statistics of the village land according to successive population censuses conducted since the creation of Pakistan:
| Census Year | 1951 | 1961 | 1972 | 1981 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area in Acres | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 |
Immigration[edit]
In 1966, after the Mangla Dam was built on the Jhelum River, some effected people from Mirpur (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) whose property had come under waters of the dam migrated to the village and inhabited a new locality namely Chak Fazal Shah within the revenue limits of Chak Dina. Besides purchasing land for inhabiting their locality, they also purchased some agricultural land from the people of Chak Dina. In return for such land, the local land holders were helped to immigrate their sons to England for job. As such five boys of the village immigrated to England who later settled there.
Some overseas workers belonging to this village have also settled in other European countries such as Norway, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal and in North America.
Schools[edit]
The village has elementary (I-VIII) school for boys and primary (I-V) school for girls.[14][15]
There are tombs of saints Sain Khaki Shah, Hafiz Jan Muhammad…
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