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Jakkar

Village Postoffice jakkar tehsil & district Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan

Jakkar جکر جکر
Village Postoffice jakkar tehsil & district Jhelum
جکر JAKKAR
33°02′N 73°43′E / 33.033°N 73.717°E / 33.033; 73.717
Pakistan	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Jhelum
Elevation	231 m (761 ft)

Jakkar is a village of Union Council of Boken Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Total population of village is 2,295, and total houses are 377, head of the village is نمبردار خاور وجاہت وسیم چوہدری ، In this village there are mixed casts of people living, Gujjar گجر are in majority, especially Paswal gujjar پسوال گجر , it has one high school for girls and one for boys. It has a Big minar in the village بڑی مسجد which you can spot from miles away. There is a free hospital for the people of the village as well called Jakkar Medical Trust جکر میڈیکل ٹرسٹ run and managed by فیصل امین چوہدر. It is very big and a very important part of the village. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil,^[1] and is located at 32°55'0N 73°36'E and has an altitude of 231 metres (761 feet).,^[2] there are 3 swimming pools چھپڑ in the village,

References

^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Jakkar, Pakistan".