Jalalia (Pakistan)

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Jalalia

Area	25 km²
Code	057
Altitude	253 Meter
Population (2006) • Density	10,000 • 400/km²
Time zone	PST (UTC +4:30)
Nazim (Mayor)	Sarfraz Khan
Naib Nazim	Liaqat Khan
Number of Mohallas	9
Number of Mosques	14
Literacy rate	40%
Contact No.	0092-345-5954804
Main language(s)	Hindko

Jalalia (Urdu: جلاليه) is a village located in Chach, the northern part of Attock District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The village is divided into nine different village quarters (locally known as Mohallas):

Ganjal
Utman Khel
Dheri Sara
Kashmir abad
Aka khail
Alo mera
Ibrahim zai
Mughal abad
Abdulrehman Ghari

The village has two primary schools, a boys' high school, fourteen mosques and three madrasas, and 40% of its about 10,000 inhabitants are literate. There is a hospital, a medical store and over 70 shops. Like most villages Jalalia is also an agricultural village producing wheat, maize and tobacco in addition to vegetables and fruit.

With a typical northern Punjab climate the temperature varies between 3°C in winter and 48°C in summer.

[edit] Neighbouring areas

Jalalia is approximately 4-5 miles east of the city of Hazro and is bordered on the southeast and south by the town of Ghorghushti, on the southwest by the village of Shinka, on the west by the village of Momen Pur, on the north by the Indus River, and on the east by the village of Shakh Chur. Jalalia is approximately 15-20 miles west of the Tarbela Dam.