| Village: Ramewal | |
| Coordinates | |
| Occupiers | Chung Clan |
| Sub-tehsil | Nurmahal |
| District | Jalandhar |
| State | Punjab |
| Area telephone | 1826 |
| Postal code | 144039 [1]| |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 |
Ramewal (Punjabi: ਰਾਮੇਵਾਲ) is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the city Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India.
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Ramewal is almost 6 km from Nurmahal. The nearest Railway station to Ramewal is Nurmahal Railway station. Most of the occupiers of the village have the last name Chung, alternate spellings include Chungh and Choong. Waraich is a subclan of Chung, a warrior ethnic clan of the Jat people of India and Pakistan who are descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes. . [2]
Nurmahal was built on a place where an ancient town, called Kot Kahlur, was located which was proven by the bricks and many coins found beneath the soil of this town. It is believed that the ancient city was abandoned or destroyed around 1300 for an unknown reason. Maharaja Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Took This City Under His Control.
Nurmahal is named after Noor Jahan, the wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir (1605-1627) as she was brought up here, and is thought to have spent her childhood here.
Jalandhar and Multan are the oldest surviving cities of the Punjab region, with historical references as far back as A.D. 100.[3] The Jalandhar Doab (the region surrounding the city between the Beas and Sutlej rivers) also marked the easternmost territory of the empire of Alexander the Great.
There are many people who reside in the village (pind) of Ramewal and it is respectably populated. Some of those who are from Ramewal have immigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.
The main Religion followed by the majority in Ramewal is Sikhism. The minority are followers of either Islam or Hindhuism.
Ramewal is a fast growing village and is making a lot of advancements. There are a lot of developments installed for the village in the near future. Currently the construction of a Gurdwara is on-going. The Village and those who reside in it are making a name for themselves.
Ramewal's Post code and STD code are 144039 & 01826 respectively.
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