Chak (village)

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Chak is an Urdu word, which means village. In the Punjab province of Pakistan, numbers are used instead of names. The villages are named using a certain nomenclature that dates back to British Rule, all names are prefixed "Chak" followed by a number and a letter. The number is the name of the village and the letter relates to their source of water.

Sadiqabad

For example in Sadiqabad the chaks use water from a canal for agriculture. These chaks are suffixed either with P or NP, where the P stands for the Panjnad river from which they draw water. Some chaks that have developed a name other than their number, which may reference the name of a town leader. may be referred to as "Chak (number) (letters) (name)". For instance: Chak 130 P, Chak 151 P, Chak 152 P, Chak 164 NP, Chak 173 P.

In other parts of Punjab, chaks lie along other waterways:

Chak 445 GB, Thaggan Wali (Gogera Branch canal)
Chak 127 JB, Bhatti Wala (Jhang Branch canal)
Chak 128 NB (North Branch canal)

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