Nowshera Virkan

Nowshera Virkan (Urdu: نوشہره وِركاں‎), is a tehsil and large town west of the industrial city of Gujranwala, Pakistan.

Nowshera Virkan lies in the Gujranwala District; under the constituency of NA-100.Nowshera is a hub of rice and wheat growing villages, and many rice, wheat mills and flour mills. Nowshera virkan has many grain markets, The area of Nowshera Virkan is populated with Muslims.

Nowshera Virkan has many boys and girls schools in the area and are key places for building the next generation. Nowadays the Government degree college for women is gaining fame in female side to go forward and build the nation side by side with males. For technical education there is a vocational training institute to fill the future need and to produce the technical hands.

With related to health facilities the Tehsil Head Quarter Hospital is working with adequate staff and health facilities, along this there are many Basic Health Units are working on small village level to provide the health facilities.

The popular games are cricket, kabadi, Badminton, and football.

From the commercial point of view the main bazar and grain market are the main places, and HBL, NBP, Allied, and UBL work here. Development of the area with mega projects are Motorway interchange (cost 35 Arab), Nowshera Virkan to Artali road (cost 55 crore), Haideri chowk to Alipur (15arab), a girls college (25 crore) Nowshera Virkan to Awan chowk (cost 95crore), Nowshera Virkan to Hafizabad (cost 75 crore), a new tehsil office (cost 5crore), Sui gas to more than 100 villages (cost more than 50 crore), city severage and street development (more than 15 crore), clean drinking water scheme (cost 30lakhs), main bazaar development (cost 1 crore) and many other minor projects in different villages of more than 50 crores in the previous years.

History

This town is believed to have been established before when Pathans attacked Punjab. Initially, it was known as Nowshera; but, the presence of Virk dominance in the area and for its unique identity this become Nowshera Virkan soon after its establishment.

Villages of Nowshera Virkan

Many important villages lies in this Tehsil. More importantly, the villages which are producing a big amount of wheat and rice are: Mangoki virkan is the beg village of tehsil and roll in tehsil very inportant Tarkhanawala, Khan Musliman, Douburji Virkan, Marri Bhindran,Tatlay Aali, Leel, Baddoratta, Matta Virkan,Chani Virkan, Saahoke Virkan,Garmula Virkan, Mattu Bhayike, Chack Choudhry, Karyal Kalaan, Chachoki, Artaali Virkan, Aabidabad, Meloo Virkan, Qasimpur, Bhangwan, Shamsa Dhadda, Bathanwala, Garianwala, Derakearwala, Bopara, Buddha Goraya, Ghummanwala, Bhakranwali, KotBilal,Kurar etc. nokhar

Major castes

Important castes in this area are as under and the distribution of the population (caste wise) is respectively:

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• Araee`n
• Virk
• Hanjra
• Kumhar
• Jatt
• Rajput
• Mughal
• Gujjar
• Gurayyee
• Malik
• Pathan
• Chattha (Basharat Ali Chattha)
• saikhu (mohammad malik saikhu)

Political status

Nowshera Virkan falls under NA-100 PP 101 and PP102. There are many influential politicians from this area including Chaudry Abid Javed Virk, Chaudry Khalid Pervaiz ex MPA, Irfan Basir ex MPA,Ch. Rafaqat Hussain Gujjar current MPA,Haji Mudassir Nahra (PML N), Rana Bilal Ijaz EX MNA and Honest Leader of Nowshera Virkan his father Ch Ijaz Ahmad was also elected from here As a Member Of National Assambly Five time consecutively and have done great contribution for the development of Nowshera virkaan, Chaudry Tussadiq Masud ex MNA (PPP) in 2013 PML-N took a clean sweep in Nowshera Virkan.No one has ever deafeted the Virks present there but now as Mudeser Qyum Nahra has did.Ch.Ghous Virk who remain the Chaiman Zilla Council of Gujranwala consecutive and undefeated.His son Ch.Javed Virk was never defeted from anyone.He took part in eight elections was undeafeted.Khalid Javed Virk was a knoew personality and a brave man.Once he threw a glass toward's Mian Nawaz Sharif during the conference and abused Sharif brother's.

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