Karnana, Pakistan

Karnana U/C 73
Town/Village/Union Council
Sunset's view on a Road of Karnana
Nickname(s): Akhtar Karnana
Karnana Position in Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°39′35″N 73°52′00″E / 32.65972°N 73.86667°E / 32.65972; 73.86667Coordinates: 32°39′35″N 73°52′00″E / 32.65972°N 73.86667°E / 32.65972; 73.86667
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Gujrat
Tehsil	Kharian
Division	Gujranwala
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Demonym(s)	Karnania
Languages
• Local/Provincial	Punjabi(Majhi Punjabi)
Time zone	PK.ST (UTC+5)
Postal code[1]	50700
Calling code	053[2]
Vehicle registration	GT
Number of Towns	1
Number of union councils	1
Website	http://www.pakistan.gov.pk
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Karnana (Urdu: کرنانہ ‎) also known as Akhtar Karnana is a town and Union Council (U/C Karnana 73) of Gujrat District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.^[4] It is located^[5] at 32°39'35"N, 73°52'0"E and has an altitude of 233 metres (767 feet).^[6]

History of the region

After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikhs invaded and occupied Gujrat District. During the period of British rule, Hafiz Ghulam Muhammad Ch.was a religious spiritual and herbal practitioner of Karnana.Hafiz had been helped and defended poor karnanian against powerful Hindu Khuttri Gujrat District increased in population and importance.

After the division of the subcontinent in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India and Muslim refugees from India settled in the Gujrat District. Now mainly Muslim families live in Karnana.

Geography

Approximately it is located 12.6 kilometers (7.8 mi) away from Lalamusa and 16.5 kilometers (10 mi) away from Dinga.Kharian and gujrat cities have same distance round about 30 km from Akhtar Karnana. It is a famous Town near to Lalamusa. People of Karnana generally go to Lalamusa for shopping. The neighboring towns are Chechian, Pir Jand, Jaura, Ghurko, Miana Chak, Lambor, Umar Chak, Bhola, Rakdand, Sukh Chainah, Dhola, Ban Kalas, Bani, Bashna, Dinga, Lalamusa, Jalaldin, Ranian, and Paal.

Transportation

A railway line of Pakistan Railways passes through Karnana, linking Lalamusa, Dinga, Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha. There is Railway Station that had been Constructed in 1984 by the locals, notably 'Bau Akhtar Khatana and Muhammad Munir Mughal' and started officially in 25 April 1984 It is named after that person. Akhtar Karnana Railway Station (Urdu: اختر کرنانہ ریلوے اسٹیشن ‎) .^[7][8][9]

But now these days people prefers to travel on their privat Cars, Motorcycles, or Rickshaws.

Because trains don't have strict time table and also the number of trains passing is decreased from 14 to 2 or 3 after the death of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007. Because they burnt a lot of trains.

Religious / Islamic Places

There are approximately 14 Mosques, 2 of them are not yet constructed.

Mosques

Grand (Jamia) Mosques

• Central Mosques^[10]
• Al- Madina Mosque^[11][12]
• Quba Mosque^[13]

Other Mosques

• Ghosia Al-Rehmat Mosque
• Habib Mosque
• Husnain Tayyaban Mosque
• Ali Mosque
• Abu-Bakr Siddque Mosque
• Noor Mosque
• Mustafa Mosque
• Nasib Mosque (work in progress)
• Mosque of High School

Islamic Educational Places

Schools

Government Schools

• Govt High School Karnana
• Govt Primary school Karnana
• Govt Girls Elementary School Karnana

Private Schools

• Abdul Shakoor campus

The educator school dinga road Akhtar Karnana

• Noor Public Girls Model High School Karnana (Noor Puublic)
• Kinza Public Girls High School Karnana (Kinza)
• Sunrise Girls High School Karnana (Sunrise)
• Mustafai Public Girls High School Karnana

These are some famous Private Schools. But there are many other schools.

Families and Castes

Chaudhry Akhtar Ali Karnana and family is famous personality of Akhtar Karnana. Mian Afzal hayat forefathers belong to Karnana town.

If we talk about Caste and Families There are many families are living.

Gajgaye, Bahrwaal, Bhalot, Bajaar, Chechie, Gorsi, Jeendar, Khatana, Kooli, Meemlaa, Porh, Theekrya, Pariah, Thoola, Mughals and many other.

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