Mangwal

For the place in Afghanistan, see Mangwal, Afghanistan.

Mangwal
Village and union council
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab Province
District	Chakwal District
Government
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Almost whole population of Mangwal consist of SHIA MUSLIM

Mangwal is a village and union council, an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, it is part of Chakwal Tehsil^[1] and is located at 33°6'30N 72°49'32E.^[2]

At the time of British India - Mangwal was part of Chakwal tehsil and Chakwal was an important tehsil of Jhelum district. While, rest of the residents of other tehsils were referred as Jhelumi or jhelumis - Residents of Chakwal were particularly called Chakwalias. Aboriginals of Mangwal belonged to the ferocious Khokhar tribe and with onset of religious boundaries got divided between Hindus/ Sikhs and Muslims. In 1947 the lone Hindu family (Bali - Punjabi Pandits) and all Sikh Khokhars migrated to various parts of India. Mangwal lost about 70% of its population. Mangwal is also famous for its special way of cooking rice, the rice thus cooked is called Mangwalia.

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References

Administrative divisions of Chakwal District

Capital	Chakwal

Union councils	Arra Balkassar Balokassar Basharat Begal Bharpur Bheen Bhilomar Bhoun Bidher Buchal Kalan Budhial Chak Malook Chak Umra Chakwal City-I Chakwal City-Ii Chakwal City-Iii Chakwal City-Iv Chakwal City-V Choa Ganj Ali Shah Choa Saidanshah Dab Dalwal Dandot Dhoular Dhudial Dhurnal Dullah Dulmial Dumman Jabbi Shah Dilawar Jand Jand Khanzada Jassial Jaswal Jhatla Kallar Kahar Karsal Karyala Khairpur Khotian Kot Choudrain Kot Gullah Kot Qazi Kot Sarang Lawa Lehr Sultanpur Leti Mangwal Miani Mulhal Mughlan Multan Khurd Munara Mureed Naka Kahoot Noorpur Odherwal Padshahan Pichnand Piera Fatehial Saghar Saral Talagang City-I Talagang City-Ii Tamman Tehi Thoa Mehram Khan Warwal

Coordinates: 33°6′30″N 72°49′32″E / 33.10833°N 72.82556°E / 33.10833; 72.82556

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