Chapri, Mianwali
Village and union council
CountryPakistan
RegionPunjab
DistrictMianwali District
TehsilIsakhel Tehsil
201519 Nov 2015
Government
  TypeLocal Body
  ChairmanHaji Muhammad Iqbal Khan
  Vice ChairmanRafi Ullah Khan
Population
 (2017)
  Total13,243 (Chapri Village)[1]
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Chapri, meaning in English is Hut, is a village and union council of the Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[2] It is located in Isakhel Tehsil at 32°58′46″N 71°23′28″E / 32.97944°N 71.39111°E / 32.97944; 71.39111,[3] and lies about 17 km from Kalabagh and Qamar Mashani on two separate roads. The people of the area are educated and hard working. Most of the people are employed in Army Apart from doing Jobs in other govt Department. Sub (R) Khiyal Mir Khattak was the leader who started the political process in Chapri particularly known as Khattak belt. He contested the provisional assembly elections but because of own people disunity he lost the election. He worked hard to bring the Khattak tribe on one page. There are other notables in the Chapri who not only went to higher ranks in commission cadre of Pakistan Army but working hard for the Khattak belt unity. Among them are Lt Col (r) Shaista Mir Khattak, Lt Col Dr Saeed Khattak, Lt Col Rasheed Khattak, are few ones.

Chapri lies adjacent to Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

References

  1. "Block Wise Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017 [As on January 03, 2018]". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mianwali - Government of Pakistan Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Location of Chapri - Falling Rain Genomics


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