Lilla, Jhelum

Lilla (للہ) is a small city and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil.

The village is 220 m above sea level and is located in central Punjab. Lilla is also known as Lilla Town and Lilla Shareef. Lilla has four small parts: Lilla Bherwana, Lilla Bhera, Lilla Hindwana and Lilla Gujj.

Independence
The predominantly Muslim population supported the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while Muslim refugees from India settled down in Lilla and nearby areas.

Location
Lilla is located 163 km southwest of Islamabad, in Jhelum District. It lies about two miles away from the M-2 motorway, which connects Lahore and Islamabad. It is connected to the M-2 by the Lilla Interchange. Lilla is roughly 30 km from Pind Dadan Khan and 116 km from Jhelum. Directly connected by the M-2 motorway are Lahore, Islamabad, and the route to Khusab, Johrabad, Chakwal and Sargodha.

Topography
Lilla mainly comprises flat, fertile plains, although here are a high hills on the Peer Khara and Kallar Kahar Road. The River Jhelum flows on the western and northern sides. The city is located 220 m above sea level.

Climate
The village has a climate of extreme heat in the summers and moderate cold in the winters. The maximum temperature reaches 50 C in the summer while the minimum temperature recorded is as low as 0 C in the winter.

The average annual rainfall is 1200 mm, most of which falls in the summer monsoon season. However, westerly disturbances also bring quite significant rainfall in the winter. In summer, the record maximum temperature was 48.4 C in June 1954, and the lowest minimum recorded temperature was -3.9 C on several occasions, most recently in January 1967.

The biggest floods in Jhelum in recent years were in 1992. Jhelum city and surrounding areas were almost completely submerged under flood waters.

Demographics
The majority of the people in the village speak Punjabi.

Historical places

 * Darbar Hazrat Khawja Faiz Bakhsh Chishti Nizami
 * Darbar Peer Hazrat Lillahi
 * Peer Khara
 * Kakiya Wali Sarkar
 * Miana khoh

Mosques
There are four main mosques and about 30 small mosques in the city.

Schools

 * Govt Higher Secondary School
 * Govt girls high school
 * Al Ghazali High School
 * Dar-e-Arqam Schools
 * The Sufa Grammar

Madrasa and darbars

 * Astana Aliya Chistia Nizamia Sulemania
 * Darbar Hazrat Khawja Faiz Bakhsh Chishti Nizami R.A
 * Astaniya Aliya Lilla Shareef Madrasa
 * Darbar Peer Hazrat Lillahi R.A
 * Darbar Sindhan Badshah R.A
 * Darbar Bawa Sakhi Gulam Sarwar Qadri R.A
 * Darbar Peer Khara Sharif
 * Mazaar Sharif Majzob Hazrat Qaim deen Bra dar e Akbar Alla hazrat
 * Mazaar Sharif Qazi Hassan Deen
 * Mazaar sharif badshah bukhari lilla behra

Transportation
Lilla is about 5 km from the M-2 motorway which connects Lahore and Islamabad. It is also connected to other cities including Pind Dadan Khan, Jhelum, Chakwal, Khushab, Sargodha and Mianwali by a highway. Bus services drive regular routes from Lilla to the rest of the country.

Lilla is also connected by the rest of the country by rail.

Notable people
Political & Social leader Political & Social leader
 * Muhammad Fahad ul Hassan, Social Media
 * Khalid Masud, Islamic Scholar by profession Chemical Engineer
 * Ch Asif Hameed Lilla,
 * Brig Retired Mushtaq Ahmed Lilla, Politician PTI, MPA PP27
 * Nasir Mehmood, politician PMLN, EX MPA PP27
 * Doctor Riaz Lilla, Surgeon