User:Shampur Khokhran Gujrat

Shampur Khokhran Gujrat is a Small village of Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32.6582°N 74.4049°E with an altitude of 123.00 meters (403.54 feet) and is about 37.2 km north west of Gujrat city and about 33.8 km from the city of Sialkot. It is a small valley type location,surrounded by small mud hills and river Chenab River Pakistan. This village comes under the administrative jurisdiction of Union Council Mari Khokhran. The nearby villages are Rindheer Khokhran ,BehlolPur, Mari Khokhran. People of all these villages live very cordially like brothers with mutual respect and love for each other. Though the village falls under District Gujrat.

Demography
The inhabitants are small-time farmers, however, shrinking family holdings due to land erosion caused by River has pushed people towards diversification of earning livelihood. A few people serve in the Paramilitary Forces of the Pakistan, few work as labors in factories in Sialkot and some are working overseas. The village has a population of around 1000. Agriculture, livestock, labor are the main source of income. Almost 100% of the population is Muslim. There are few Christian families also in the village, living very cordially. The main tribes in the village are the Malik (Khokhar).

History
Shampur Khokhran is a quite old, before the Partition of India. The village Shampur Khokhran is famous for its Influential people,some of them are Malik Gull Nawaz(late) ,Muhammad Ali(late),Master Ashraf(late) Gujrat

Tourism
The Shampur Thokar which is a tourist spot as well is located just about a kilometre from Shampur bus Stop. Green Field with water flowing with it gives a scenic view.It is a very attractive tourist place and very fine picnic spots can be developed here. This place gives a good view of the river.

Education facilities
Shampur Khokhran has one primary school, one Elementary School girls and one High School for boys, Gov. of Punjab, Pakistan decided to upgrade Girls Elementary school with High School.People of this Shampur Khokhran are very passionate and competitive about education,Parents and teachers are very keen to deliver quality education to their future generation.

Business opportunity
The area has a lot of potential for setting up new industries (Like:- Flour Mills, rice mills and milk pack Industries... etc) along the Marala-Gujrat road. Labour is cheap in the land is available in abundance and on cheap rates.

Politicians

 * (late)Malik Gull Nawaz (Police Officer) Punjab Police
 * (late)Muhammad Ali(Social Worker)
 * Nabardar Muhammad Waris(Nabardar)Shampur Khokran
 * Master Abdul Majeed(Teacher) Kurree Sharif
 * Master Ashraf(Teacher) Kurree Sharif
 * Malik Muhammad Naeem (Politician) Shampur Khokhran

Teachers

 * Sir Abdul Majeed
 * Sir Muhammad Aftab
 * Sir Tufail
 * Miss Noreen