Ali Pur Chatta
Alipur Chattha
علی پور چٹھہ Akalgarh | |
|---|---|
Tehsil | |
  Alipur Chattha Location of Alipur Chattha  Alipur Chattha Alipur Chattha (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′N 73°29′E / 32.16°N 73.49°ECoordinates: 32°10′N 73°29′E / 32.16°N 73.49°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Wazirabad |
| Tehsil | Ali Pur Chattha |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5 sq mi (12 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2017) | 60,989[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +5 |
| Postal code type | 34451 |
| Calling code | 055 |
Ali Pur Chattha (Urdu: علی پور چٹھہ) is a Tehsil and union council of Ali Pur Chatha Tehsil, Wazirabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.[2][3] Ali Pur Chattha (formerly Akalgarh) is a tehsil of Wazirabad District in the Gujrat Division of Pakistan. It is situated nearly 35km away in the west from the district capital Wazirabad District, about 25 to 30 km in North of Hafizabad and 8km in the south from Rasool Nagar and 15km Chenab River (Qadirabad Barrage) and almost 26km in North of Vanike Tarar.
History
In the Ali Pur Chattha area, there are the ruins of the historical city of Akālgarh with the remnants of the Sikh Empire in this area.[4]
The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. At that time, the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.[citation needed]
Communication
Alipur is connected with Wazirabad via Wazirabad-Alipur Highway and connected with Gujranwala via Kalaskay through Gujranwala-Alipur Highway. The Wazirabad-Faisalabad rail link has a railway station in the city called Alipur Chatta railway station.[5]
References
- ^ "GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Location of Akalgarh - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Chief Minister looks into the alleged torture of two sisters (at Alipur Chatha) Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 9 June 2012, Retrieved 1 June 2018
- ^ Bansal, Bobby Singh (1 December 2015). Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 9789384544935.
- ^ "Pakistan Railways". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014.
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