Hameed Village

Hameed
حميد
Village
Hameed

Location in Pakistan

Coordinates: 33°54′N 72°28′E / 33.900°N 72.467°E / 33.900; 72.467
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Attock District
Tehsil Hazro Tehsil
Government
  Type Union Council
Elevation 30 ft (10 m)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
  Summer (DST) +6 (UTC)

Hameed (Arabic:حمید) is a village in Chhachh valley, Hazro Tehsil, Attock District, Punjab province, Pakistan. Hameed is located in the west of chhachh [1] area about 4 km from Hazro [2] city. Hameed has its own Union Council including other surrounding villages.

Location

Coordinates: 33°54′N 72°28′E / 33.9°N 72.467°E

Other villages, Towns, cities, and places surrounding Hameed are:

North North West West West South South East East South East North
Dhoke Afghan Dhoke Ibrahimabad Malhoo Shamsabad Saman Dhoke Kawa Hazro city Aba Bakar
Bara Daman Kamalpur Musa Tajak Nika Saman Lakori Pandak Adal Zai
Haroon Kamalpur Alam Waisa Walia Darya Sharif Yaseen Kalan Shah Dher Saleem Khan
Mallah Kalan Painda Shadi Khan Kalu Kotha Jattial Chhachh Interchange Sarwana Asghar
Indus River Resort Sirka Mallah Kalu Khurd Qutba Shinka Khagwani Yaseen Khurd
River View Point Formuli Dilawarabad Sayden Malak Mala Sherani Momen Pur
Garhi Matani Lundi Bahadar Khan Behboodi Musa Jalalia
Khurakhail Peerabad Ghorghushti Ghazi Brotha Canal Hasan Pur
Gondal Mandi Ghazi Brotha Canal Tarbela Dam Airport
Fateh Chak

History

The name "Hameed" (Arabic:حمید) means "Prasie worthy, He who is the only one to be praised and glorified and thanked by all creatures." It is also a name of Allah (God) in Islam.

Its came in hear that first person who came in this area for living is an Hindu and his name was Hami Das. By the passage of time as increasing Muslim population its became a small village named Hameed (having Islamic origin and meaning) from the name of Hami Das.

At the time of partition of India this area becomes a part of Pakistan and all Hindu migrated to Bharat so now total population is Muslim.

Tribes

Many tribes are living here, in which some are as follow

Language

As per the 1998 census of Pakistan, the following are the demographics of the Attock district, by spoken language:

Inhabitants of Attock District speak a great variety of Punjabi dialects: which are

In Hameed Village people understand the all types of Punjabi but Chhachi and Hindko languages are mainly used as spoken languages.

Other Languages include:

See also

References

  1. Chach (Chhachch) - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 115
  2. Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi district 1893-94 published by Sang-E-Meel Publications and Page 259
  3. Masica, Colon P. (9 September 1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 0521299446.

External links

Coordinates: 33°54′00″N 72°28′01″E / 33.9°N 72.467°E / 33.9; 72.467

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