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Bhai Kot | |
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  Bhai Kot | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′56″N73°44′36″E / 30.94889°N 73.74333°E Coordinates: 30°56′56″N73°44′36″E / 30.94889°N 73.74333°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Kasur |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Bhai Kot (Chak No. 03) [1] is a village in Pattoki Tehsil, Kasur District, Punjab, Pakistan, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Pattoki town. Most of the population of this village consists of Meos. Other clans like Jats, Arains, and Dogars are in a minority.[ citation needed ] There are two primary schools in the village, one for girls and one for boys. [2] Most of the people here are farmers and labourers.[ citation needed ]
Chak, a Punjabi word, is the land revenue settlement/assessment circle marking a contiguous block of land, now the individual chak circles have come to be associated with the name of the village founded within the revenue circle. Chak circles are based on the British Raj era revenue collection system. To enhance the government revenue during the British Raj, new canals were built to bring the barani (barren) areas under cultivation by introducing the irrigation to the bangar (upland) areas of Punjab region. Block of contiguous land irrigated by the specific Rajwaha were given a unique chak number each. The migrant farmers were brought in to settle into those newly irrigated areas around the core of new villages [which started out as dhanis]. Those new villages were called by the same name as their corresponding irrigation circle chak number. Government left it to those residents to give "chaks" a proper village name later. In due time, the term "chak" became synonymous with the term "village".
Pattoki Tehsil, is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The market town of Pattoki is the headquarters of the tehsil.
Kasur District or Qasur District, is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Earlier it was part of Lahore District.
