Choa Khalsa

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Choa Khalsa
چوآ خالصا
Town
Choa Khalsa
Coordinates: 33°24′39″N73°28′47″E / 33.41083°N 73.47972°E / 33.41083; 73.47972
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province Flag of Punjab.svg   Punjab
District Rawalpindi
Tehsil Kallar Syedan
UC Choa Khalsa
Population
 (2017 Pakistani census) [1]
 • Total
97,623
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code 051

Choa Khalsa is a town and union council of Kallar Syedan Tehsil, [2] Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Before 2004, this town or village was a part of Kahuta Tehsil. The town consists of 800 houses. On 1 July 2004, Choa Khalsa became a union council. This region is also generally called Pothohar Plateau. [3]

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History

The word "choa" means water spring, and Khalsa is related to Sikhism. Khalsa is a strict Sikh religious order founded in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh. The term "Khalsa" is an Arabic word. There are various interpretations to the term "Khalsa. One general meaning of the term is "free from impurities" or "pure". This term is also defined as the land or estate which belongs directly to the king, without any intermediary claims of lords, nobles or farmers to the same in the Rawalpindi District. Some villages go by the name of Dera Khalsa, Thoa Khalsa, or Choa Khalsa. They were so named because they were state owned villages during Sikh rule in Punjab.

Choa Khalsa village is located about 60 km from Rawalpindi city.

It was one of the villages affected by the 1947 Rawalpindi massacres. In March 1947, Pashtun tribals along with the Muslim League National Guard attacked this village, looted, raped and forced local Sikh women to convert to Islam. [3] 150 Sikhs were killed in total. [3] This barbaric attack set in motion a mass killing spree in the whole of the Punjab region. [3] Many Sikh women chose to drown themselves in a well in an act of mass suicide. [3]

Villages

Choa Khalsa Circle Union Councils

Choa Khalsa is center of six union councils.

UC numberUnion councilPopulation
(2017)
UC24 Nala Musalmana [1] 00,00
UC25 Manyanda [1] 00,00
UC26 Samote [1] 30000 approximately
UC27Choa Khalsa [1] 00,00
UC28 Kanoha [1] 14000 approximately
UC 29 Doberan Kallan [1] 00,00

After Delimitation 2018 Choa Khalsa Circle 6 Union Councils of Kallar Syedan Tehsil comes under NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II), National Assembly.and in PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) of Punjab Assembly.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Rawalpindi District population blockwise including Choa Khalsa (scroll down to page 41 of 143)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "RAWALPINDI: Kallar Syedan starts functioning as tehsil". Dawn newspaper. 2 July 2004. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Singh, Ajmer (23 October 2022). "The March Massacre in Pothohar (including in Choha Khalsa village)". The Tribune (Chandigarh) newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
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