Balokassar
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Balokassar is a village and union council
, an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District
in the Punjab Province
of Pakistan
, it is part of Chakwal Tehsil
. The village gets its name from the Kassar
tribe, who also make up the majority of the population. It is one of a cluster of villages such as Balkassar
, which form the tribal homeland of the Kassar.
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
, an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District
Chakwal District
Chakwal is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Chakwal district was created in 1985; until the year 2000 when divisions were abolished, it was part of Rawalpindi Division.-Administration:...
in the Punjab Province
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, it is part of Chakwal Tehsil
Chakwal Tehsil
Chakwal Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 38 Union Councils - five of which form the capital Chakwal. During British rule the tehsil was part of Jhelum District, according to the 1901 census the population...
. The village gets its name from the Kassar
Kassar
Kassar or Mughal Kassar Kassar or Mughal Kassar Kassar or Mughal Kassar (Urdu: ( کسر / مغل قصر ) are a Mughal tribe and one of the three major land-owning tribes in the Dhani country of Chakwal District in Punjab province, Pakistan. They occupy the northern part of Dhani, called Babial and Chaupeda...
tribe, who also make up the majority of the population. It is one of a cluster of villages such as Balkassar
Balkassar
Balkassar is a village and union council, an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan It is part of Choa Saidanshah Tehsil. The village gets its name from the Kassar tribe, who also make up the bulk of the population...
, which form the tribal homeland of the Kassar.