Botala
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Botala is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils of Khushab District
in the Punjab Province
of Pakistan
It is situated on the main Mianwali, Lahore road.Its about 12 kilometers distance from district headquarters Jauahrabad and 60 kilometers from divisional headquarters Sargodha.
Khushab District
Khushab District is a rural tribal district located in Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census, the population was 905,711 with 24.76% living in urban areas. The district consists of 3 tehsils: Khushab, Nurpur, and Quaidabad, as well as a sub-tehsil Naushera...
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 situated on the main Mianwali, Lahore road.Its about 12 kilometers distance from district headquarters Jauahrabad and 60 kilometers from divisional headquarters Sargodha.
- AreaAreaArea is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
:Total area is near about 10000 acres (40.5 km²). - PopulationPopulationA population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
:population is about 18000. - Crops:major crops of botala are sugarcane, rice, wheat,etc.
- Canal and irrigation system:There are 5 major canals in the lands of botala,hundreds of water courses are lying there.
- DesertsDésertsDéserts is a piece by Edgard Varèse for brass , percussion , piano, and tape. Percussion instruments are exploited for their resonant potential, rather than used solely as accompaniment...
:The great thal desert starts from botala and its native town hadali as well. - Prominent Personalities:
- Malik Muhammad Zahoor Awan (Landowner)
- Malik Hassan Masood Awan (Landowner)
- Malik Muhammad Nawaz Awan (Landowner)
- Malik Ashraf Tiwana (Former Naib Nazim Botala)
- Malik Zafar Tiwana (Ministry of Interior)
- Prof. Mazhar Hussain Tiwana