Kauntrila (Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

:کونتريله) is the name of a village and union council

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...

 of Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil

Gujar Khan Tehsil, head-quartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the seven Tehsils of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan...

 in Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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It is situated in the south of Pothohar's capital Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab. It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab...

. Kauntrila was a big market in pre partition

Partition of India

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 days, and was on the main walking route connecting Chakwal

Chakwal

Chakwal is the capital of Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 90 km south-east of the federal capital, Islamabad and is named after Chaudhry Chaku Khan, chief of the Mair Minhas tribe from Jammu, who founded it in 1525 CE during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur...

 and Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

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. Kauntrila is also an active Union Council of Gujar Khan.
This town has a number of ancient type houses, one which is the tallest building called "Mari" means tall house in Pothohari language. This Mari was owned by a "Bakhshi" before partition who was a very rich man and trader of India.
Kauntrila itself is a populated small town among few of old qasbas in Tehsil Gujar Khan.
Rajputs of MOHRA MARI are prominent from this town. MOHRA MARI is adjascent to Kauntrila. This Rajput family is in politics since 1956 so their political role is visible in Rawalpindi DISTT.
There is one Girls High School and one Boys Higher Secondary School in the main town.One Rural Health Centre is also working here.
Play Grounds of Boys Higher Secondary School are the biggest in Rawalpindi Distt, so is a favourite place for Distt Games.