Utra Janubi
Encyclopedia
Utra Janubi is a village and one of the 51 Union Council
s (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District
in the Punjab Province
of Pakistan
. This village gets its name from the Uttra
tribe, who make the bulk of the population.
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...
s (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District
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...
. This village gets its name from the Uttra
Uttra
The Uttra are a Jat clan found in the province of Pakistani Punjab. They are found through out the Sind Sagar Doab, and in Dera Ghazi Khan District, they claim to be of Rajput origin, and use the title rana....
tribe, who make the bulk of the population.