Kalinjar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kalinjar is one of the 44 union councils, (administrative subdivisions), of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located to the north of the district capital Haripur and borders Mensehra and Abbottabad District area.

Kalinjar
Union council
Coordinates: 34°10′0″N 72°53′0″E
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictHaripur District
Government
 • Ex NazimQazi Mujtaba
 • Ex Naib NazimFawad Ali Shah
 • Ex. District MemberSheraz Abbasi (PTI)
 • Ex. Tehsile MemberMalik Khanwaiz (PTI)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total18,000

Health

Rural Health Center (RHC) which was established in 2002, funded by Save the Children at Swabi Maira Chappar Darband Road Haripur. Basic Health Unit (BHU), Kalinjar and veterinary dispensary Sawabi Mera are also there to help out.

Education
  • Govt Tanawal Degree College Gandaf situated at Moon Street Gandaf is under construction.
  • Govt Boys High School Kalinjar
  • Govt Girls Higher Secondary School Kalinjar. (The school not yet started due to political issues)
  • Govt Middle school Swabi Maira.
  • Govt Primary School Kalinjar No, 1 ,2 and 3.
  • Govt. Boys High School Kheri

Wildlife

Game Reserve Kalinjar Contain 2000 ha area, Gray Goral, Black Partage, Gray Partage See-See Partage, Hare, Fox, Jackal are famous wildlife. Every year more than thousands of migrating birds come into this game Reserve.

Business

Biryani is the most popular and successful business in kalinjar, mostly people engaged with it. They have shops across the Pakistan. There are several names of group like Karachi Al Naseeb Biryani, Karachi Al Naaz Biryani, Alnoorani Biryani, Karachi Student Biryani, Pak Ghazi Biryani, Sabir Biryani etc. Other than that people are mostly daily wagers, do farming, shopkeepers and government servers (mostly Security forces, health department and teaching).

Problems of UC Kalinjar
  • Drinking water
  • Education
  • Health (Staff deficiency)
  • Kalinjar to Jam bypass (Under construction)

Famous and attractive places in U/C Kalinjar
  • Kani Kot Top
  • Mari
  • Swabi Maira Lake View Point
  • Chajakka rest house
  • Moon Street Gandaf
  • Kheri Boys Higher Secondary School
  • Kheri Forest " SEHRA" Top

Village names of Union Council Kalinjar

Kalinjar, Sawabi Mera, Gandaf, Marri, Khairi, Tawi Khanpur, Kani Kot, Chajakka, Jam, Muradpur and many more small villages.

Famous Personalities

Kalinjar:

  • Haji Habib Khan Ex. Vice President (PTI), Haripur.
  • Muhammad Jahffar Ex. Chairman (Social Worker).
  • Sardar Bahadar Abbasi (Ex. Councilor, Social Worker, President Tanawal welfare organization Coordination Committee, District Haripur)

Mera:

  • Sajjad Shah
  • Sagheer Ahmed
  • Amjad Ali
  • Chanzeb

Sawabi:

  • M. Illyas
  • Abdul Waheed
  • Akram

Gandaf:

  • Haji Ikhlaq
  • Jameel
  • M. Rehman sir

Muradpur:

  • Ahmed Zaman (Social Worker)

Jam:

  • M. Haris Abbasi
  • Kaala Khan
  • Peer Muhammad
  • Azam
  • Aurengzaib

Chajacka:

  • Haji M. Fayaz

Kheri:

  • Jameel
  • Akhtar Zaman
  • Ibrar

Kanikot:

  • Khanvez
  • Chanzeb
  • Malik Rafeeq
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References
  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Haripur Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine


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