Dhaunkal
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Dhaunkal is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Gujranwala
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

 district, Punjab
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...

, Pakistan
Pakistan
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. Dhaunkal is one the biggest and oldest villages in tehsil Wazirabad
Wazirabad
AYAZ KHANWazirabad is an industrial city located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100 kilometres north of Lahore on the Grand Trunk Road. It is 45 kilometres from Sialkot, 30 kilometres from the district capital - Gujranwala...

, Gujranwala. Dhaunkal is mostly famous for Darbar of HAZRAT SAKHI SARWAR SULTAN (A very famous spiritual saint of Indian subcontinent). Mazaar of HAZRAT PEER SARDAR SHAH BADSHAH is also situated in Mehi Wala, Dhaunkal where every year people come to pray to Allah.

There are three main castes, KALAIR, JOVINDHA and REHMANI. Muslims are said to be the real owner of the village.

Main sources of income of people of dhaunkal are overseas Pakistanis and farming. Dhaunkal is famous for producing high quality rice
Rice
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. People from Dhaunkal are found all over the world, mostly in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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, U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates
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, Italy
Italy
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, Spain
Spain
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, England
England
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 and U.S.A.

Education

There are High schools for boys and girls who produced a lot of good students those are working in high positions in Pakistan as well as all over the world.
The main schools of Dhaunkal are Ghausia Model School(waqar ahmad chohan),Iqra School System(Riaz Salahria),Abu al Bayan Model High School,Scholars foundation Model School(SIR MUHAMMAD ASGHAR HINJRA),Sarfraz Brightway School(Busharat),Ideal public school(Kamran),Al-Noor Public School(Major Ahsaan),Sakhi Sarwar Piolet HIgh School,Laurel Home School System.
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