Jalalia is a village located in Chhachh

Chhachh

Chhachh is a region consisting of an alluvial plain extending from Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan, south-west to Topi - Swabi. The word Chhachh is derived from the Pashto word Chaj. It is bounded on the north and west by the river Indus, and is about long from east to west, and broad...

, the northern part of Attock District

Attock District

Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...

 (chhachh

Chhachh

Chhachh is a region consisting of an alluvial plain extending from Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan, south-west to Topi - Swabi. The word Chhachh is derived from the Pashto word Chaj. It is bounded on the north and west by the river Indus, and is about long from east to west, and broad...

) of the 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...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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 and lies close to the borders of the North-West Frontier Province

North-West Frontier Province

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...

. The village has two primary schools, a boys' high school, fourteen mosque

Mosque

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s and three madrasah

Madrasah

Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...

s, and 40% of its about 10,000 inhabitants are literate. There is a hospital, a medical store and over 70 shops. Like most villages, Jalalia is also an agricultural village producing wheat

Wheat

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, maize

Maize

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 and tobacco

Tobacco

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 in addition to vegetables and fruit.

Neighbouring areas

Jalalia is approximately 4–5 miles east of the city of Hazro

Hazro, Punjab

Hazro is a town located at north-west of Pakistan in Attock District of the Punjab province Pakistan. It is located approximately half-way between Peshawar and Islamabad, the federal capital...

 and is bordered on the east,southeast and south by the town of Ghorghushti

Ghorghushti

Ghorghushti is one of the largest towns of Chhachh in Attock District and is on the border of North-West Punjab , and Hazara in Pakhtunkhwa/North-West Frontier Province...

, to the southwest by the village of Shinka

Shinka

Shinka is a small village near Jalalia village in Hazro Tehsil, Attock District, Punjab province of Pakistan. Nearby are Behbudi, Ghorghushti town, Malak Mala and Nartopa. Main tribes are Showkhel, Khankhel, Karamkhel, Ajakhel, Babukhel, Akakhel and Torakhel etc....

, to the west by the village of Momen Pur

Momen Pur

Momanpur, also spelt Momen Pur, is a small village bordering Jalalia Union Council in Pakistan. It is situated along the Indus river in the Chhachh valley. The majority of the people are Awans and Maliyars....

, to the north by the Indus River

Indus River

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, and to the east by the village of Shakh Chur

Shakh Chur

Sheikh Choor is a small village in Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan with a population of about 1500 to 2000. Shaikh Choor is known as an agricultural town which produces wheat, cotton, tobacco, and maize in addition to vegetables and fruit.-Location:The village is...

. Jalalia is approximately 15–20 miles west of the Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam

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The village is divided into nine different village quarters (locally known as Mohalla

Mahalla

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• Abdulrehman Ghari
• Alo mera
• Aka Khel
• Dheri Sara
• Ganjal
• Gharib abad
• Kashmir abad
• Mughal abad
• NasirZai
• Utman Khel
  Utmankhel
  The Utman Khel or Utmankhel are a Pashtun tribe who occupy the hills to the north of Peshawar in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Their land lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers...
  
  

Well Known Personalties of Jalalia

• Muzaffar Khan ( MNA First Pakistan National Assembly)
• Qalander Khan (Pioneer Jalalia American history)
• Wasiq Khan ( Former Chairman Attock District)
• Sajawal Khan ( Mandi Wala )
• Shamroze Khan Babo Gi
• Malik Sher Afsar
• Mollana Mohammad Ghous
• Safdar Khan (DSP Islamabad Police)