Kamoke Tehsil
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Kamoke is a Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 of Gujranwala District
Gujranwala District
Gujranwala District is a district in Punjab, Pakistan.- History :The village of Asarur which has been identified as the location of Taki, an ancient town, visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsiang contains immense ruins of Buddhist origin...

 located on the Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...

. It is headquartered at Kāmoke
Kamoke
Kāmoke is a city of Gujranwala District located in Punjab, Pakistan, it has a population of 167,300. The city is the capital of Kamoke Tehsil which is an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is itself subdivided into 8 Union Councils...

, which is approximately 40km from 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...

 - the district capital. It is famous for its market of Basmati
Basmati
Basmati is a variety of long grain rice grown in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, notable for its fragrance and delicate, nuanced flavour. Its name means "the fragrant one" in Sanskrit, but it can also mean "the soft rice," and the word coincidentally means "my smile" in Arabic...

 rice. It is administratively subdivided into twenty four Union Councils
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...

.

Kamoke is a bustling town located on the GT road. Most inhabitants are Rajputs and Jats, and depend on agriculture. It is famous for its burfy (a local sweet) and rice.

Union councils

The names of the Union councils are as follows:
  • Akbar Ghanoke
  • Chak Ramdas
  • Dhensar Pain
  • Ghanian
  • Ghoman
  • Gunnaur
  • Kali Suba
  • Kamoke Town Urban-I
  • Kamoke Town Urban-II
  • Kamoke Town Urban-III
  • Kamoke Town Urban-IV
  • Kamoke Town Urban-V
  • Kamoke Town Urban-VI
  • Kamoke Town Urban-VII
  • Kamoke Town Urban-VIII
  • Kotli Nawab
  • Machhrala
  • Majju Chak
  • Mandiala Tega
  • Mari Thakran (Mustafa Abad)
  • Nangal Doona Singh
  • Sadhoke
  • Sohawa
  • Wahndo


The majority is Ansari and Rehmani. Please correct about cost.
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