Sambrial
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Sambrial is a town of Sialkot District
Sialkot District
Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...

 in 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
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...

. It is the capital of Sambrial Tehsil
Sambrial Tehsil
Sambrial Tehsil is a subdivision of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Is a newly created subdivision, the town of Sambrial is the capital.-References:...

 - an administrative subdivision of the district.

Tribes & clans

The main tribe of the district are the Ghumman Rajputs. Ghumman Rajputs have been residing in sambrial over the centuries. Its population according to 2010 is 185000. Its population is growing very fast.

Location

It is situated on the bank of Upper Chenab Canal and lies to the west of the district capital Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The...

. Sambrial is Tehsil of district Sialkot in Punjab Pakistan consisting 160 village having 17 union councils. Sambrial is key city because of its central location among Sialkot, Gujrat & Gujranwala. There is lot of facilities around 3 km area Sialkot International Airport, Sialkot Dry Port
Dry port
A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations....

, Sambrial Railway Station, and National Identity Card office, Export processing zone and other industries are located in Sambrial

Economy

It is home town of ialkot International Airport],Sialkot Export Processing Zone & Sialkot Dry Port
Sialkot Dry Port
Sialkot Dry Port is a dry port in Sialkot, Pakistan. It was established on May 16, 1984 near Sambrial, about 20 km from Sialkot city under control of Sialkot Dry Port Trust. It is located at the junction of major industrial cities of Pakistan eg.Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Daska and Wazirabad. ...

. Sambrial has experienced exponential economic growth because of its strategic crossroads location in the Northeast corner of Punjab. People travelling between Sialkot & Wazirabad drive through Sambrial. The road Sialkot to Rawapindi passes through Sambrial. The recent construction of Tehsil complexes, DDPO (formerly DSP) and other tehsil management offices has triggered a boom in construction and regional migration for jobs. Although the current developments are a contributing factor in the current progress but the historical role can also not be overlooked. A closer look at the map of Punjab reveals that Sambrial lies on the connecting route between GT road and the rest of Eastern and Northern Punjab. In fact, it was a strategic location for trade and military placements by Mughals and British rulers alike in the pre independence(subcontinent)times.

Even the local population has deep roots in history dating back to hundreds of years. The ruins of old buildings still stand in the older parts of the town. Sambrial has proved to be a shopping and trading point in a 20 Km radius.

Search Results

There are many hectares of fields surrounding the town.

Educational Institutes

  • Govt Islamia Degree College Sambrial
  • Govt Girls Degree College Sambrial
  • Govt Muslim Awami High School Sambrial
  • Govt Islamia High School Sambrial
  • Govt Elementary Modal School Sambrial
  • Govt Girls High School Sambrial
  • ((AL-Herman Girls College Sambrial))

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