Ali Pur Chatta - Wikipedia
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Alipur Chattha علی پور چٹھہ Akalgarh | |
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Tehsil | |
 Alipur Chatha Tehsil | |
Alipur Chattha Location of Alipur Chattha
Alipur Chattha Alipur Chattha (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′N 73°29′E / 32.16°N 73.49°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Wazirabad |
| Tehsil | Alipur Chatha |
| Area | |
• Total | 5 sq mi (12 km2) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2023) | 118,989 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +5 |
| Postal code type | 52080 |
| Calling code | 055 |
Ali Pur Chattha is a Tehsil and union council of Alipur Chatha Tehsil, Wazirabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.[2][3] Ali Pur Chattha (formerly Akalgarh) is a tehsil of Wazirabad in Gujranwala division of Pakistan. The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. It is situated 35 km west of the district capital Wazirabad, between 25 and 30 km north of Hafizabad, 8 km south of Rasool Nagar, 26 km east of Vanike Tarar and 15 km from Chenab River (Qadirabad Barrage).
Earlier name of the village was Aligarh. This village had Chatha clan's population. It was won by Sardar Maha Singh in 1718. He named it Akalgarh. In the Ali Pur Chattha area, there are the ruins of the historical city of Akālgarh with the remnants of the Sikh Empire in this area.[4]
The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. At that time, the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.[citation needed]
Alipur is connected with Wazirabad via Wazirabad-Alipur Highway and with Gujranwala via Kalaskay through Gujranwala-Alipur Highway. The Wazirabad-Faisalabad rail link's Alipur Chatta railway station is in the city.
- ^ "GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Location of Akalgarh - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Chief Minister looks into the alleged torture of two sisters (at Alipur Chatha) Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 9 June 2012, Retrieved 1 June 2018
- ^ Bansal, Bobby Singh (1 December 2015). Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 9789384544935.