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Choa Khalsa is a town and Union Council of Kallar Syedan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Town consist of 800 houses. On 1 July 2004, Choa Khalsa became the Union Council.

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Choa Khalsa چوآ خالصا
Town
Coordinates: 33°24′39″N 73°28′47″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Rawalpindi
Tehsil	Kallar Syedan
UC	Choa Khalsa
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code(s)	051

History

The word Choa means a water spring and Khalsa is related to the Sikh movement. Khalsa is a strict Sikh religious order founded in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh. the term Khalsa is an Arabic word. There are various interpretations to the term Khalsa, one of the general meaning of the term is free from impurities or pure. This term is also defined as the land or estate which belongs directly to the king, without any intermediary claims of lords/ noble or farmer to the same in the Rawalpindi District. Some villages go by the name of Dera Khalsa, Thoa Khalsa, Choa Khalsa, etc. They were so named because they were state owned villages during Sikh rule in Punjab. Choa Khalsa village is located about 60 km from Rawalpindi.

Notable people

• Abdul Aziz Mirza, Chief of Naval Staff, ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Villages

• Choa Khalsa
• Chullo Mirgala
• Dhoke Ch Feroze Khan
• Dhoke kanyal
• Dhok Dulal Qureshi
• Khanada
• Muhalla Akbari
• Takal
• Mohra Heran
• Dhok Baba Balandiyan
• Dhok Sadiq abad
• Dhoke Gohar wali Takal
• Pehr Hali
• Rajam
• Dhok Bangyal
• Dhok Sangal
• Khanadah
• Mohalla Akbri
• Sahot Hayal
• Barri Bunn
• Mohra Nagrial
• Dhok Muqaddam
• Ghadur
• Mirghala Khalsa
• Mohra Nagrial
• Mohalla Rajgaan

Choa Khalsa Circle Union Councils

Choa Khalsa is Center of 6 union councils

UC Number.	Union Council	Population (2017)
UC24	Nala Musalmana	00,00
UC25	Manyanda	00,00
UC26	Samote	30000 Approximately
UC27	Choa Khalsa	00,00
UC28	Kanoha	14000 Approximately
UC 29	Doberan Kallan	00,00

After Delimitation 2018 Choa Khalsa Circle 6 Union Councils of Kallar Syedan Tehsil Page 13 NA-58. Comes Under NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II), National Assembly.and in PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) of Punjab Assembly.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165732/http://www.pothwar.com/tehkallar

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