Serai Niamat Khan

Sarai Niamat Khan (also known as Sarai Naimat Khan) is one of the 44 Union Councils, administrative subdivions, of Haripur District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=75&dn=Haripur Tehsils & Unions in the District of Haripur] ] . Serai Niamat Khan is located at 34°4'60N 73°1'60E and lies to the east of the district capital Haripur where it borders Abbottabad District [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Siria.html Location of Siria - Falling rain] ] .

Union council Serai Niamat Khan:

A very beautiful, lush green hilly area, having some very beautiful villages and valleys, with natural streams and some beautiful waterfalls. Unluckily Government of Pakistan has not yet introduced this beautifull and attractive area for tourism.

Villages of Union council Serai Niamat Khan:

Serai Naimat Khan (main town, consisting almost all the casts and tribes of this area).
Bandi Mian Peerdad (The most populated village of this UC, consisting almost all the casts and tribes of this area).
Paswal (second main village of UC, consisting almost all the casts and tribes of this area).
Kandal(a very small but very beautiful village, having some extra ordinary scenic views, surprisingly this village is totally related to Gujjar community).
Noor pur.
Jabri
Banda.
Seriyan.
Tarpaniyan (The village of very first Nazim, Malik Younis of UC).
Sungar.
Sarara.

The Sarai Naiamt Khan town is a local business hub for surrounding villages. It is about 15 KM from Haripur District.

Overview

Union Council Serai Niamat Khan is also connected to Havelian which about 27 km away. Means of transpost is road only and most people travel on local buses, pickups and vans.

Main source of income for most of the residents is agriculture but due to lack of water resources it has made people to look for alternate source of income. In recent years large number of people have moved to larger cities to work their.

Sarai Naimat Khan is divided in to small areas for e.g. Mohallah Khu, Jora Pind, Moriyan, Najeeb Abad, Mohalla Ziarat and few more.All Population is Muslim and there is a main Jamia Mosque in the town center.

People are very keen on the importance of education therefore there are quite a few schools in the town. Students from surrounding villages also come in these schools. However significant number of students go to near by city Haripur.

There is a small Govt Hospital providing health facilities to residents. There are also few private practice heath clinics in the town.

Businesses are mainly located in the main town center (Main bazar). Banks and Post Office are also in the town centre.

People of this u/c belong to different tribes/families. Most of them are belonge with Gujjar tribes (the biggest most community of Hazara Division), Awan family (one of the major families of district Haripur), in other main families, Tanolies, Turks & raja's live there.

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