Dhool Khurd

Dhool Khurd (دھول خورد) /du:l hɔ:rd/ is a village in Gujrat District of the Pakistani state of Punjab, 6 km northeast of Gujrat city. Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and Big respectively when two villages have the same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small with Village Name. Village Dhool Khurd is situated on Dinga-Gujrat road, right at the edge of the Bhimber creek. Lahore-IslamAbad G.T road is hardly 1 km away from this village. Dhool Khurd got its name from the “Dhool” clan of Jat's. The rest of the clans of this village are; Jat Aaran, Jat Khokhar, Jat Virk, Jat Gondal, and a huge number of non-agriculturalists. Dhool Khurd is part of Aadowal union council and has a strong political background. A large number of people from Dhool Khurd have settled abroad in various countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, Europe, Canada as well as Australia and operating their own businesses in the areas of trade, construction, transport, real estate, and engineering. Village Dhool Khurd is also famous for having the highest number of employees in WAPDA. The literacy rate in this village is fairly high as compared to neighbouring villages. Dhool Khurd has a population of approximately 4000 people with 300+ families.

Dhool Khurd name board

Resident's of Dhool Khurd