Jhamat, Attock

Jhamat is a village in the Attock District, in the Northeastern region of Punjab, Pakistan. It is 26.5 km from Jand tehsil, 60 km from Pindigheb and 149 km west of Islamabad.

Jhamat, Attock
Coordinates: 19°17′33″N 71°53′20″E
Country Pakistan
City CouncilLahore
Towns10
Population
 (2014)
  Total3,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
43070

Its population is between 2,000 and 3,000. The people speak Punjabi. The area is known for resident's shalwar kameez dress.

Before 1947 a significant non-Muslim population made up approximately 30 percent of the total. This group migrated to India after the Partition of India.[1]

References

  1. "wikimapia.org". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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