More Khunda

31°19′16″N 73°47′42″E / 31.321°N 73.795°E / 31.321; 73.795

Coordinates: 31°11′N 73°23′E / 31.18°N 73.39°E / 31.18; 73.39Country PakistanProvincePunjabDistrictNankana SahibArea • Total3 km² (1 sq mi)Elevation179 m (587 ft)Population • Total16,900Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

More Khunda is a town in Punjab, Pakistan. The town is known for its rice market. Within the town, Mangtanwala village has fertile land and rich from rice and wheat crops. A canal also flows in the city. It was established in 1960. The city has advanced hospitals.

Name

The town got the name Khunda from the instrument called khunda (a T-shaped instrument used by local blacksmiths).

History

The city is located in two National Assembly regions and two provincial assembly regions as NA-118 and PP-134. The main courtyard of town is T-shaped because of which it is called Khunda. In the 1960s when the town started developing, it just had a bus stop and some tea corners and cigarette shops near the bus stop and also some commission shops. But slowly that small bus stop started developing due to being on the national highway. Early that road was barren and desolate. But then the road was rebuilt and became national highway and the bus stops and small villages got importance. Among all those small villages and bus stops More Khunda developed the most because it is located on the two most busy roads of region, one Lahore–Jaranwala Road and More Khunda–Bhai Pheru Road.

Attractions

Another reason for the development of town is that it is located near to the provincial tourist spot of head balloki.

Famous Park Rana Resorts 11 km from More Khunda at Head balloki.

Notable residents

Founder of Sikhism Baba Guru Nank Gurdawara 21 km from More Khunda Nankana Sahib. He was born on 15 April 1469 in village Rai Bhoi di Talwandi near More khunda District Nankna Sahib.

Rai Ahmed khan kharal belonged to More khunda. He was born in a village near More Khunda on 18 March 1934. His Son Dr. Muhammad Aslam Kharal also belongs to More Khunda who work as a road contractor and as a social worker.

Rai Bahadur Sir Ganga Ram belonged to More Khunda; he was born in small village Mangtawala on 13 April 1851 near More Khunda District Nankana Sahib. One and only cricket player from Nankana Sahib at international level Muhammad Ayub belongs to More Khunda district Nankana Sahib first and only one test played for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in 2012. First-class cricketer Rana Omais (Muhammad Azeem) belongs to city More Khunda; he played a first and only match for Multan Tiger in 2013

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