Sohawa
title: "Sohawa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["jhelum-district", "populated-places-in-jhelum-district"] topic_path: "general/jhelum-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohawa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Sohawa |
| native_name | سوہاوہ |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | G. T. Rd, Sohawa - panoramio (5).jpg |
| imagesize | 240px |
| image_caption | Grand Trunk Road (N-5) in Sohawa |
| mapsize | 150 px |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Pakistan |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| demographics_type1 | Languages |
| demographics1_title1 | Official |
| demographics1_info1 | Punjabi, Urdu |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Pakistan |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Punjab |
| subdivision_type2 | Division |
| subdivision_name2 | Rawalpindi |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Jhelum |
| elevation_m | 408 |
| leader_title | MPA |
| leader_name | Syed Riffat Mehmood |
| timezone1 | PST |
| utc_offset1 | +5 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 49230 |
| area_code | 0544 |
| area_code_type | Calling code |
| subdivision_type4 | Tehsil |
| subdivision_name4 | Sohawa |
| :: |
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**Sohawa ** is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is the capital of the Sohawa Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab. Sohawa has grown from a small village in 1947 to a large town in 2014, with major developments in transport, education and health. A number of bureaucrats, army officers, judges and other senior officials belong to Sohawa areas. It is also the final resting place of Muhammad of Ghor. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Tomb_of_Shihab.JPG" caption="Shahab-Ud-Din Muhammad Ghauri]], near Sohawa"] ::
Etymology
The etymology of Sohawa has not been proven, but folk etymology suggests Soo Hawa, which means "100 winds".
Geography
Sohawa is in the north-western part of Jhelum district, Punjab, on the subcontinental Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) between Gujar Khan and Dina. The geographical coordinates of its weather station are 33° 07' 15" North, 73° 25' 34". One sign of Sohawa is the toll plaza by the name of 'Tarakki' on the GT Road. The bazaars of Sohawa attract people from nearby villages; these bazaars are located on both sides of the GT Road.
Sociology
The population mostly consists of different tribes. One of the major professions in Sohawa is service in the Armed Forces. A large number of people of Sohawa are settled in foreign countries particularly Western Europe and Middle East. The main source of livelihood of the people is agriculture.
In the media
In mid 2014, Sohawa was featured on national media including Geo News, Dawn News and other top news channel because of newly discovered Ghauri XI oil reserves in its suburbs.
Health
The main hospital for Sohawa and surrounding rural areas is the 80-bed Tehsil Headquarters Hospital but it has only basic facilities. For more serious health problems people have to go to larger hospitals in major cities such as Gujar Khan, Islamabad or Jhelum. There is also a rural health center in Domeli and twelve basic health units (Adrana, Jandala, Nagial, Gurah Uttam Singh, Kohali, Phulray Syedan, Surgdhan, Dewan-e-Hazoori, Pail Mirza, Karounta, Panchor and Banth). Additionally there three government rural dispensaries (Lehri, Gaddar, and Baragawah) and four rural dispensaries (Dial, Hayal, Pari Darweza and Dhairy Bakrala).
References
Footnotes
Notations
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043508/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum
References
- link. (2012-02-09)
- Smith, Vincent Arthur. (1921). "The Oxford student's history of India". Oxford; New York : Clarendon Press.
- [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Sohawa.html Location of Sohawa - Falling Rain Genomics]
- (7 June 2014). "Oil struck near Jhelum - Pakistan - DAWN.COM".
- (22 January 2024). "TEHSIL HEADQUARTER HOSPITAL, SOHAWA, JHELUM".
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