Village Khun Khurd Union Council Bakote District and Tehsil Abbottabad
LOCATION AND INFO.. Latitude: 34.22291 Longitude: 73.471187 Khun Khurdl is a mountainous area in the east of the district bordering Kashmir, where it has trade and tribal links. . Khun Khurd has extreme Natural Beauty having mountain peaks, forest, hiking tracks, Creek and beautiful view of Jhelum River. EDUCATION
Just like
every village of Pakistan Khun Khurd is also lacking in education, Health, Communication and other common facilities of life. But since the people of Khun Khurd are very hardworking and determined for their goals. So the literacy rate of Khun Khurd is not soo bad. For Example Khun Khurd is one of the smallest village of U/C BAKOTE but still it produces 1 Professor, 5 Doctors,1 pilot,3 Engineers 2 MBA,1 M Phil 25 MA/MSc (professor Zahid Hussain, (Dr. Zafeer Hussain EDO Health District Abbottabad), Dr. Nadeem Ahmed Zahid, Engineer Waseem Ahmed Zahid, Director Retired Khan Akbar, Director Retired Mr.Idrees Director Retired. Director, Mr. Khalid Principal Administrator and among the total population of 7000 people. 90% literacy rate of Khun Khurd shows that the people of Khun Khurd has huge talent and tendency to compete the world. LIVELIHOOD
The main occupation of the people is subsistence farming and cattle breeding. Farmers cultivate two crops per year. The other occupation is cattle breeding. Cows, sheep and goat are kept for supplying milk for the daily use of the households. Bullocks are used to work the plough. Poverty has forced many people to seek economic opportunities in the foreign countries like UAE and KSA. ETHNIC GROUP
The people of Khun Khurdl are all Muslims. About 60% belong to the Chaudhries and 40 % Sardar tribe. CLIMATE AND CROPS
As this area is away from sea and is above the sea level its winters are extreme. Winter lasts from November to March. April tends to be quite pleasant as the climate is temperate. The summer season is very pleasant and humid the temperature raises maximum to 30-35 degree, due to which it is good picnic spot. From mid-July to mid-August people enjoy the fifth season, monsoon, which provides relief after the hot months (i.e. May and June). Farming is the main occupation of the people. The farming is done by oxen in the remote area of village but in proper ploughed by machinery because of accessibility. The two crops are grown there i.e. rabi and kharaif. The major rabi crop grown here are potato and maize. The kharaif crop grown there is only wheat. Some vegetable are also found here like turnip, radish, peas, pumpkin, beans and mustard. FRUITS
Fruit like pear, walnuts, apple, banana, black grapes, grapes, fig, peach, damson plum, mulberry, wild fig, lemon, apricot, cherry are found in abundance in Khun Khurd. As the hill people lack awareness about the markets, they are unable to get a proper return. These fruits only meet the requirement of local people. LANGUAGES
The mother language of the people of Khun Khurd is Gojjari and Hindku . They can also speak and understand Urdu and English. FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
Prof.Zahid Hussain (Late)
Mr.Khan Akbar (Director Rtd. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission)
Dr.Zafeer Hussain
(Ex. EDO Health District Abbottabad and Ex. AMC Abbottabad)
Ghulam Sarwar Chaudhry
Muhammad Afsar (late)
Muhammad Roshan Chouhan (Late)
Sardar Muhammad Sadiq (Late)
Haji Muhammad Aslam
Sardar Abdul Sattar (DSP Rtd.) Saeed Ul Islam
Molana Muhammad Riaz
