Banka Cheema
بنکا چیمہ
Town
Banka Cheema is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Banka Cheema
Banka Cheema
Location of Banka Cheema
Banka Cheema is located in Pakistan
Banka Cheema
Banka Cheema
Banka Cheema (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°17′N 74°05′E / 32.29°N 74.09°E / 32.29; 74.09
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DistrictGujranwala
TehsilWazirabad
Government
 • Chairman Union council GujranwalaCh. Ansir Mukhtar Sandhu
Area
 • Total1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2017)
9,137 [1]
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)+5
Postal code type
52201
Calling code055

Banka Cheema (Pronounced: Beanka Cheema and Benka Chima),[2][3] is a village and Union Council of Wazirabad Tehsil, Gujranwala District, in Pakistan's Punjab province.[4] A Post Office is functional in Banka Cheema by Pakistan Post under Government of Pakistan for receiving important mails, documents, money orders and product delivery.[5] For education in the village a Government Primary School Banka Cheema,[6][7] Government Girls High School (GGHS) Banka Cheema[8] is functional, by Government of Punjab, Pakistan under Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Gujranwala. The only way to reach Banka Cheema is by Road. 97% population of the town is Muslim, while remaining 3% is non-Muslim.

References

  1. ↑ "GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. ↑ Garren, William R.; Names, United States Board on Geographic (1983). Gazetteer of Pakistan: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency.
  3. ↑ Organization (Pakistan), Census (1977). Population Census of Pakistan, 1972: Gujranwala. Manager of Publications.
  4. ↑ "Towns & Unions in the City District of Gujranwala - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  5. ↑ Department, Pakistan Post Office (1974). List of Post Offices in Pakistan, Corrected Up to 31-5-74. Director General of Pakistan Post Office.
  6. ↑ Census of Primary Schools of the Punjab Province: Lahore Region, 1972-73. Punjab Textbook Board. 1973.
  7. ↑ "GES BANKA CHEEMA - School Census". schoolportal.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  8. ↑ "GGHS BANKA CHEEMA - School Census". schoolportal.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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