Kot Baloch

Kot Baloch
Kot Baloch
Village
	کوٹ بلوچ
	Coordinates: 32°38′52″N 73°33′12″E / 32.64781211210995°N 73.55334349985287°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Mandi Bahauddin
Tehsil	Mandi Bahauddin
Population (2017/18)
• Total	4،472
Time zone	+5:00 Standard Timezone of Pakistan
Post Office	50361

Kot Baloch (

River Jhelum which was a suitable, sheltered location. They spent six months in the area and then went back to their native areas for the winter season. Later Marth and other Gondal (clan) families came from the Sohawa and Jehlum side area near Mandi Bahauddin

and started cultivating the land, building temporary houses. After some years the Balouch families stopped coming to the village but the name of the village remains Kot Baloch. Now there are no Balouch people left in the village.

Demographics

The population of Kot Balouch is over 5000 people including Lokri Martha'n, Lokri Lamocharan a small daira of Kot Balouch. The literacy rate is over 95%. Culturally Kot Baloch is a very rich village and people from different clans live in that village. Famous clans of the Village are Dudd(Langhah), Gondal, Marth, Maikan, Awan, Tarar, Gujar...etc.

[[ International Horse Rider (Neza'Baz) ( Choudhary Sikandar Hayat Gondal & Choudhary Ashraf Hayat Gondal)]] From Guniana Family

The Famous personality of the village is Honourable Choudhary Azmat Ullah Marth ( Candidate for MPA from the PPP in PP-65 ) Muhammad Akram Marth (education department) Hamza Akram Marth (M.A political science Punjab university, Msc/M.phil Manchester Metropolitan University UK)

Mela Baba Noor Shah

Baba Noor Shah was a famous Wali who preached to non-Muslims and spread Islam in the area. Every farmer donates one Times milk of Buffalo to Mazar (shrine) of Baba Noor Shah on the birth of a calf.

The main yearly event in this village is Mela Baba Noor Shah in last week of March and in this Mela horse racing and horse shows are main events. Also there is free kabaddi and local kushti. Horse racing is very popular in village, and a group of village riders, Sakandar Hiyat Gondal/Ashraf Gondal are famous as Top players of Tent pegging game, and mostly their groups won medals in every tournament even held in Pakistan or international level. This fair is one of the best forms of entertainment for farmers, where many kind of household items are available so they do not need to go to the market frequently. Farmers can buy what they need at the fair and enjoy entertainments such as the cinema, the death wall, Circus and others shows.

Economy

Before 1970 agriculture was the only source of income for people from the village but now many young men are working in Europe and the Middle East and send remittances home to their families. Also, many educated people are serving the nation and the area by working in government top Jobs and private jobs after completing their higher education.