Shergarh, Punjab

Shergarh (

Location

Shergarh is located in the

History

Sher Garh (literally "Lion's Den") is one of the most historic towns of the district,

The town is well known all around the

Most of the people of Shergarh speak Punjabi.

Agriculture and surroundings

The town itself is located on the old river bed of the

Shergarh has a majority of people who cannot afford education, which is why in 1992, S.M Mohsin set up an NGO called "AKRA" (Anjuman-e Khuddam-e Rasulallah). At that time the NGO responsibility was given to Mirza Aziz Ahmed Baig, who, with the support of S.M Moshin, remained in charge of the foundation for 28 years and spread education throughout the village.[6] The organisation lays more stress on educating females. The main school is in Shergarh, called "Daud Bandagi High School". It also has many branches in the surrounding villages, whose mediums are usually mosques, but the main school is in Shergarh. The town consists of a NBP bank, a Jamia Mosque and a Government school. It has a small, non-functional dispensary, and the town is in dire need of a hospital.^[when?] The district Nazim, Syed Sajjad Haider Kirmani, who is a native of the town, also got a sports stadium built just outside it, however since he has died, the project remains incomplete and is being used for anything but sports. The Jamia Mosque was a historical building built by Sher Shah Suri, but it was in bad condition and rebuilt by the Auqaf Department, Okara.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2015 Shergarh had more than 15 schools and a high literacy rate.^{[citation needed]}

Shergarh is connected by road to six towns, namely Chunian, Wan Radha Ram, Depalpur, Renala Khurd, Akhtarabad & Hujra Shah Muqeem. The road leading to Renala Khurd is the best maintained road leading into Shergarh, it was built when Syed Sajjad Haider Kirmani was nazim of the district. The road leading to the town of Hujra Shah Muqeem, is 7.5 miles long and is also in a good condition, but quite narrow. In historic times, the pirs of Shergarh and Hujra, did not get along very well, so when they'd refer to each other's towns, they'd use the derogatory name of the time, panjkoa (7 miles away), instead of using the proper names. The other roads are very dangerous as most of them have deep depressions making it very difficult to drive. The road leading to the town of Akhtarabad is famous for robberies and killings that occur mostly after sun- Shergarh consist of Govt boys higher secondary school and Govt girls higher secondary in sher garh gives the education all over villages and town sher garh and no available the any collage but very important requirement the boys and girls collage at city.^{[citation needed]}

Main tribes

• Akhund
• Arain
• Bhutto
• Ensari
• Hashmi
• Baloch
• Bhatti
• Chauhan
• Daula
• Jappa
• Jurrera
• Joiya
• Kasai
• Kirmani
• Kumhar
• Lohar
• Mughal
• Machhi
• Mirasi
• Mochi
• Nai
• Pathan
• Qazi
• Ranghar
• Rajput
• Shaikh
• Sial
• Tarkhan
• Wattu
• Khakhra
• Jut

See also

• Daud Bandagi Kirmani
• Depalpur
• Hujra Shah Muqeem
• Okara District
• Qadiriyya
• Renala Khurd
• Sufism
• Sayed Jaffar Shah

References