| Chak Dina | |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 32.703°N 73.8831°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Administration type |
| Subdivision Name: | District administration |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gujrat |
| Subdivision Type2: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kharian |
| Subdivision Type3: | Police Circle |
| Subdivision Name3: | Headquarters Circle |
| Subdivision Name4: | Saddar Lalamusa[1] |
| Subdivision Type5: | Kanungoi Circle |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lalamusa |
| Subdivision Type6: | Patwar Circle |
| Subdivision Name6: | Jataria Kalan |
| Leader Title1: | Government type |
| Leader Name1: | Local government |
| Leader Title3: | Justice system |
| Leader Name3: | District and Session Courts |
| Population Total: | 1,637 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Est: | 1,735 |
| Population Demonym: | Dinay Chakia |
| Elevation M: | 267 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Postal Code: | 50200 |
| Area Code: | 0537 |
Chak Dina[2] (; Urdu: ; Colloquial: Dina Chak), is a village in Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 16.68 kilometers northeast of Dinga and 7.26 kilometers west of Lalamusa.[3] [4]
Chak Dina previously fell in the Gunja Union Council, is now part of Kotla Qasim Khan Union Council. Other villages in this Union Council are Saida Baraham, Sukhchaina, Chakori Khurd, Thurgala and Jalaldin.
The name Chak Dina is combination of words Chak meaning village and Dina meaning of Allahdin. The first inhabitant of the village Chaudhry Allahdin was nicknamed Dina hence Chak Dina became the name of the village. There are other villages in the close vicinity which have names of the same pattern like Chak Ikhlas and Chak Rajjadi.
The village was founded in the second half of the 18th century CE by Chaudhry Allahdin, a Muslim descendant of Hindu Shahi ruler Jayapala at the site of Shahpur, a city ruined by revolution of the time.
In 1966, after the Mangla Dam was built on the Jhelum River, some effected people from Mirpur (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) whose property had come under waters of the dam migrated to the village and inhabited a new locality namely Chak Fazal Shah within the revenue limits of Chak Dina. Besides purchasing land for inhabiting their locality, they also purchased some agricultural land from the people of Chak Dina. In return for such land, the local land holders were helped to immigrate their sons to England for job.
| Historical population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | Time span (yrs) | %± | Annual RoG %± |
| 1951 | 720 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 758 | 10 | 5.28% | .52% |
| 1972 | 1,017 | 11 | 34.17% | 2.71% |
| 1981 | 1,139 | 9 | 12% | 1.27% |
| 1998 | 1,362 | 17 | 19.58% | 1.06% |
| 2017 | 1,637 | 19 | 20.19% | .97% |
| 2023 (est) | 1,735 | 6 | 5.99% | .97% |
| Sources[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | ||||
The village falls under the revenue limits of Kanungoi Circle Lalamusa and Patwar Circle Jataria Kalan. A Kanungoi Circle is headed by a Kanungo (also Qanungo[11]) and a Patwar Circle is headed by a Patwari.
The village has 1,152 acres in land mass.
The village has elementary (I-VIII) school for boys and primary (I-V) school for girls.[12] [13]
One of the famous bazaars in the town of Lalamusa is named after Chak Dina and is called Bazaar Dinay Chakian. Dinay Chakian means, in Punjabi, the people from Dina Chak. This bazaar was inhabited by Bagh Sha, a Hindu who migrated from Chak Dina to Lalamusa in 1929. The first building in the bazaar was Haveli Bagh Sha. This was also the first building of the city of Lalamusa built according to a floor plan prepared by an achitect. Some parts of this building are still present in original form.
Two British ships, sharing the nomenclature of the village, were built in 1914 and 1951, respectively. The reason behind the naming, whether by happenstance or intentional tribute to the village, remains unclear.[14] [15]