Giloti | |
Settlement Type: | Town and union council |
Other Name: | Qalandar Daulatpur Gherbi |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dera Ismail Khan District |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Giloti is a town and union council in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[1] It is located at 32°9'53N 70°45'2E and has an altitude of 180 metres (590 feet). [2]
Giloti town is 16 km away from Darra Pezu & 8 km from Wanda Chunda. Other nearby areas are Paniala, Yarik, Mehrabi and Wanda Jandar.
Abdul Khel, Kundi, Behram khel, Peer khel, Malik, Sheikh, Malakhel, Musyani, Muthikhel, Sarrang are the well known subtribes living in Giloti. Which are Pashtuns.
This village falls in Arid zone. Soil is mostly sandy and sandy loam. Winter crops include Wheat and Gram while at the onset of Monsoon Sorghum, Millet and Guar are cultivated. Mountain rainy streams (Rodh kohi) from Sheikh Badin Hills irrigate village farms during Monsoon season.
The few famous personalities are Late Molana Guldin, Late Malik Aman Ullah, Late Haji Nusrat Kundi, Mulana Shamsul Haq, Haji Ghulam Rasool, Saif Ullah Marwat (Ex-Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Extension), Colonel (Rtd.) Sultan Muhammad, Late Haji Rehmat Ullah (Ex-Inspector Islamabad Police/Councillor UC-35 Islamabad), Haji Imam Din (famous Falcon Trader and Businessman), Late Haji Gulab Din, Late Karar Kundi (Pashto Poet), Mufti Hafeez Ullah Sabri (Ex-Chairman UC Giloti), Malik Hameed Ullah (Chairman UC Giloti), Late Sher Din (Marwat folk singer and Poet), Muhammad Sohail , Dr Nawaz Khan (MBBS), Zia Ullah (Social worker),
This village inhabitants speaks Marwat dialct Pashto. Male wear shalwar-kazeez with turban (lungi) on head and a white cotton Chadar on a shoulder. As kundi tribe traces back to Tank while Behram Khel, Peer Khel, Mussian, Sarang, Mayar, Jan Khel, Abdul Khel are also radiated from Lakki Marwat. Wedding, funeral and other celerations are similar to Marwats.