Serai Niamat Khan

Serai Niamat Khan
Town and union council
Coordinates: 34°5′0″N 73°2′0″E / 34.08333°N 73.03333°E / 34.08333; 73.03333Coordinates: 34°5′0″N 73°2′0″E / 34.08333°N 73.03333°E / 34.08333; 73.03333
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Haripur District
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Sarai Niamat Khan (also known as Sarai Naimat Khan) is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivisions, of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] Serai Niamat Khan is located at 34°4'60N 73°1'60E and lies to the east of the district capital Haripur where it borders Abbottabad District.[2]

Overview

The main Sarai Naimat Khan town is a local business hub for surrounding villages. It is about 15 km from the Haripur District.

Serai Niamat Khan is also connected to Havelian which about 27 km away. Means of transport is road only and most people travel on local buses, pickups and vans.

The main source of income for most of the residents is agriculture but due to lack of water resources it has made people to look for alternate sources of income. In recent years a large number of people have moved to larger cities to work there.

Most of the people here belong to Tanoli,Khan Lodhi, Raja |Awan]]Gakhar and tribes.

References

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