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Sidh is a village located in Tehsil Kharian, in the Gujrat District of Pakistan.

Location

Sidh is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Kharian and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Gujrat. Its neighbouring villages include Kohli, Jakharr, Bhaati and Udha. By election area It has UC-102, PP-115, NA-107.

Demographics

The majority of inhabitants of village are Sidhu Jatts; the name of the village is derived from their caste. They come from elite clan of warriors and were very much demand as soldiers and officers in the British raj. There are almost 400 households in Sidh, of which more than 350 are Jatts. Jatts use surname Chauhdhary. Others are Bhatti, Baig, Tarkhan, Darzi, Lohar & Syed.

Economy

Sidh hosts five Mosques, a post office, an animal hospital, shops, a mill and many schools. The land surrounding the village is arid, production of crops is totally dependent on seasonal rainfall. As a result, agriculture has not been the main source of income for the local population. Many of the villagers have gone overseas to find work. Some people have settled in England, USA, Germany, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy and Greece etc.

Sports

Sidh is also a very popular village amongst all the villages of Gujrat for its sports. Basic sports played in Sidh are Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Badminton and Kabaddi. Sidhu fighters Cricket Club is currently the most successful team of the village. It has recently won about 15 tournament in a very short time period of 16 months and they have not stopped yet. Sidh has produced many great players of the region in many sports.

Schools

• Government High School for Girls
• Government Elementary School for Boys
• Government Primary School for Girls
• Government Primary School for Boys
• Hassan Public High School
• The Village Public School
• Quaid-e-Azam Public High School

Religious schools

• Jamia Ashrafia Tajveed-ul-Quran.
• Jamia Ameen-ul-Hasnaat Sidh.

Facilities

Shops & Plazas, Swimming Pool, Mills, Fertilized Land, Schools, Drainage System, Sui-Gas Points, Politary Farm, Post Office, Local Transport, Paved Streets, Graveyard, PTCL Landline, Vfone, DSL Internet, Telephone Exchange, Cable TV, Electricity, Dispensories, Animal Hospital, Religious Schools, Wide Play-Grounds, Welfare Foundation.

Notable People

1.Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Zulfiqar (Late) Principal (R). The Legend of Sidh. Principal/Founder of Foundation University for Women in Sidh.

2.Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Principal (R)Govt. Degree College for Boys Sara-i-Alamgir. Ex-Member Board of Studies University of Gujrat.

3.Hafiz Ghulam Mohammad (Late) - Scholar and Alim-e-Deen from Deo-Band in 1940.

4.Ch.Akbar Sidhu (Late) Founder of Akbar Builders.

5.Prof. Ch. Anwar Naseem Sidhu

6.Ch. M. Azam Sidhu - Naib Nazim(R) , Noor Restaurant & Banquet Hall, Kharian, CEO Akbar Builders.

7.Ch. Abbas Sikander. Founder of Sikander Builders (Jhelum)

8.Engr. Waqar Ahsan Sidhu [Phd. Computer Sciences (Canada) - D.B.A at Regina(State), Canada S/O: Head Master Sarver Saleem

9.Marketing Manager Qasir Jamal Sidhu - M.B.A (Germany) - S/O: Head Master Sarver Saleem

10.Engr. Tauqeer Anjum Sidhu - Chemical Engineer (Canada) - S/O: Head Master Sarver Saleem

11.Ch. Muhammad Anwar (Vice President National Bank of Pakistan) Advocate High Court Lahore

12.Ch. M. Naseer Abbas (Politician PML-Q)S/O Hakeem Hafiz Ghulam Mohammed

13.Dr. Kabir Ahmed Sidhu (Lawyer/Lecturer)S/O Hafiz Ghulam Mohammed (Late)

14.Ch. Ahmed Khan (Advocate Lahore High Court)

15.Dr. L K Faisal Ch. (DHQ Faisalabad)

16.Amjad Iqbal Amjad Urdu & Punjabi Poet

17.Dr. Khadim Hussain Ch. (Accident & Emergency Specialist, USA)

18.Dr. Muhammad Saqib Ch. (Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore)

19. Air Vice Marshall Ch.Zaheer Ahmed Babar S/O Hakeem Hafiz Ghulam Mohammed

20. Major(R) Ch. Qadir Ahmed S/O Hakeem Hafiz Ghulam Mohammed

21.Ch. Bashir Ahmed Mehar(late) EX Nazim UC-102 Bhaddar

22.Ch. Liaqat Ali (Ex Councillor UC-102 Bhaddar)

23.Ch. Khalid Super (Super Bus Travels Kharian)

24.Ch. Altaf A. Shahid (President of APML UK & Europe and Owner of Sidhu Legal Services England)

25.Lt. Gen. Zulfiqar Akhtar Naz (Late) Corps Commander Mangla

26.Ch. Nadeem Ashraf Mehar (Hassan Public School Sidh, S.E.F)

27.Miss Rukhsana Javed Ch.(Founder Quaid-e-Azam Public School Sidh)

28.Head Master(R) Ch.M.Aslam Javed

29.Head Master(R) Ch.Habib Ullah Saadi

30.Senior Head Master(R) Ch.M.Asghar

31.Head Master(R) Ch.Inayat Ullah

32.Ch Muhammad Safdar SHAHEED( 23 Sep 1965)Lahore.

33.Dr Muhammad Iqbal Ch

34.Dr Tahir Mehmood Ch

35. Imtiaz Sidhu (Sidhu Engineering Works)

36.qari zaeem ali(chishti)

Youth of Sidh

1.Engr. Fakher Sidhu - South Africa - COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore Campus

2.Captain Adil Sidhu - CSS Officer (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

3.Engr. M. Junaid Sidhu - Senior Software Engineer - (Coeus Solutions GmbH, Lahore)

4.M. Asad Sidhu - Medical Student - Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang China.

5.Ch Muhammad Luqman Sidhu (Civil Engineer), Assistant Director WAPDA Besham.

6.Ch Muhammad Suleman Afzal (Mech Engineer), Senior QA/QC Engineer DESCON Abu Dhabi.

7.Ch Kaleem Ullah Mehar (Engineer)

8.Ch Usman Tayyab (Engineer Malaysia)

9.Ch Zahoor Ahmed Jatt (M.phil.Mass-comm&media IIUI Islamabad)

10.M Zain Sidhu (Student of Software at UOG)

11. Ch. Ahmed Zamam Wadhan (President PTI UC 102)

12. Miss Ruqia Faiz Chaudhary, MBA,FUUAST, Islamabad (Scholarship Holder Punjab University)

13. Ch. Umar Mukhtar, BS Computer Science,(student of computer engineering) Bahria University Islamabad

14. Miss Urwa Mukhtar Chaudhary,MSc Economics,Paskistan Institute of Development Economics(PIDE) Islamabad

15. Ch.Imtiaz Ahmed Faiz,BS Computer Science (student of software engineering) FUUAST,Islamabad

16. Junaid Afzal Tahiri (Student of Civil Engineer , UET Lahore )

References

32°48′N 74°01′E / 32.800°N 74.017°E / 32.800; 74.017

• Populated places in Gujrat District