Berote Khurd

Birote Khurd is a subdivision of Berote Kalan Union Council in Pakistan.

History

As part of the local government reforms of 2000, Birote Khurd lost the status of Union Council and was merged into Birote Kalan.

Etymology

The name of the union council "Birote or Birote Khurd" means lesser Birote, differentiating it from the larger settlement of "Birote Kalan". The words Khurd and Kalan (little and big) are administrative terminology dating back to Mughal times – to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence Birote Khurd means little birote (cf. Britannia major, "Greater Britain" and Britannia minor "Lesser Britain").

Geography

Birote Khurd is located in the east part of Abbottabad District in the North West Frontier Province. To the east is the Birote Kallan and Kashmir region and in the west Nathiagalli areas, to the south is Pluck and to the north is the Bakot area. Birote Khurd lies in the foothills of famous Mushkpuri peaks of the Galyat Region.

Demographics

It has a population of 2,500. The main tribes of Birote Khurd are the, DOOLYALL, Sunyall, Thadyabal, Mojwal, Nakodraal, Lahral (a sub tribe of the Dhond Abbasi). Others tribes are Awans, Gujjars, Seyeds, Pathans, and Qureshis.

Main settlements

The main wards of Berote, Khurd are (with notable residents):

• Nakkar Kutbal - Imtiaz Hussain Abbasi, MD., Shahzad Abbasi, Zeeshan Arshad S/O Arshad Hussain
• Lahoor - Rustam Abbasi
• Mohra - Qazi Muhammad Sajawal, Fazal Rahim Abbasi, (x) Naib Nazim Sarwar Abbasi, Nawaz Abbasi (late), and Zafeer Abbasi
• Nakar Mojwal - Muhammad Almas Abbasi, Yasir Abbasi, Shakir Abbasi, Sardar Hanif Abbasi, Siddique Abbasi, Zaheer Abbasi, Abiq Abbasi, Haji Khadim Abbasi, Wajid Abbasi, Ismdad Abbasi, Ziyab Abbasi, Arshad Abbasi, Allah Ditta Abbasi
• Rialiy - Farooq Abbasi, Waqas Qudoos Abbasi
• Batala
• Hotrari/Hotrary - Haji Muhammad Khushid Abbasi, Haji Muhammad Iqbal Abbasi, Hafiz Munib Abbasi, Amir Abbasi, Zakeer Abbasi, Asim Iqbal, Muhammad Bilal Baseer Abbasi
• Mawan Di Hill Mumtaz Abbasi (late), Shafeeq Abbasi
• Soi Nakheter - Waheed Anwar Abbasi, Nadeem Zareen Abbasi
• Moori - Zafeer Brothers
• Poora -Mazhar Ishaq Abbasi Sarwar Abbasi Mushtaq Abbasi
• Sangrerhi -Chaudhary Muhammad Bashir Haneef Abbasi, Khurshid Abbai , Sauod Mahmood Tanvir Abbasi Master Tahir Abbasi

• SEERGOH :

 Babo Rasheed Abbai M.Gul Nasim Abbasi Master Irfan Abbasi Zaker Hussian Chaudhary, Nadeem Chaudhary 

• Cholooty;

Khateeb Adeel Abbasi ,Chaudhary Imran

• Haroota;

Ch.Zafeer , Ch Aqeel

• Toopa- Haqeeq Abbasi
• Nari Hoter - Iftekhar Abbasi, Sadaqat Abbasi
• Hotrol - Mohsin Imdad, Sajjad Abbasi, Shahbaz Abbasi
• Bhan - Rahimdad Abbasi, Iftikhar Hussian Abbai Tikka Khan Abbasi
• Khrindi - Shabbir Abbasi, Nawaz Abbasi
• Kali Kandal - Suleman Hussain, Sharif Khan

Transport

The Qazi Sajawal road from Basian/Abbasian Hotrari Chowk to BHU Mohra road (7-km) connects Swargali- Boi highway (a junction on the main Abbottabad-Murree Road), and the Hadhrat Molana Pir Fakir-u-llah Bakoti Road from Bakot provide transportation links to Birote Khurd. Peer Azhar Bakoti road connects Hotrati Chowk to Bakote Via Hotrari, Hotrol, Bhan. Mumtaz Abbasi connects Hotrari to Moori via Mawan Di Hill.

A lift from Hotrari Chowk to Hotrari opened in 2004 stretching 2,200 ft (670 m). Another cable car connects Birote Klan to Nakker Qutbal and then Nakker Qutbal to Mohra (Lammi joo). This cable car crosses Knair and Kasss streams.

History

This area was a market for Birote Khurd people in winter in the 20th century, but this tradition died out. Water mills vanished during the 1970s, from Gandran ni Dheri, lower Naker Qutbal.

References

http://thefrontierpost.com/mohra-road-needs-immediate-repair-works/