Lakhnewala

Lakhnewala is a village of Mandi Bahauddin District in Punjab, Pakistan, located between River Jhelum and River Chenab. The total area of the village is approximately 119,790,000 sq ft or 2750 acres. It is about 8 km east of the city of Mandi Bahauddin. North are Kot Baloch, Rasul and the Government College of Technology, Rasul. It sits at 222 meters in average elevation.ClimateThe summer begins in April; the hottest months are May, June and July with peak temperatures about 45 °C at noon. Winter begins in October; the coldest months are December through February, with frost in the January and February. Winter days are generally pleasant with maximum and minimum temperatures about 21.5 °C and 5.1 °C, respectively. Annual average rainfall is about 435 mm.PopulationThere are approximately 1400 houses in village with a total of about 7500 people. The entire population of the village is Muslim who may attend 5 mosques and 2 madrasahs. 1 womenmadrasahThere are 2100 registered voters, almost 45% of whom are women.EconomicsThe majority of the people earn their livelihood through agriculture on the fertile land, using the peter engine method for irrigation. The most important crops are wheat (gandam), rice (chawal), sugarcane (kamad) Watermelon and cotton which together account for more than 75% of the value of total crop output.