Chapri, Nowshera

Chapri
Chapri
Coordinates: 33.822617°N 71.856807°E / 33.822617; 71.856807
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Nowshera District
Elevation	1,089 m (3,573 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0923

Chapri is a hill station in Pabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] Known locally as Sapara in Pashtoo and called Chapri in Urdu and English, it is one of the far-flung villages of the Nowshera District. It lies roughly 17 miles (27 km) from Main GT Road Tehsil Pabbi. Village Chapri is surrounded by big mountains. Other settlements, i.e. Dak Ismail Khel, Saleh Khana, Spin Khak, Jaroba, and Cherat Cantonment are neighbouring villages. Chapri is a small village with respect to population in the area. Village Chapri originated from Village Dak Ismail Khel. The people of Chapri are engaged in various businesses, public/private services, and jobs/services abroad.[2]

History

British Period

During British rule Cherat & Chapri was important as a hill cantonment and sanitarium for British troops in what was then the Nowshera Tehsil of the Peshawar District of British India.^[citation needed]

Cherat was first used as a sanitarium for troops in 1861 and was used during the hot weather as a health station for the British troops who were quartered in the hot and malarious valley of Peshawar. It was declared a cantonment in 1886. The cantonment commands a view of the whole of the Peshawar valley on one side, and on the other of a portion of the Khwarra valley in Peshawar District, and of Kohat District as far as the Indus.[3]

Pre historical origin

People living here are migrants from D. I. Khel 170 years back. Initially in Shami Khel, most made a living by serving in Britain Military's cantonment services but dwelling followed completely some time in 1850.^[citation needed] and has a history belonging to Kohat Ismail Khel Baba buried in Kohat, the father of Ismail Khels.^[citation needed]

Historical places at Chapri

Among the Historical places are the following:

• Cherat Pumping Station at Chapri Gate
• Peer Safar Hill Station
• Naki Kote Pumping Station at Chapri
• Jan Mohammad Shaheed
• Zalabadeen Kamar Waterfall
• Halwat Shaheed
• FC Post
• Chapri Police Choki
• Sulimani Ghaar, a part of (Kohe Suliman)
• Talab
• Beautiful Play Ground.[4]

Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom Female

Omme Hakeem Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom for Female, and Iqra Roza Tul Atfal.[5]

Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom

Aamir Khattak Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom.[6]

Chapri Library

Chapri Library.[7]

Education

• Govt Primary School Chapri (boys)
• Govt Primary School Chapri (girls)
• Iqra Modal High School Chapri
• Iqra (Rozatul Atfal) School Chapri
• APSACS Cherat (Chapri).[8]

Sports

The youth of Chapri are very active in every field of sports but unfortunately there are few facilities available for their use. However, cricket, football, and Gulli dande (push dande) are sports played in Chapri.[9]

References

1. John, Brown Coggin; Dey, Abani Kumar (1975). The mineral and nuclear fuels of the Indian subcontinent and Burma: a guide to the study of the coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, and thorium resources of the area. Oxford University Press. p. 122. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
2. Naseer Zaman Khattak, March 2014
3. Naseer Zaman Khattak
4. Naseer Zaman Khattak
5. Naseer Zaman Khattak
6. Naseer Zaman Khattak
7. Naseer Zaman Khattak
8. Naseer Zaman Khattak
9. Naseer Zaman Khattak

33°49′21.25″N 71°51′24.45″E