Khanqah Sharif

Khanqah Sharif
City
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Bahawalpur
Population
• Total	60,000
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC+6)

Khanqah Sharif is a city situated west of Bahawalpur District. It is famous due to the Shrine of Khawaja Mohkum ud Deen Serani. There are two shrines of Khawaja Serani. One in Khanqah Sharif, Pakistan and other is in India. Saraiki is the major language. Urdu, English, Punjabi and Pushto are also spoken. It is more than 200 years old city. It has 3 Gardens and many Mosques and Schools.Khanqah Sharif

Its population is more than 60 thousands according to 2012 census.

Coordinates: 29°31′N 71°45′E / 29.517°N 71.750°E / 29.517; 71.750

Neighbourhoods of Bahawalpur

Administrations: Bahawalpur Division and Bahawalpur District

Tehsils	Ahmadpur East Bahawalpur Hasilpur Khairpur Tamiwali Yazman Fort Abbas

Cities	Ahmadpur East Bahawalpur (capital) Cholistan Desert Hasilpur Khairpur Tamiwali Uch Yazman

Towns and councils	Basti Babbar Basti Dhandlah Basti Nari Dadwala Faqirwali Ganehar Head Rajkan Jamalpur Khosa Kot Sabzal Mianwala Kariya Muhammadgarh Najwaniwala

Villages	Boharwala Channan Pir Khanqah Sharif Kotla Musa Khan

Website: Bahawalpur District at NRB

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