The village is at 8km from GT (Grand Trunk) Road Mandrah. Majority of people are government employed like teachers, Punjab police, army, navy, air force, patwaris, traffic police etc.
History of Bhata
Bhata is a historical village. There is a six-hundred-year-old cemetery and a mosque here. Some distance to the west of Bhata is the historical cemetery of Sardaran Ghakhran, whose total area was about eighty kanals. And the graves of his two brave brothers, Sher Khan Gakhar and Fateh Khan Gakhar, are in the four walls of the fort, which are blackened here.
There are three arches on the western inner wall of Baristan's four walls, the central arch is large and the right and left ones are slightly smaller. There are round towers on the four corners. In 1580, Sulaiman Khan settled Bhata in the true sense. After the arrival of Sulaiman Khan, the Janjua Rajput's family settled here.
Digital-enabled village
This is the 16th digital-enabled village in the country being monitored by the State Bank of Pakistan. Major commercial banks followed the State Bank's instructions and made arrangements to designate Bhata village as a Digital enabled village.
The Digital-enabled village scheme is an initiative of the State Bank. It aims to provide 100% financial literacy for the entire population, achieve 80% account opening, ensure 50% of the accounts are held by females, onboard all merchants and shops in the village through QR deployment, and install ATMs. The State Bank is carrying out these initiatives through partner commercial banks.
The PTCL provides the main network of landline telephones. Many ISPs and all major mobile phone and wireless companies operating in Pakistan provide service in Bhata.
Bhata is situated on the Mandra-Chowk Pindori Road. Gujar Khan is about 18 kilometers away, Rawalpindi – Islamabad is about 45 kilometers, Mandra is 8 Kilometers, Rawat is 22 kilometers and Kallar Syedan is about 16 kilometers from Bhata. There are many ways to get around in Bhata, including public transport, buses, various kinds of private hire vehicles including vans, cars, taxis, and auto-rickshaws, motorcycles, and tractors.
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