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'''Nauthen''' ({{langx|ur|نوتھیں}}) is a village in [[Pindi Bhattian]] Tehsil, [[Hafizabad]] District, [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].
== Geography ==
Nauthen covers a 5 square mile area . Nauthen has nine sub villages areas called ''khooh'' (well): Jandwal Khooh, Rodu Khooh, Malwala Khooh, Saroo Khooh, Jinnah colony, Nauthen Station, Chuntra, Dall Wahaband Dall Jahana.
== Demographics ==
The population is  5,678. Punjabi is primary language of the area and [[Islam]] is the common religion, 97 percent [[Sunni]] and nearly 3 percent [[Shia]] Muslim.<ref>The Punjab in 1920s – A Case study of Muslims, Zarina Salamat, Royal Book Company, Karachi, 1997. table 45, pp. 136. {{ISBN|969-407-230-1}}</ref> The majority of the population are Randhaira clan of [[Kharal]] caste.
== History ==
Nautha Singh and Uduo Singh were two brothers who dug two water wells which grew into two villages, [[Nauthen]] and Uduoki.<ref>Muslim peoples: a world ethnographic survey / Richard V. Weekes, editor-in-chief Greenwood Press</ref> Rai Jalaldin Randhira (Jalalia) a nomad leader of Kharal clan from Ravi Rihan (Lahore) in 1740 AD occupied the area around the well and drove out the old inhabitants. Rai Jalalia was survived by four sons Rai Qaim, Rai Saro (Sarwar), Rai Aqal, Rai Humaon (Humayon) and one son-in-law Ghulla Malah (a pirate) from the Pindi Bhattian Chenab river. Rai Jalalia settled in Nauthen, leaving five tribes bearing the names of his sons and son-in-law.<ref>Mortimer, Edward, Faith and Power, (1982), p.158-170</ref>
== Transport ==
Nauthen is linked with Hafizabad through Sukheki road and by rail to Faisalabad. Nauthen is linked with provincial capital [[Lahor]]e and federal capital [[Islamabad]] through Lahore-Islamabad Motorway M2. Nauthen hosts motorway service area Sukheki.<ref>History of Hafizabad.</ref>
== Education ==
Govt. High School Nauthen and Govt. Girls Middle School and Govt. Primary School Nauthen.
== Religion ==
The two main holy shrines are of Baba Haji Shah Sarkar and Bawa Nawab shah.<ref>shrines in hafizabad.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Hafizabad District]]
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