{{Short description|Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Alipur Chattha | other_name = Akalgarh | native_name = {{Nastaliq|علی پور چٹھہ}} | official_name = | settlement_type = Tehsil | nickname = | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Dipalpur city Pakistan - Mklive1.jpg | image_caption = Alipur Chatha Tehsil | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield / = | shield_size = | blank_emblem_size = 100px | blank_emblem_alt = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Alipur Chattha | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{nowrap|{{flag|Pakistan}}}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Punjab}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Wazirabad | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Alipur Chatha | subdivision_type4 = Number of Union Councils | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | leader_title1 = Jahangir Baoora | leader_name1 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = 14 October 2022 | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 12 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_est = 118,989 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/GUJRANWALA_BLOCKWISE.pdf#page=76 |title=GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> | pop_est_as_of = 2023 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone_DST = +5 | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|32.16|73.49|region:PK_type:city|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = Postal code type | postal_code = 52080 | area_code = 055 | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Ali Pur Chattha''' (formerly '''Akalgarh''') is a Tehsil and union council of Alipur Chatha Tehsil, Wazirabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.<ref>[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Akalgarh6.html Location of Akalgarh - Falling Rain Genomics]</ref><ref>[https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/09/cm-looks-into-alleged-torture-of-two-sisters/ Chief Minister looks into the alleged torture of two sisters (at Alipur Chatha)] Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 9 June 2012, Retrieved 1 June 2018</ref> Ali Pur Chattha is a tehsil of Wazirabad in Gujranwala division of Pakistan. The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. It is situated 35 km west of the district capital Wazirabad, between 25 and 30 km north of Hafizabad, 8 km south of Rasool Nagar, 26 km east of Vanike Tarar and 15 km from Chenab River (Qadirabad Barrage).
==History== An earlier name of the village was Aligarh. This village had Chatha clan's population. It was won by Sardar Maha Singh in 1718. He named it Akalgarh. In the Ali Pur Chattha area, there are the ruins of the historical city of Akālgarh with the remnants of the Sikh Empire in this area.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bansal|first=Bobby Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUiwDAAAQBAJ&q=Alipur+Chatha&pg=PT90|title=Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan|date=2015-12-01|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=9789384544935|language=en}}</ref>
The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. At that time, the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
==Communication== Alipur is connected with Wazirabad via Wazirabad-Alipur Highway and with Gujranwala via Kalaskay through Gujranwala-Alipur Highway. Alipur Chatta railway station is located in Alipur Chatha city on the Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch line.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2025 |title=Map of Pakistan Railways |url=https://www.railways.gov.pk/Detail/OTg0NzM1YzAtOWFhOC00MGIzLWFlMzEtNzY1MjZhOGFiZTMw |access-date=17 August 2025 |website=railways.gov.pk |publisher=Ministry of Railways}}</ref>
==See also==
* Divisions of Pakistan * Tehsils of Pakistan ** Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan ** Tehsils of Azad Kashmir ** Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan * Districts of Pakistan ** Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ** Districts of Punjab, Pakistan ** Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan ** Districts of Sindh, Pakistan ** Districts of Azad Kashmir ** Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Portal|Punjab}} {{Neighbourhoods of Gujranwala}}
Category:Cities and towns in Gujranwala District Category:Populated places in Wazirabad Tehsil Category:Populated places established in 1867