Mohra Heran
Village Mohra Heran is part of union council Choha Khalsa, and is two miles from Choha Khalsa. It is a valley in foot steps of the mountains. People originated from Mohra Nagrial in 1870 to here. Numberdar Badar-ud-Din of Mohra Nagrial discovered this beautiful valley, by profession he was a farmer and this place was much suitable for his cattle, because of the greenery, so he built a cottage and settled down in this valley. After sometime rest of his family joined him in the new village. so it became a small village at the end of 1899.
Mohra Heran | |
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Village | |
  Mohra Heran | |
| Coordinates: 33.25°N 73.30°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Name
According to Subaidar Raja Abdul Latif Mohra Heran was named after Heer Rivulet.
Population
Current population of the village is around one thousand people and has 227 houses.
Education
Majority of the people are well educated, Mohra Heran is famous for teachers. Almost in every family there are two to three teachers. Girls education percentage is higher than boys, around 60 to 70% girls are doing intermediate graduation, while 50% of the boys are in higher studies.
Sports
Mohra Heran is also known for sports activities. Mainly played games in Mohra Heran are cricket, football, volleyball and kabadi (cultural game). Right Club is well known cricket club of Mohra Heran.
Culture
Hunting (dove, rabbit, partridge) and breeding of different birds (pigeon) and animals is included in the culture of Mohra Heran. People also keep black partridge and Bataira (called in local language) as a hobby.
Bulls Race
Bull race is a common and very famous cultural game of Pothwar region. It was practiced by our forefathers (nominated among them are Master Barkat Gee, Master Ahmed Gee, and Malik Sawar) as well but now at current Nambardar Shakeel, is famous in this game.
Kabadi
Chaudhary Saleem (Late) was very famous in this game in whole district Kallar Sayedan.
Dog Race
At current two people Master Khalid Mehmood and Master Javed are famous in the field of dog racing and rabbit hunt. This was also practiced by our forefathers.
Famous personalities
Raja Zareef
He was a well known political worker of Mohra Heran. He became Naib Nazam of Choha Khalsa in 2002 election. He retired as an admin officer and also worked as a Lawyer. He has given very much to his village.
Raja Ajaib Khan
He was well known lawyer of Mohra Heran. He remained President of Rawalpindi Bar two times. He has also worked for the welfare of his people.
Subidar(R) Abdul Latif
He was retired from army at the rank of Subidar. After that he turned over to education sector and retired as a Head Master of High School. He was also a famous political worker. He worked hard to encourage his people toward education.
Master Muhammad Rehmat Gee
He is also a well known personality in education sector of Mohra Heran.
Chaudhary Muhabbat Alahi
He worked to give jobs to the people of Mohra Heran.
Professor Javed
He is a well known personality of Mohra Heran. He was principal of Degree College For Boys Kallar Sayedan. He has worked a lot in educational sector.
Chaudhary Khadam Hussain
He remained General Councilor. He is also a very active political person of Mohra Heran.
Chaudhary Rasheed
He also has a place in the politics of Mohra Heran.
Raja Nasir Mehmood
He is the son of Raja Ajaib Khan. He remained President of Rawalpindi Bar last time. He is also an active political worker.
