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Sohawa is one of the major towns in Mandi Bahauddin District in Punjab, Pakistan [1]. It is situated on the Phalia Road, almost 3 km out of the city of Mandi Bahauddin. It basically consists of three villages: Sohawa Bolani, Sohawa Jamlani and Sohawa Dilloana and is divided into two Union Councils, Sohawa Bolani and Sohawa Dilloana.

Demographics

The main caste in Sohawas is Gondal Jat followed by other Jatts and Gujjar. Main source of income of people is foreign remittances sent by people who are working in EU, US and Middle Eastern countries who number in the thousands. and Germany live many people from sohawa bolani

References

There is a small village malaknwala in sohawa.Ch.SALEH MUHAMMAD EX.vice chairmain u/c sohawa bolani is a famous person.M.Tufail,AKHTAR ALI WARRICH are very popular in the area.

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Mehboob Alam Naqshbandi Qadri was a great religious personality of the region. He was a prominent khalifa of Hazrat Ghulam Murtaza of Birbal Sharif. He was an author of many religious books in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Punjabi. He was a distinguished mystic poet as well. His tomb is in the local graveyard.