Kauntrila

Kauntrila
Union council
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Rawalpindi
Tehsil	Gujar Khan

Kauntrila (also spelled Kuntrila) (کونتریلہ) is a village and union council of Gujar Khan Tehsil in Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province Pakistan.^[1] Kauntrila is a populated small town among few of old towns in Gujar Khan Tehsil. It is also a union council of Gujar Khan Tehsil.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 22 June 2012 until completing his designated term on 16 March 2013 has his maternal side of his family in kauntrila.

Lieutenant General retired Nadeem Anjum is a three-star general in the Pakistan Army, who served as the 30th Director-General of the ISI hails from the village of Kauntrila.

Kauntrila was a large market before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, and was on the main walking route connecting Chakwal and Rawalpindi. This town has a number of pre-independence built houses, one of which is the tallest building called Maari, which was owned by a Bakhshi Family before independence. However, the Bakhshi Family had to leave their belongings and migrated to India after riots started in nearby villages.

Kauntrila is situated in the south of Gujjar Khan city in Gujar Khan Tehsil. It is surrounded by the villages of Sasral and Kot Amb. Kauntrila is connected through a link road with Gujar khan-Daultala Road at Sasral and Sohawa-Chakwal Road at Dhoke Amb.

The popular villages that fall in kauntrila town are Dhoke Rajgan, Mohra Mari, Mohra Jharian, Mohra Kalyal, Kolian Hameed, Kharali, Garmala, Hafial and Mohri Rajgan.

Kauntrila is connected through a link road with Gujar khan-Daultala Road at Sasral and Sohawa-Chakwal Road at Dhoke Amb. There is one Girls High School and one Boys Higher Secondary School. A Rural Health Centre is also working here. Play Grounds of Boys Higher Secondary School are the biggest in Rawalpindi District. Like many other places Kauntrila also suffers with lack of medical facilities.