Achh

Achh
—  Union council and village  —
Achh Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°52′N 74°8′E
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Gujrat District
Tehsil	Kharian Tehsil
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC+6)

Achh is a village and union council of Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kharian Tehsil and is located at 32°52'0N 74°8'0E with an altitude of 311 metres.

History

Achh is a village of Awan (Pakistan). These Awans are descendants of Muzammal Ali(Kalgan Shah), also known as Kalan Shah, son of Qutb Shah a ruler of Herat and a general in the army of Mahmud of Ghazni, who himself was a Hashemite descendant of the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.Basically people of achh belongs to kalabagh and from the famous branch named as KATWAL(Sons of KEHTO) The original village was located about one kilometer to its east. Still having ruins and named "Purana Achh" and migrated the village to its present location because of disturbance of Sikhs and Hindus. The place where achh is now was the place of religious people of Hindus named as MISHER. The MARKAZI JAMIA MASJID ACHH is near their old house. Because of those(MISHER) other Hindus was unable to disturb the people of "achh". there are basically 5 families in Achh

• Sher Shahi (family belongs to Sher bakhash a well known person of the time)
• West side (people living in the west side of village )
• Central (people living in the center of village )
• Natho (These are the old relatives of other people of achh who emigrate and then return to their own peoples)
• Workers (mirasi,chour, masalli,nayi,machi,lohar,tarkhan)

There are also a family of SAYEDS (Shah sahab) in the village a very well known people of area because of religious point and Hakeem also.

Present

There is a school Govt. primary school for girls Achh, Union council office, Jamia Masjid, 4 graveyards and a market having all necessary things Most people of Achh belongs to agriculture but having some other professions also like Army, Teaching, business and living abroad. People of "Achh" are very kind, peace loving and having a simple life.