• Source: Chapri, Nowshera

Chapri is a hill station in Pabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Known locally as Sapara in Pashtoo and called Chapri in Urdu and English, it is one of the far-flung villages of the Nowshera District. It lies roughly 17 miles (27 km) from Main GT Road Tehsil Pabbi. Village Chapri is surrounded by big mountains. Other settlements, i.e. Dak Ismail Khel, Saleh Khana, Spin Khak, Jaroba, and Cherat Cantonment are neighbouring villages. Chapri is a small village with respect to population in the area. Village Chapri originated from Village Dak Ismail Khel. The people of Chapri are engaged in various businesses, public/private services, and jobs/services abroad.




History






= British Period

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During British rule Cherat & Chapri was important as a hill cantonment and sanitarium for British troops in what was then the Nowshera Tehsil of the Peshawar District of British India.
Cherat was first used as a sanitarium for troops in 1861 and was used during the hot weather as a health station for the British troops who were quartered in the hot and malarious valley of Peshawar. It was declared a cantonment in 1886. The cantonment commands a view of the whole of the Peshawar valley on one side, and on the other of a portion of the Khwarra valley in Peshawar District, and of Kohat District as far as the Indus.
Pre historical origin
People living here are migrants from D. I. Khel 170 years back. Initially in Shami Khel, most made a living by serving in Britain Military's cantonment services but dwelling followed completely some time in 1850.
and has a history belonging to Kohat Ismail Khel Baba buried in Kohat, the father of Ismail Khels.




Historical places at Chapri


Among the Historical places are the following:

Cherat Pumping Station at Chapri Gate
Peer Safar Hill Station
Naki Kote Pumping Station at Chapri
Jan Mohammad Shaheed
Zalabadeen Kamar Waterfall
Halwat Shaheed
FC Post
Chapri Police Choki
Sulimani Ghaar, a part of (Kohe Suliman)
Talab
Beautiful Play Ground.




Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom Female


Omme Hakeem Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom for Female, and Iqra Roza Tul Atfal.




Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom


Aamir Khattak Islamic Dar-ul-Uloom.




Chapri Library


Chapri Library.




Education


Govt Primary School Chapri (boys)
Govt Primary School Chapri (girls)
Iqra Modal High School Chapri
Iqra (Rozatul Atfal) School Chapri
APSACS Cherat (Chapri).




Sports


The youth of Chapri are very active in every field of sports but unfortunately there are few facilities available for their use. However, cricket, football, and Gulli dande (push dande) are sports played in Chapri.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chapri, Nowshera
• Chapri
• Nowshera District
• Cherat
• List of populated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Dak Ismail Khel
• Pabbi Tehsil