Wagh
—  A village in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum in Pakistan  —
Country	Pakistan
Province	Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum, Punjab
Population
• Estimate ()	7,000 (approx)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Telephone Calling Code	544
A village in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum of Pakistan

Nala Banha (rain dependent river) toward west of village Wagh, Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan, District Jhelum, Pakistan

Tehsil-wise Map of District Jhelum

Wagh or Waghh (Urdu: وگھ) is an ancient village located about 10 kilometers towards north of the camp of Alexander the Great on the bank of Jhelum River near Jalalpur Sharif, in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan of District Jhelum in Pakistan.^[1] It is situated in a valley surrounded by foothills of Salt Range from northern, eastern and southern sides and a rain dependent river Nala Banha towards its west, nearly 45 kilometres towards East of Khewra Salt Mines and falls within the jurisdiction of the police station and Union Council at Jalalpur Sharif.

Means of communication[link]

The village is connected with Jhelum - Pind Dadan Khan road at Jalalpur Sharif through a 10 kilometres long Kacha Road passing through the heights of Salt Range and valleys with great scenic beauty around. The Kacha road passes by the villages of Nagyal, Muradan Wali and Chanadh, etc. The road supports the jeeps and light vehicles only. When the rainy season is off, the villagers also travel by jeeps and local buses passing through dry Nala Banha toward Pind Sawika wherefrom they touch the Pind Sawika - Darapur road which links with Jhelum - Pind Dadan Khan road at the village Darapur.

Livelihood[link]

Majority of village dwellers in Wagh earn their livelihood through rain dependent arid agriculture and cattle grazing, etc. Almost 99 percent people prefer to get their children inducted in Armed forces of Pakistan after completion of their education.

Municipal services[link]

A Basic Health Unit was established in the village in 1988. The village was provided with electricity and land line telephone facility in 1992 whereafter water supply system was also provided.

Education[link]

Following educational institutions are available in the village.

• Government High School Wagh (for boys).
• Government Girls Middle School Wagh.

See also[link]

• Jhelum District
• Pind Dadan Khan
• Jalalpur Sharif
• Pind Sawika

References[link]

Kshitij Wagh is an Indian playback singer and a music composer.

As a singer, songs to his credit include 'Mehki Mehki' a duet with Shreya Ghoshal, for the film Game, Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Kangna Ranaut and Sarah-Jane Dias, Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, 'motu master' from 'Udaan' and 'Aashaon ke pankh' from priyadarshan's 'Bum Bum Bole'.

He has also sung some of the famous TV commercials like cadbury's 'aaj pehli tareekh hai', Aircel's Dhoni 3G commercial 'chup chup gap shap' and the Lux commercial starring Aishwarya Rai,'Har Kahin Chaaya hai yeh'.

He debuted as a music director for a marathi film called 'Yedyanchi Jatra'(comedy), starring Bharat Jhadav, Vinay Apte and Mohan Joshi which released on 3rd february, 2012. The film has four songs that include a lavani 'kata Rutla',sung by Shreya Ghoshal, a sad song 'Uthale Vadal', sung by Shankar Mahadevan, a duet 'saanj gandhaalali' by Amruta Natu and Kshitij Wagh, and a title track by Kshitij Wagh, Suhas Sawant and Lalit Sharma.

The lavani has been performed by Shweta Tiwari and choreographed by Saroj Khan.

Partial discography[link]

• Mehki Mehki- for Hindi film Game-2011 Music- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Motu Master for Hindi film Udaan - 2010 Music- Amit Trivedi
• Aashaon ke pankh for Hindi film Bumm Bumm Bole - 2010 Music - Tapas Relia
• Kata Rutla- for Marathi film Yedyanchi Jatra - 2012 Music- Kshitij Wagh
• Uthale Vadal- for Marathi film Yedyanchi Jatra - 2012 Music- Kshitij Wagh
• Saanj Gandhaalali- for Marathi film Yedyanchi Jatra - 2012 Music- Kshitij Wagh
• Yedyanchi Jatra title track- for Marathi film Yedyanchi Jatra - 2012 Music- Kshitij Wagh
• Thakalo thakalo for Marathi film On duty 24 taas - 2010 Music - Panjak-Pushkar
• Aananda cha dis aala for Marathi film On duty 24 taas - 2010 Music - Pankaj-Pushkar
• Mukya Mukya for Marathi film anolkhi he ghar majhe - 2009 Music - K C Loy
• Amhi tumchya for Marathi film Aila re - 2006 Music - Pranay Pradhan
• Thembanche moti leyun for Marathi film Aila re - 2006 Music - Pranay Pradhan

External links[link]

• Kshitij Wagh Official Facebook Page
• Kshitij Wagh Official Twitter Page

References[link]