Rajoa is a village in Dadyal

Dadyal

Dadyal or Dadyaal is a town situated in the Mirpur district of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The town consists of more than 70 smaller villages. Like much of the Mirpur District, Dadyal has descendants of inhabitants that emigrated to the United Kingdom between the 1950s and 1980s...

 Tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

, Mirpur District

Mirpur District

Mirpur District is a district in the disputed and divided state of [Jammu and Kashmir]. The district is named after the main city, Mirpur. The District of Mirpur has a population of 371,000 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains...

 of Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is surrounded by Thara, Smor, Bloh, Chalayar, Dargar, and Behari

Behari

Behari is a village in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan....

. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan

Census in Pakistan

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, its population was 504. The shrine of the Sufi saint Baba Badar Shah (known as Chamba Darbar) is situated here.

Like much of Mirpur, Rajoa has deep ties with the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. Many people originally from Rajoa have settled in Birmingham

Birmingham

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and its surrounding area.