What is Behak Maken?
{{refimprove|date=August 2013}} '''Behak Maken''' is a village in the [[Sargodha District]] of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. It is 17.5&nbsp;km from Sargodha city and 10&nbsp;km away from Dhreema, due to its geographical location, the British Royal Air Force built an air base between Chak No 92 NB and Chak No 105 NB (Godhay wala) nearby. It took on greater importance after the Independence of Pakistan for the [[Pakistan Air Force]]. The population grew rapidly. Approximately 75% of the population of this village belongs to the [[Maken]] caste or clan of this region. [[File:Behak maken (23).png|thumb|Behak Maken]] ==History== Behak Maken was supposedly founded when one Raja Singh, Maken [[Rajput]], first came to the Sargodha district (old Shahpur) sometime during the 12th or 13th century AD. It is claimed that the famous Punjabi [[Sufi]] saint [[Baba Farid]] ''Ganj Shakar'' appeared to Singh to instruct him in [[Islam]] after which the Raja settled permanently in the district with his family as a [[Muslim]]. He and his progeny founded this village and others in the vicinity. Towards the end of the fifteenth century, some of the [[Baloch]] tribe from Makran migrated and flocked into the country in and around Mankera,and subsequently ruled here for the next three hundred years. Later on, it fell under [[Sikh]] rule until 1849, when the Punjab was annexed by the East India Company and thus British rule lasted here until 1947. ==Demographics== According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the village had a population of 5,513. In May 2011 the population of Behak Maken was estimated at 7000. About 90% of the people are followers of [[Sunni Islam]]. The predominant ethnic population in the village is Punjabi with small communities of Muhajirs (immigrants/settlers from [[India]]) and [[Pashtun]]s. [[File:Zia maken,- (327)1.jpg|thumb|<!-- ? -->]] ==Economy== The economy of this village is primarily agrarian. The vast fields of the village have allowed the farmers to develop a range of crops a