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Bucheki is a small town situated in the Punjab. It is located about 80km west of the famous city of Lahore and 15km south of district Nankana Sahib (the birth place of Guru Nanak Sahib).

The thing that makes Bucheki famous is its very well established grain market. The grain market is in full swing during the harvesting seasons of wheat (May - June) and rice (October - November). This is the time when one can see large crowds in the town and a lot of trucks loaded with the crops some coming in and some going out.

The town has a main bazaar which has most of merchants located on both sides starting from book stores to jewelry shops. It also has the famous “Nala Daik” passing right through the middle.

In Bucheki there are two dominant Tribes, Manj Rajputs and Manais Jutts. Manj Rajputs mostly known as Majors are migrants who migrated from India in 1947 and settled in Bucheki. Both of the tribes are largest landowning families in the Bucheki. The Majors are a politically active and influential tribe. The Manj are so called Majors because their family have many Army Officers and so known as a Military family.

The postal code for Bucheki is 39130. This post office operates from Qila Sheikhupura postal office. This postal office is located in the Punjab province in Pakistan, it is a general post office and has an attached branch office within it. The postal code of the attached branch postal office is 39131.