Faisalabad District
Faisalabad District
ضلع فیصل آباد Lyallpur | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 31°25′05.10″N 73°04′39.27″E / 31.4180833°N 73.0775750°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Faisalabad |
Headquarters | Faisalabad |
Number of Tehsils | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Imran Hamid Shaikh |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 5,857 km2 (2,261 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 7,874,790 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Languages | Punjabi, Urdu |
Website | faisalabad |
Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع فیصل آباد) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City. It is the third largest city of Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore.
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Muslim refugees from Eastern Punjab and Haryana settled in the Faisalabad District. It initially lacked industry, hospitals and universities. Since independence, there has been industrial growth, and the city's population is continually growing. Notable industry in the district include but not limited to Textile (spinning, weaving, printing, dying, stitching), Chemicals (acids, caustics, industrial gases, potash, chlorides, etc.), consumer goods (soaps, vegetable oil, detergents), Engineering (light electrical equipment, engineering goods), Metals & Metallurgy (steels, alloys) and Power (power equipment, power production).
Initially a part of Jhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904. In 1982 Toba Tek Singh District (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad. As of 2006[update], it is a City-District consisting of the city of Faisalabad and its surrounding areas.
Administrative divisions
Faisalabad District is part of Faisalabad Division.
In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as a City-District. It comprises six Tehsils.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 7,874,790.
Administrative Unit | 1981 | 1998 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|
Chak Jhumra | 202,078 | 253,806 | 332,461 |
Faisalabad City | 1,181,562 | 2,140,346 | 3,238,841 |
Faisalabad Sadar | 666,023 | 924,110 | 1,465,411 |
Jaranwala | 747,890 | 1,054,698 | 1,492,276 |
Samundri | 378,302 | 515,785 | 643,068 |
Tandlianwala | 386,054 | 540,802 | 702,733 |
Faisalabad District | 3,561,909 | 5,429,547 | 7,874,790 |
Religion
As per the 2017 census, Muslims were the predominant religious community with 96.49% of the population while Christians were 3.36% of the population.
Religion | Population (1941): 42 | Percentage (1941) |
---|---|---|
Islam | 877,518 | 62.85% |
Sikhism | 262,737 | 18.82% |
Hinduism | 204,059 | 14.61% |
Christianity | 51,694 | 3.7% |
Others | 297 | 0.02% |
Total Population | 1,396,305 | 100% |
Language
At the time of the 2017 census, 96.48% of the population spoke Punjabi and 2.02% Urdu as their first language.
Transportation
Road
Rail
Air
Education
Punjab Group of Colleges (Girls Campus) Service Road
Punjab Group of Colleges (Boys Campus) Service Road
Government College University Faisalabad
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Notable people
- Bhagat Singh, a famous Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- Om P. Bahl, an Indian-American molecular biologist, academic and was known for his studies on Human chorionic gonadotropin, popularly known as the pregnancy hormone
- Harkishan Singh, a well recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian
- Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, a noted Indian Punjabi-language folk singer, considered by many to have laid the foundation of contemporary Punjabi music in India
- Arjan Singh, a senior air officer and the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal of the Indian Air Force