Faisalabad District Explained

Faisalabad District
Native Name Lang:Punjabi and Urdu
Other Name:Lyallpur
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:31.4181°N 73.0776°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Faisalabad
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Faisalabad
Parts Type:Number of Tehsils
Parts:6
Government Type:District Administration
Leader Title:Deputy Commissioner
Leader Name:Imran Hamid Shaikh[1]
Leader Title1:District Police Officer
Leader Name1:N/A
Leader Title2:District Health Officer
Leader Name2:N/A
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:5857
Population Total:9075819
Population As Of:2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Blank Name Sec1:Languages
Blank Info Sec1:Punjabi, Urdu

Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979)[2] (Punjabi and Urdu: {{Nastaliq|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.[3]

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).[4]

Initially a part of Jhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904.[5] In 1982 Toba Tek Singh District (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad., 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.[6]

  1. Chak Jhumra[7]
  2. Faisalabad City
  3. Faisalabad Sadar
  4. Jaranwala[7]
  5. Samundri[7]
  6. Tandlianwala[7]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2017 census, Faisalabad district had 1,209,954 households and a population of 7,882,444. Faisalabad had a sex ratio of 951 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.83% - 74.68% for males and 64.75% for females. 3,766,866 (47.78%) lived in urban areas. 1,948,827 (24.72%) were under 10 years of age.[8] In 2023, the district had 1,384,668 households and a population of 9,075,819.[9]

Total Population according to censuses!Administrative Unit!1981!1998[10] !2017[11] !2023
Chak Jhumra202,078253,806332,461385,169
Faisalabad City1,181,5622,140,3463,238,8413,691,999
Faisalabad Sadar666,023924,1101,465,4111,742,958
Jaranwala747,8901,054,6981,492,2761,731,148
Samundri378,302515,785643,068729,672
Tandlianwala386,054540,802702,733794,873
Faisalabad District3,561,9095,429,5477,874,7909,075,819

Religion

Religious
group! colspan="2"
19412017[12] 2023[13]
606,37460.64%7,606,0128,746,155
209,50420.95%243~
148,48414.85%5982,150
35,3413.53%264,677308,580
Ahmadi10,9597,630
Others1970.03%198545
Total Population999,9007,882,4449,065,306
Religious
group! colspan="2"
1901[14] 1911[15] [16] 1921[17] 1931[18] 1941[19]
484,657524,288594,917720,996877,518
210,459154,603181,488173,344204,059
88,049146,670160,821211,391262,737
8,67232,02342,00445,51851,948
231252319535
12276
00002
00000
Others00000
Total population791,861857,711979,4631,151,3511,396,305
Tehsil! colspan="2"
OthersTotal
Lyallpur Tehsil221,33373,40089,62921,5003477405,973
Samundri Tehsil217,35933,86040,6908,62906300,544
Toba Tek Singh Tehsil271,14455,57553,23316,353199396,405
Jaranwala Tehsil167,68241,22479,1855,212080293,383

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 94.13% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.49% Urdu, and 0.64% Pashto as their first language.[20]

Transportation

Road

See main article: Roads in Faisalabad.

Rail

See main article: Faisalabad railway station.

Air

See main article: Faisalabad International Airport.

Electricity Supplier

Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) is the state-owned electric distribution company that is responsible for supplying electricity to the districts of Faisalabad as well as Sargodha, Mianwali, Khushab, Jhang, Bhakkar, Toba Tek Singh, and Chiniot in Pakistan. Established in 1998, FESCO generates electric power from water (hydro-electric power) and distributes it to 4.01 million consumers of the area. Consumers can check there FESCO electricity bill at fescoebills.pk

The current CEO is Engineer Bashir Ahmed.

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: DC Directs Polio Teams To Remain Active For Achieving Target. 21 January 2023. 22 January 2023. UrduPoint.
  2. Web site: History of Faisalabad. Punjab Portal website. 13 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018214515/http://punjab.gov.pk/faisalabad_history. 18 October 2015. dead.
  3. http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm Urban Resource Centre (1998 census details)
  4. Web site: A Histroty of Faisalabad City . 2023-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170522231138/http://www.fcci.com.pk/a-histroty-of-faisalabad-city.html . 2017-05-22 . dead. Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry website.
  5. Book: 1998 District Census report of Faisalabad. Islamabad. Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. Census publication . 116. 2000.
  6. Web site: Faisalabad, Punjab Portal. punjab.gov.pk. 3 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Towns & Unions in the City District of Faisalabad. dead. 26 March 2012. 13 April 2023. National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326133048/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=8&dn=Faisalabad.
  8. Web site: District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) . www.pbscensus.gov.pk . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. Web site: 2023 . TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE . www.pbscensus.gov.pk . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. Web site: 1951-1998 censuses. pbs.gov.pk. 3 March 2021.
  11. Web site: District And Tehsil Level Population Summary With Region Breakup (Faisalabad District). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 13 April 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123193016/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/FAISLABAD_SUMMARY.pdf . 23 November 2018.
  12. Web site: Final Results (Census-2017). 29 March 2024.
  13. Web site: 2023 . TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023 . 2 Aug 2024 . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. Web site: Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. ]. saoa.crl.25363739 . 29 March 2024 . 1901 . 34.
  15. Web site: Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25393788 . 29 March 2024 . 1911 . 27.
  16. Web site: Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II . 23 March 2024 . 1911 . 27 . Kaul, Harikishan.
  17. Web site: Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25430165 . 29 March 2024 . 1921 . 29.
  18. Web site: Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. . saoa.crl.25793242 . 29 March 2024 . 1931 . 277.
  19. Web site: Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab . saoa.crl.28215541 . 29 March 2024 . 1941 . 42.
  20. Web site: 2023 . TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023 . 2 Aug 2024 . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.