| 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.
Faisalabad District is part of Faisalabad Division.
In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as a City-District. It comprises six Tehsils.[6]
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]
| Chak Jhumra | 202,078 | 253,806 | 332,461 | 385,169 | |
| Faisalabad City | 1,181,562 | 2,140,346 | 3,238,841 | 3,691,999 | |
| Faisalabad Sadar | 666,023 | 924,110 | 1,465,411 | 1,742,958 | |
| Jaranwala | 747,890 | 1,054,698 | 1,492,276 | 1,731,148 | |
| Samundri | 378,302 | 515,785 | 643,068 | 729,672 | |
| Tandlianwala | 386,054 | 540,802 | 702,733 | 794,873 | |
| Faisalabad District | 3,561,909 | 5,429,547 | 7,874,790 | 9,075,819 |
| 1941 | 2017[12] | 2023[13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 606,374 | 60.64% | 7,606,012 | 8,746,155 | ||||
| 209,504 | 20.95% | 243 | ~ | ||||
| 148,484 | 14.85% | 598 | 2,150 | ||||
| 35,341 | 3.53% | 264,677 | 308,580 | ||||
| Ahmadi | 10,959 | 7,630 | |||||
| Others | 197 | 0.03% | 198 | 545 | |||
| Total Population | 999,900 | 7,882,444 | 9,065,306 | ||||
| 1901[14] | 1911[15] [16] | 1921[17] | 1931[18] | 1941[19] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484,657 | 524,288 | 594,917 | 720,996 | 877,518 | |||||||
| 210,459 | 154,603 | 181,488 | 173,344 | 204,059 | |||||||
| 88,049 | 146,670 | 160,821 | 211,391 | 262,737 | |||||||
| 8,672 | 32,023 | 42,004 | 45,518 | 51,948 | |||||||
| 23 | 125 | 231 | 95 | 35 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total population | 791,861 | 857,711 | 979,463 | 1,151,351 | 1,396,305 | ||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyallpur Tehsil | 221,333 | 73,400 | 89,629 | 21,500 | 34 | 77 | 405,973 | ||||||||
| Samundri Tehsil | 217,359 | 33,860 | 40,690 | 8,629 | 0 | 6 | 300,544 | ||||||||
| Toba Tek Singh Tehsil | 271,144 | 55,575 | 53,233 | 16,353 | 1 | 99 | 396,405 | ||||||||
| Jaranwala Tehsil | 167,682 | 41,224 | 79,185 | 5,212 | 0 | 80 | 293,383 | ||||||||
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]
See main article: Roads in Faisalabad.
See main article: Faisalabad railway station.
See main article: Faisalabad International Airport.
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.
Punjab Group of Colleges (Girls Campus) Service Road
Punjab Group of Colleges (Boys Campus) Service Road
Government College University Faisalabad University of Agriculture, Faisalabad