Rurala Road | |
Official Name: | Rurala Road |
Nickname: | Mandi |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Pushpin Map: | Pakistan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Leader Title: | MNA |
Leader Name: | Ahtisham Munawar |
Leader Title1: | MPA |
Leader Name1: | Molvi Hassaan |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 592 |
Population Total: | 25000 |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Railroad Station |
Coordinates: | 31.2°N 73.3°W[1] [2] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 37200 |
Area Code: | 041 |
Rurala Road (Urdu: روڑالہ روڈ) is a town in the tehsil of Jaranwala, district of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.it is 25KM from Jarnawala city.[3]
Rurala Road is also known as Chak No.283 GB and is located between Tehsil Jaranwala and Tehsil Tandlianwala.
Its Union Council number is 65. The chairman of the Union Council is Abdul Ghafoor Jappa and the Vice Chairman is Abdul Rehman, who is also the advocate of the High Court and founder of a cable TV service.
It has a railway station, a bank (HBL), a post office, a bus stand, a taxi stand and markets, as well as the offices of the Union Council, a government hospital and a veterinary hospital. Four private hospitals are there.
A large two-story mosque is nearby, Tahsil Jaranwala. It doubles as a trading post for nearby villages. Rurala Road was one of the busiest villages with the biggest bazaar in the area around Faisalabad in the late 1970s to '80s but due to migration into cities including Faisalabad and Lahore, its importance has diminished..
Four food storage godowns operate in Rurala Road, run by the Government of Punjab.[4]
The schools in this town include:
Rurala Road has bus connections to Faisalabad and Jaranwala.
Rurala Road railway station is connected with Lahore (via Jaranwala, Sheikhupura) and with Shorkot (via Tandlianwala, Kamalia) by rail.[5]
Usama Football Club is known at the national level.[6] The town's other football clubs are Gafari Memorial Football Club.This Town has no proper football ground.
Each year, the Ghafari Memorial Football Tournament is held in the town to commemorate a local footballer.
Each year, the Sharafat Amjad Waqar Memorial Cricket Tournament is held in the town to commemorate a local cricketer. Various cricket teams from Jaranwala tehsil participate in this tournament, which is well known in the area.
The town's cricket clubs are Ahtisham, Ravi, Young Generation Stars, Young Generation Heroes, Rising Stars Eleven, KS Cricket Eleven[7] Young Star