Rurala Road Explained

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]

Location

Rurala Road is also known as Chak No.283 GB and is located between Tehsil Jaranwala and Tehsil Tandlianwala.

Government

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.

Infrastructure

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]

Education

The schools in this town include:

Transport

Bus

Rurala Road has bus connections to Faisalabad and Jaranwala.

Train

Rurala Road railway station is connected with Lahore (via Jaranwala, Sheikhupura) and with Shorkot (via Tandlianwala, Kamalia) by rail.[5]

Sports

Football

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.

Cricket

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Mandi_Rurala_Road.html Falling Rain Genomics
  2. http://www.faisalabad.gov.pk/AsemblyMembers.aspx?TownId=2&Desig1=3&Desig2=4 City District Government
  3. http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=8&dn=Faisalabad Towns & Unions in the City District of Faisalabad
  4. http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/punjabcms/servlet/PunjabCMSServlet?CMDCMS=V_T_DOCS_BROWSER_VIEW&txtDocID=938&txtVersionID=1&CMDDOCTYPE=1&txtUserID=326 Government of the Punjab Food Storage Godowns Details
  5. http://www.pakistanrail.com/prstations/stn_o_r.htm Railway Route Details
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki-clubs.html Pakistan Clubs
  7. kscricketclub.weebly.com