Faisalabad District
Faisalabad District
ضلع فیصل آباد Lyallpur | |
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UTC+5 (PST) | |
Languages | Punjabi, Urdu |
Website | faisalabad |
Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979)
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the
Initially a part of Jhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904.[6] 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.[7]
Administrative divisions
Faisalabad District is part of Faisalabad Division.
In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as a
Demographics
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 1,548,689 | — |
1961 | 1,990,297 | +2.54% |
1972 | 3,163,756 | +4.30% |
1981 | 3,561,909 | +1.33% |
1998 | 5,429,547 | +2.51% |
2017 | 7,882,444 | +1.98% |
2023 | 9,075,819 | +2.38% |
Sources:[10] |
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.[11] In 2023, the district had 1,384,668 households and a population of 9,075,819.[2]
Administrative Unit | 1981[12] | 1998[12] | 2017[9] |
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Chak Jhumra
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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
Religious group |
2017[13] | |
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Pop. | % | |
Islam | 7,606,012 | 96.49% |
Christianity | 264,677 | 3.36% |
Ahmadi | 10,959 | 0.14% |
Hinduism | 598 | 0.01% |
Others | 198 | 0% |
Total Population | 7,882,444 | 100% |
Religious group |
1901[14] | 1911[15][16] | 1921[17] | 1931[18] | 1941[19] | |||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 484,657 | 61.2% | 524,288 | 61.13% | 594,917 | 60.74% | 720,996 | 62.62% | 877,518 | 62.85% |
Hinduism [a] | 210,459 | 26.58% | 154,603 | 18.03% | 181,488 | 18.53% | 173,344 | 15.06% | 204,059 | 14.61% |
Sikhism | 88,049 | 11.12% | 146,670 | 17.1% | 160,821 | 16.42% | 211,391 | 18.36% | 262,737 | 18.82% |
Christianity | 8,672 | 1.1% | 32,023 | 3.73% | 42,004 | 4.29% | 45,518 | 3.95% | 51,948 | 3.72% |
Jainism | 23 | 0% | 125 | 0.01% | 231 | 0.02% | 95 | 0.01% | 35 | 0% |
Zoroastrianism | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 7 | 0% | 6 | 0% |
Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 791,861 | 100% | 857,711 | 100% | 979,463 | 100% | 1,151,351 | 100% | 1,396,305 | 100% |
Note1: Lyallpur District , prior to district renaming in 1979.
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Language
At the time of the 2017 census, 98% of the population spoke Punjabi and 1.5% Urdu as their first language.[11]
Transportation
Road
Rail
Air
Education
Government College University Faisalabad
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Notable people
- Bhagat Singh, a famous Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- molecular biologist, academic and was known for his studies on Human chorionic gonadotropin, popularly known as the pregnancy hormone
- science historian
- Punjabi musicin 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
See also
References
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- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- ^ "History of Faisalabad". Punjab Portal website. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Urban Resource Centre (1998 census details) Archived 13 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A Histroty of Faisalabad City". Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry website. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ 1998 District Census report of Faisalabad. Census publication. Vol. 116. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
- ^ a b c d e f "Towns & Unions in the City District of Faisalabad". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Faisalabad, Punjab Portal". punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary With Region Breakup (Faisalabad District)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b c d "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "1951-1998 censuses" (PDF). pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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- ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis