Lahore Division
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lahore Division |
| native_name | |
| native_name_lang | ur |
| settlement_type | Division |
| image_map | Pakistan - Punjab - Lahore (division).svg |
| map_caption | Map of Lahore Division |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Punjab, Pakistan Punjab |
| subdivision_type2 | Capital |
| subdivision_name2 | Lahore |
| subdivision_type3 | Districts |
| subdivision_name3 | Lahore |
| Kasur | |
| Nankana Sahib | |
| Sheikhupura | |
| government_type | Divisional Administration |
| leader_title | Commissioner |
| leader_name | Muhammad Ali Randhawa (PAS) |
| leader_title1 | Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) |
| leader_name1 | Bilal Siddiqui Kamyana (PSP) |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_urban_footnotes | |
| area_rural_footnotes | |
| area_metro_footnotes | |
| area_magnitude | |
| area_blank2_title | |
| area_total_km2 | 11,727 |
| area_blank2_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2023 |
| population_total | 22,772,710 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 16,122,198 (70.80%) |
| population_rural | 6,650,512 |
| demographics_type1 | Literacy |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Literacy rate |
| blank_name | National Assembly Seats (2024) |
| blank_info | Total (24) |
| * | border |
| * | border |
| * | border |
| blank1_name | Provincial Assembly Seats (2024) |
| blank1_info | Total (53) |
| * | border |
| * | border |
| * | border |
| website | |
| demographics1_info1 | |
| :: |
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- PMLN (16)
- PTI (6)
- IPP (2) | blank1_name = Provincial Assembly Seats (2024) | blank1_info = Total (53)
- PMLN (36)
- PTI (16)
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Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It comprises four Districts - Kasur, Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura. The Lahore Division is commanded by a Commissioner to manage the division. Under the Commissioner there are four Additional Commissioners. For each district there is a Deputy Commissioner. Under the reforms of 2000, this tier of government was abolished, but in 2008 divisions were restored.
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Map_of_the_Lahore_Division_comprising_the_Districts_of_Gurdaspur,_Amritsar,_Lahore,_Sialkot,_and_Gujranwala,_surveyed_in_1850–55._Reduced_and_drawn_by_Abdoos_Sobhan,1858(F.4-31).jpg" caption="Map of the Lahore Division comprising the Districts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Lahore, Sialkot, and Gujranwala, surveyed in 1850–55. Reduced and drawn by Abdoos Sobhan, 1858."] ::
Lahore Division was originally an administrative division of the Punjab Province of British India. It extended along the right bank of the Sutlej River from the Himalaya to Multan division, and comprised the six districts of Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Gujrat. The total area of the division was 17154 sqmi and the population according to the 1901 census of India was 5,598,463. The commissioner for the division also exercised political control over the hill state of Chamba.
The Commissioner's headquarters were at Lahore and Dalhousie.The total population of the Division increased from 4,696,636 in 1881 to 5,321,535 in 1891, and 5,598,463 in 1901. The total area was 17154 sqmi, and the density of population was 326 persons per square mile, compared with 208 for British territory in the Province as a whole. In 1901 Muslims numbered 3,332,175, or 60 percent of the total; while other religions included Hindus, 1,567,402; Sikhs, 661,320; Jains, 5,5,07; Buddhists, 6; Parsis, 228; and Christians, 31,815, of whom 25,248 were natives.
The division contained six districts:
::data[format=table] | District | Area (square miles) | Population (1901 census figures) | Land revenue and cesses (thousands of rupees). | |---|---|---|---| | Gujrat | 4,771 | 497,706 | 6,90 | | Lahore | 3,704 | 1,162,109 | 12,55 | | Amritsar | 1,601 | 1,023,828 | 14,54 | | Gurdaspur | 1,889 | 940,334 | 17,72 | | Sialkot | 1,991 | 1,083,909 | 17,27 | | Gujranwala | 3,198 | 890,557 | 12,89 | | Total | 17,154 | 5,598,463 | 81,87 | ::
Gurdaspur included a few square miles of mountainous country, enclosing the hill station of Dalhousie (highest, point, 7,687 feet) ; but otherwise the Division was flat. It contained 9,869 villages and 41 towns, of which the largest are Lahore (population, 202,964, including cantonment), Amristar(162,429), Sialkot (57,956), Gujranwala (29,224), Batala (27,365), and Gujrat (22,022). In commercial importance Lahore and Amritsar dwarfed all other towns in the Division, but Sialkot and Batala were considerably more than local centres. Besides the administrative charge of six British Districts, the Commissioner of Lahore had political control over the Native State of Chamba, which had an area of 3216 sqmi and a population (1901) of 127,834.
Demographics
Population
According to the 2023 census, Lahore division had a population of 22,772,710 roughly equal to the nation of Sri Lanka or the US state of Florida.
List of the Districts
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| # | District | Headquarter | Area | Pop. | Density | Lit. rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore | Lahore | 1,772 | 13,004,135 | 7,336.6 | 79.62% |
| 2 | Kasur | Kasur | 3,995 | 4,084,286 | 1,021.4 | 62.85% |
| 3 | Nankana Sahib | Nankana Sahib | 2,216 | 1,634,871 | 737.0 | 63.12% |
| 4 | Sheikhupura | Sheikhupura | 3,744 | 4,049,418 | 1,080.3 | 68.88% |
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List of the Tehsils
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| # | Tehsil | Area | Pop. | Density | Lit. rate | Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chunian | 1,212 | 979,746 | 808.37 | 60.64% | Kasur District |
| 2 | Kasur | 1,493 | 1,603,658 | 1,074.12 | 63.63% | |
| 3 | Kot Radha Kishan | 398 | 424,875 | 1,067.53 | 64.66% | |
| 4 | Pattoki | 892 | 1,076,007 | 1,206.29 | 62.98% | |
| 5 | Lahore Cantonment | 466 | 1,885,098 | 4,045.27 | 81.01% | Lahore District |
| 6 | Lahore City | 214 | 4,123,354 | 19,268.01 | 80.36% | |
| 7 | Model Town | 353 | 3,244,906 | 9,192.37 | 78.94% | |
| 8 | Raiwind | 467 | 1,080,637 | 2,314.00 | 72.35% | |
| 9 | Shalimar | 272 | 2,670,140 | 9,816.69 | 81.21% | |
| 10 | Sangla Hill | 223 | 269,993 | 1,210.73 | 72.08% | Nankana Sahib District |
| 11 | Nankana Sahib | 1,662 | 1,065,063 | 640.83 | 59.02% | |
| 12 | Shah Kot | 331 | 299,815 | 905.79 | 69.28% | |
| 13 | Muridke | 1,028 | 721,192 | 701.55 | 69.10% | Sheikhupura District |
| 14 | Ferozewala | 511 | 997,246 | 1,951.56 | 66.55% | |
| 15 | Safdarabad | 461 | 320,851 | 695.99 | 67.55 % | |
| 16 | Sheikhupura | 1,369 | 1,780,837 | 1,300.83 | 70.72% | |
| 17 | Sharak Pur | 375 | 229,292 | 611.45 | 65.05% | |
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Independence
With the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, Lahore Division was divided among the two countries. with the eastern half becoming Amritsar District.
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References
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