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Lahore District

Lahore District (Punjabi: ضلع لہور; Urdu: ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of 12,978,661 (10.29 million) in 2023.[1][3][4]

Lahore District
ضلع لہور (Punjabi)
ضلع لاہور (Urdu)
District of Punjab
Top: Badshahi Mosque
Bottom: Tomb of Jahangir
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 31°25′N 74°20′E / 31.417°N 74.333°E / 31.417; 74.333
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionLahore
Established1847; 177 years ago (1847)
Founded byBritish Raj
HeadquartersLahore
Administrative Subdivisions
05
  • Lahore Cantt Tehsil
    Lahore City Tehsil
    Model Town Tehsil
    Raiwind Tehsil
    Shalimar Tehsil
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • District CommissionerSyed Musa Raza
 • Constituensy (14)NA-117 Lahore-I to NA-130 Lahore-XIV
Area
 • Total
1,772 km2 (684 sq mi)
Elevation
217 m (712 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
12,978,661
 • Density7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
DemonymLahori
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (79.62%)
  • Male:
    (81.41%)
  • Female:
    (77.59%)
Time zoneUTC 05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
54000
NWD (area) code042
ISO 3166 codePK-PB
CNIC Code of Lahore District3520X-XXXXXXX-X
Websitelahore.punjab.gov.pk

The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi). Before 1976, Lahore district was composed of 3 tehsils - Lahore, Kasur and Chunian, but in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur District, separate from Lahore District.[5][6] The remaining area was then sub-divided into 5 tehsils - Lahore, Lahore Cantonment, Model Town, Raiwind and Shalimar.

On 27 August 2024, the Punjab Government announced the creation of five new tehsils - Wagah, Ravi, Nishtar, Iqbal Town and Saddar.

Administration

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The district is administratively subdivided into ten tehsils.

Tehsil[7] Area

(km²)[8]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[9]

Union Councils
Lahore Cantonment 466 1,885,098 4,045.27 81.01% ...
Lahore City 214 4,123,354 19,268.01 80.36% ...
Model Town 353 3,244,906 9,192.37 78.94% ...
Raiwind 467 1,080,637 2,314.00 72.35% ...
Shalimar 272 2,670,140 9,816.69 81.21% ...
Nishtar ... ... ... ... ...
Wagah ... ... ... ... ...
Iqbal Town ... ... ... ... ...
Ravi ... ... ... ... ...
Saddar ... ... ... ... ...

Demography

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 1,134,757—    
1961 1,625,810 3.66%
1972 2,587,621 4.32%
1981 3,544,942 3.56%
1998 6,318,745 3.46%
2017 11,119,985 3.02%
2023 13,004,135 2.64%
Sources:[10]

At the time of the 2017 census, Lahore district had 1,744,755 households and a population of 11,119,985. Lahore had a sex ratio of 912 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.08% - 79.19% for males and 74.75% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 2,609,959 (23.47%) were under 10 years of age.[11] In 2023, the district had 2,012,526 households and a population of 13,004,135.[1]

Religion

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Religion in Lahore district (2023)[12]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 95.26%
Christianity
 
 4.64%
Other or not stated
 
 0.1%
Religion in Lahore District
Religious
group 		2017[13] 2023[12]
Pop. % Pop. %
Islam   10,530,816 94.7% 12,363,149 95.26%
Christianity   571,365 5.14% 602,431 4.64%
Ahmadiyya   13,433 0.12% 7,139 0.06%
Hinduism   2,670 0.02% 2,811 0.02%
Sikhism   — — 324 0%
Zoroastrianism   — — 77 0%
Others 1,701 0.02% 2,339 0.02%
Total Population 11,119,985 100% 12,978,661 100%
Religious groups in Lahore District (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1901[14] 1911[15][16] 1921[17] 1931[18] 1941[19]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam   717,519 61.74% 626,271 60.44% 647,640 57.25% 815,820 59.18% 1,027,772 60.62%
Hinduism  [a] 276,375 23.78% 217,609 21% 255,690 22.6% 259,725 18.84% 284,689 16.79%
Sikhism   159,701 13.74% 169,008 16.31% 179,975 15.91% 244,304 17.72% 310,646 18.32%
Christianity   7,296 0.63% 21,781 2.1% 46,454 4.11% 57,097 4.14% 70,147 4.14%
Jainism   1,047 0.09% 1,139 0.11% 1,209 0.11% 1,450 0.11% 1,951 0.12%
Zoroastrianism   171 0.01% 209 0.02% 179 0.02% 159 0.01% 136 0.01%
Buddhism   0 0% 128 0.01% 170 0.02% 14 0% 32 0%
Judaism   0 0% 13 0% 13 0% 1 0% 2 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 6 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 1,162,109 100% 1,036,158 100% 1,131,336 100% 1,378,570 100% 1,695,375 100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Lahore District (1921)[17]
Tehsil Islam   Hinduism   Sikhism   Christianity   Jainism   Others[b] Total
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Lahore Tehsil 290,325 56.31% 139,215 27% 57,337 11.12% 27,898 5.41% 478 0.09% 360 0.07% 515,613 100%
Chunian Tehsil 179,399 60.71% 61,475 20.8% 49,151 16.63% 5,408 1.83% 76 0.03% 0 0% 295,509 100%
Kasur Tehsil 177,916 55.56% 55,000 17.18% 73,487 22.95% 13,154 4.11% 655 0.2% 2 0% 320,214 100%
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in the Tehsils of Lahore District (1941)[19]
Tehsil Islam   Hinduism  [a] Sikhism   Christianity   Jainism   Others[c] Total
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Lahore Tehsil 552,907 62.12% 193,714 21.77% 103,312 11.61% 37,442 4.21% 1,095 0.12% 2,458 0.28% 890,024 100%
Chunian Tehsil 237,829 60.85% 56,293 14.4% 83,888 21.46% 11,730 3% 47 0.01% 165 0.04% 390,852 100%
Kasur Tehsil 237,036 57.19% 34,682 8.37% 123,446 29.78% 18,514 4.47% 809 0.2% 8 0% 414,499 100%
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

Language

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Languages of Lahore district (2023)[20]

  Punjabi (73.58%)
  Urdu (21.13%)
  Pashto (2.06%)
  Mewati (2.01%)
  Saraiki (0.49%)
  Others (1.22%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 73.58% of the population spoke Punjabi, 21.13% Urdu, 2.06% Pashto, 2.01% Mewati, 0.49% Saraiki, and 0.25% Hindko as their first language.[20]

Education

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According to Pakistan District Education Rankings, a report by Alif Ailaan, Lahore is ranked nationally at 32 with a score of 69.2 and learning score of 53.93. Lahore ranks nationally at number 1 in terms of readiness score, with a score of 93.51. According to PEC assessments, Lahore ranks last out of all districts of Punjab in both class 5 and class 8.

Science labs in schools are either not available or have inadequate instruments which also affects quality. The school infrastructure score of Lahore is 91.32, ranking it 29th nationally. Still few schools in a major district like Lahore have open air or dangerous classrooms.

Issues mainly reported in TaleemDo! app[21] from Lahore are that students want to study in private schools, as they are better than government schools but can not afford the fee. A communication gap between the teachers and the students was also reported and a few reported some facilities problems in their school.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Towns and Unions in the City District of Lahore". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Lahore District". Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago website. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Geographical Boundaries of Lahore". lahore.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Punjab-Lahore -". Retrieved 10 May 2023. "Lahore district is bounded on the north and west by Sheikhupura district, on the east by India's Amritsar district, and on the south by Kasur district. River Ravi flows on the northern side of Lahore, and separates it from Sheikhupura district.
  7. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  8. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  9. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ^ a b "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  16. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Population by Sex, Mother Tongue and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Taleem Do! App – Elections 2018 | #TaleemDo". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  1. ^ a b 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
  2. ^ Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
  3. ^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
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