Name of District
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Kasur
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District established from
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1st July, 1976
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District Nazim
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Mr. Rana Hayat
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District Coordination Officer
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Mr. Abdul Jabbar Shaheen
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Location of the District
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30º - 40º to 31º - 20º north latitudes and 73º - 38º to
74º - 41º east longitudes
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Weather of the District
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Minimum 02 Centigrades
Maximum 43 Centigrades
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Total Area of the District
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3,995 Square kilometers
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Agriculture area
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Residential area
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Roads in Kasur District
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Multan Road (karachi-Peshawar highway)
Lahore-Ferozepur road
Kasur-Depalpur road
Chunian-Changa Manga-Kot Radha Kishen-Lahore
road
Chunian Kanganpur road
Hall-Pattoki-Chunian road
Kasur-Kot Radha Kishen-Poolnagar road
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Railway Stations in Kasur District
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Railways Stations on main Peshawar-Karachi Railway line:-
Prem Nagar
Kot Radha Kishen
Bhoy Asal
Changa Managa
Pattoki
Akhtar Abad
Railway
Stations on Lodhran-Kasur-Raiwind Railway line:-
Kangarpur
Khudian
Kasur
Raja Jang
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Rivers passes through the District
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River Ravi on the north-west
River Satluj on the south east
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Forest
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Changa Managa Forest
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Boundaries of the district
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Lahore District on the north
India on the east and south-east
Okara on the south-west
Sheikhupura on the north-west
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Total Population of the District (1998)
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2,375,875
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Urban Population (1998)
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542,391 (22.8%)
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Rural Population (1998)
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1,833,484 (77.2%)
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Total Population of the District in 2008 (estimates with 2.6%
annual increase)
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3,071,000
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Population by Religion
(1998 census)
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Muslim
95.4%
Christian
4.4%
Hindu
0%
Ahmadi
0.1%
Scheduled Castes
0.1%
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Major Tribes & Races in Kasur District
(1998 census)
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Rajput/Mayo (32%)
Arain (30%)
Jat (10%)
Dogar
Ansari
Sheikh
Pathan
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Mother Tongue
(1998 census)
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Urdu
6.2%
Punjabi
88.2%
Pushto
0.1%
Sindhi
0%
Balochi
0%
Siraiki
0.7%
Others
4.8%
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International Personalities of the past of Kasur District
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Baba Bulleh Shah
Hazrat Mueen-ud-din Chishti
Madam Noor
Jehan
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
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Leading International Personalities of Kasur District
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Mueen Qureshi (former Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Mian
Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri (former Foreign Minister)
Sardar Asef
Ahmed Khan (former Foreign Minister)
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Specialties of Kasur Distirct
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Kasuri Falooda (a kind of Ice Cream)
Kasuri Maithi (spices)
Kasuri Khussa (Shoes)
Andrassay (sweets)
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Sight Seeings
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Shrine Baba Bulleh Shah
Ganda Singh Border
Changa Manga
Forest Park
Balloki Headworks
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Major beneficial of Kasur District
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Adjoining District of Lahore
Main Railway line passes through
the district
Man made Forest Changa Managa in the district
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Major problem of Kasur District
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Pollution in Kasur City due to the leather industry/Tanneries
No Major industry in the past in the district due to India
boarder on the east and south-east
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Important towns of the district
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Kasur, Chunain, Pattoki, Kot Radha Kishen, Phool Nagar, Raja
Jang, Khudian, Kanganpur, Mustafabad, Rao Khan wala,
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Tehsils
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04 - Kasur, Chunain, Pattoki, Kot Radha Kishen
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Union Councils
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113
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Degree Colleges (affiliated with Punjab University)
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06 Male + 04 Female = 10
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Govt Elementary Schools
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103 Boys + 138 Girls = 241
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Govt High Schools
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80 Boys + 35 Girls = 115
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Govt Primary Schools
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680 Boys + 607 Girls = 1,287
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Technical Colleges/ Vocational Institutes
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03 Commerce + 04 Vocation Training + 01 Technical Training = 08
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Private High Schools (affiliated with BISE Lahore)
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Hospitals
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04 (Kasur, Pattoki, Chunain
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No. of Basic Health Units
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81
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Rural Dispensaries
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24
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