Kasur town is situated 55 km south of District Lahore. The district lies
from30 -40’ to 31—20’ north latitudes and 73 – 38’ to 74 – 41 east
longitudes.
Kasur,
one of the districts of Punjab province, is bounded on the north by
Lahore district, on the south and east by the Indian districts of Feroz Pur and Amritsar respectively,
and on the west by Sahiwal district. Kasur city is located on the
Feroz Pur road at a distance of about 55 km. from Lahore to the south
and about 25 km from Feroz Pur, situated in India to its north. Kasur is
well connected to Lahore by road and also by rail, which takes off from
the Raiwind junction and runs up to Lodhran. Before partition, it was
also linked by rail with Amritsar and Feroz Pur city in India
(Government of Pakistan, 1980).
As
per Punjab Development Statistics, 2000, there are 377 broiler and 41
layer poultry farms in the district having rearing capacity of 5304 and
587 thousand birds respectively. There are also 4 breeding farms having
rearing capacity of 146 thousand birds
Availability
of Hides / Skins and Slaughter House Wastes.
The
Kasur district covers a gross area of 981,702 acres of which 705,224
acres is classified as cultivable land. Under irrigated agriculture
condition, the soil is very productive. Rice, sugarcane, cotton, various
fodder, maize and vegetables are the main crops in summer, while wheat
is the only dominant crop in winter (rabbi).
