Faisalabad Division

Faisalabad Division فیصل آباد ڈویژن
Division
Map of Faisalabad Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Capital	Faisalabad
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	Silwat Saeed
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Area
•  Division	17,917 km2 (6,918 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
•  Division	16,228,526
• Density	905.71/km2 (2,345.8/sq mi)
•  Urban	6,249,102 (38.51%)
•  Rural	9,979,424 (61.49%)
Literacy [1]
• Literacy rate	Total: (68.80%) Male: (74.51%) Female: (62.65%)
Website	faisalabaddivision.punjab.gov.pk

Faisalabad Division is an administrative division of Punjab, Pakistan. The reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government but was restored again in 2008. ^{[2] [3]}

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	9,885,685	—
2017	14,177,081	+1.92%
2023	16,228,526	+2.28%
Sources: [4]

According to the 2023 census, Faisalabad division had a population of 16,228,526 ^[5] roughly equal to the nation of Netherlands ^[6] or the US state of New York. ^[7]

Districts

District [8]	Headquarter	Area (km²) [9]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	3,252	2,524,044	776.2	71.38%
Jhang	Jhang	6,166	3,065,639	497.6	59.45%
Chiniot	Chiniot	2,643	1,563,024	591.3	55.05%
Faisalabad	Faisalabad	5,856	9,075,819	1,551.7	73.41%

Tehsils

Tehsil	Area (km²) [9]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Districts
Bhowana	879	428,617	487.62	48.94%	Chiniot District
Chiniot	709	633,621	893.68	57.31%
Lalian	1,055	500,786	474.68	57.26%
Chak Jhumra	654	385,169	588.94	70.56%	Faisalabad District
Faisalabad City	168	3,691,999	21,976.18	81.59%
Faisalabad Sadar	1,186	1,742,958	1,469.61	71.25%
Jaranwala	1,811	1,731,148	955.91	66.32%
Samundri	754	729,672	967.73	75.99%
Tandlianwala	1,284	794,873	619.06	52.83%
Shorkot	1,158	604,763	522.25	58.12%	Jhang District
Jhang	2,591	1,640,676	633.22	60.96%
Ahmadpur Sial	851	487,905	573.33	56.87%
Athara Hazari	1,566	332,295	212.19	58.05%
Mandi Shah Jeewna	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kamalia	486	422,477	869.29	63.55%	Toba Tek Singh District
Gojra	851	755,579	887.87	74.22%
Pirmahal	774	496,636	641.65	68.39%
Toba Tek Singh	1,141	849,352	744.39	74.45%

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PP-94 Chiniot-I	NA-93 Chiniot-I	Chiniot
PP-97 Chiniot-IV
PP-95 Chiniot-II	NA-94 Chiniot-II
PP-96 Chiniot-III
PP-98 Faisalabad-I	NA-95 Faisalabad-I	Faisalabad
PP-99 Faisalabad-II
PP-100 Faisalabad-III	NA-96 Faisalabad-II
PP-101 Faisalabad-IV
PP-102 Faisalabad-V	NA-97 Faisalabad-III
PP-103 Faisalabad-VI
PP-104 Faisalabad-VII	NA-98 Faisalabad-IV
PP-105 Faisalabad-VIII
PP-106 Faisalabad-IX	NA-99 Faisalabad-V
PP-107 Faisalabad-X
PP-108 Faisalabad-XI	NA-100 Faisalabad-VI
PP-109 Faisalabad-XII
PP-113 Faisalabad-XVI	NA-101 Faisalabad-VII
PP-114 Faisalabad-XVII
PP-115 Faisalabad-XVIII	NA-102 Faisalabad-VIII
PP-116 Faisalabad-XIX
PP-117 Faisalabad-XX	NA-103 Faisalabad-IX
PP-118 Faisalabad-XXI
PP-110 Faisalabad-XIII	NA-104 Faisalabad-X
PP-111 Faisalabad-XIV
PP-112 Faisalabad-XV
PP-119 Toba Tek Singh-I	NA-105 Toba Tek Singh-I	Toba Tek Singh
PP-120 Toba Tek Singh-II
PP-121 Toba Tek Singh-III	NA-106 Toba Tek Singh-II
PP-122 Toba Tek Singh-IV
PP-123 Toba Tek Singh-V	NA-107 Toba Tek Singh-III
PP-124 Toba Tek Singh-VI
PP-125 Jhang-I	NA-108 Jhang-I	Jhang
PP-126 Jhang-II
PP-131 Jhang-VII
PP-127 Jhang-III	NA-109 Jhang-II
PP-128 Jhang-IV
PP-129 Jhang-V	NA-110 Jhang-III
PP-130 Jhang-VI

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Divisions of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Divisions of Azad Kashmir
  • Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
• List of Tehsils of Punjab

References

1. "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
2. "Number of Teaching Hospitals, DHQ Hospitals, THQ Hospitals, Rural Health Centers and Basic Health Units in Punjab Province" (PDF). Health Department, Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
3. "Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore". 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010.
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
5. "table 1" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. 2023.
6. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
7. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. New Mexico - 2,059,179
8. "Divisions/Districts of Pakistan (for administrative purposes)". Election Commission of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 30 September 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
   Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure were abolished in 2000, but were restored again in 2008. The Election Commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names.
9. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.

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