Lahore District

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Lahore District
لہور ضلع(Punjabi)
ضلع لاہور(Urdu)
District of Punjab
Badshahi Mosquee, Lahore.jpg
Side view of the Tomb of Jahangir.jpg
Top: Badshahi Mosque
Bottom: Tomb of Jahangir
Pakistan - Punjab - Lahore.svg
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 31°25′N74°20′E / 31.417°N 74.333°E / 31.417; 74.333
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province Flag of Punjab.svg   Punjab
Division Lahore
Established1849;176 years ago (1849)
Founded by British Raj
Headquarters Lahore
Administrative Subdivisions
05
  • Lahore Cantt Tehsil
    Lahore City Tehsil
    Model Town Tehsil
    Raiwind Tehsil
    Shalimar Tehsil
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 •  District Commissioner Syed 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)
Demonym Lahori
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (79.62%)
  • Male:
    (81.41%)
  • Female:
    (77.59%)
Time zone UTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST) DST is not observed
ZIP Code
54000
NWD (area) code 042
ISO 3166 code PK-PB
CNIC Code of Lahore District3520X-XXXXXXX-X
Website lahore.punjab.gov.pk

Lahore District [a] is a district within the Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital of Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of 12.9 million in 2023. [1] [3] [4]

Contents

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. Total number of its tehsils now stands at ten. [7] [8]

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into following ten tehsils.

Tehsil [9] Area

(km²) [10]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023) [11]

Union Councils
Lahore Cantonment 4661,885,0984,045.2781.01%...
Lahore City 2144,123,35419,268.0180.36%...
Model Town 3533,244,9069,192.3778.94%...
Raiwind 4671,080,6372,314.0072.35%...
Shalimar 2722,670,1409,816.6981.21%...
Nishtar ...............
Wagah ...............
Iqbal Town ...............
Ravi ...............
Saddar ...............

History

Lahore district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849. [12]

Demography

Population

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: [13]

As of the 2023 census, Lahore district has 2,010,225 households and a population of 13,004,135. The district has a sex ratio of 112.47 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 79.62%: 81.41% for males and 77.59% for females. [14] [15] 3,231,990 (24.9% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. [16] The entire population lives in urban areas. [14]

Religion

Religion in Lahore district (2023) [17]
ReligionPercent
Islam
 
95.26%
Christianity
 
4.64%
Other or not stated
 
0.1%
Religion in contemporary Lahore District
Religious
group		1941 [18] 2017 [19] 2023 [17]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 552,90710,530,81612,363,149
Hinduism Om.svg 193,7142,6702,811
Sikhism Khanda.svg 103,312——324
Christianity Christian cross.svg 37,442571,365602,431
Ahmadiyya Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya 1-2.svg ——13,4337,139
Zoroastrianism Faravahar.svg ————77
Others3,5531,7012,339
Total Population890,92811,119,98512,978,661
Note: 1941 census data is for Lahore tehsil of erstwhile Lahore district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Lahore district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.
Religious groups in Lahore District (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group		1881 [20] [21] [22] 1891 [23] 1901 [24] 1911 [25] [26] 1921 [27] 1931 [28] 1941 [18]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 599,477645,083717,519626,271647,640815,8201,027,772
Hinduism Om.svg [b] 193,319271,749276,375217,609255,690259,725284,689
Sikhism Khanda.svg 125,591152,023159,701169,008179,975244,304310,646
Christianity Christian cross.svg 4,6445,4837,29621,78146,45457,09767,686
Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg 9708861,0471,1391,2091,4501,951
Zoroastrianism Faravahar.svg 92132171209179159136
Buddhism Dharma Wheel (2).svg 0001281701432
Judaism Star of David.svg ——140131312
Others13900600
Total population924,1061,075,3791,162,1091,036,1581,131,3361,378,5701,695,375
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) [27]
Tehsil Islam Star and Crescent.svg Hinduism Om.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg Others [c] Total
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Lahore Tehsil290,325139,21557,33727,898478360515,613
Chunian Tehsil179,39961,47549,1515,408760295,509
Kasur Tehsil177,91655,00073,48713,1546552320,214
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) [18]
Tehsil Islam Star and Crescent.svg Hinduism Om.svg [b] Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg Others [d] Total
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Lahore Tehsil552,907193,714103,31237,4421,0952,458890,924
Chunian Tehsil237,82956,29383,88811,73047165389,952
Kasur Tehsil237,03634,682123,44618,5148098414,499
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

Languages of Lahore district (2023) [29]
  1. Punjabi (73.6%)
  2. Urdu (21.1%)
  3. Pashto (2.06%)
  4. Mewati (2.01%)
  5. Saraiki (0.49%)
  6. Others (1.22%)

Education

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 [30] 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

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Admin (28 August 2024). "Tehsils Of Lahore in 2024". Pak Geography. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Hasnain, Khalid (28 August 2024). "Five new tehsils notified with as many ACs in the saddle". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  12. ↑ Banerjee, Abhijit; Iyer, Lakshmi (January 2003). "Appendix Table 1: Districts of British India, With Dates and Mode of Acquisition by the British". History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India (BREAD Working Paper No. 003) (PDF). Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development. p. 39.
  13. ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
  15. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
  16. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
  17. 1 2 "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  18. 1 2 3 "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR   saoa.crl.28215541 . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "Final Results (Census-2017)" . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  20. ↑ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I." 1881. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25057656 . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  21. ↑ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25057657 . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  22. ↑ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25057658 . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  23. ↑ "The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory". 1891. p. 14. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25318669 . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
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  25. ↑ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25393788 . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  26. ↑ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  27. 1 2 "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25430165 . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  28. ↑ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR   saoa.crl.25793242 . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  29. 1 2 "Population by Sex, Mother Tongue and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  30. ↑ "Taleem Do! App – Elections 2018 | #TaleemDo". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  1. ↑ Punjabi: لہور ضلع; Urdu: ضلع لاہور
  2. 1 2 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
  3. ↑ Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
  4. ↑ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
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