Faisalabad District

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City. It is the third largest city of Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore.

Faisalabad District ضلع فیصل آباد Lyallpur
District
Top: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Bottom: Gat Wala Lake
Faisalabad District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 31°25′05.10″N 73°04′39.27″E / 31.4180833°N 73.0775750°E / 31.4180833; 73.0775750
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Faisalabad
Headquarters	Faisalabad
Number of Tehsils	6
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Imran Hamid Shaikh
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	5,857 km2 (2,261 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• Total	9,075,819
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Languages	Punjabi, Urdu
Website	faisalabad.punjab.gov.pk

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Muslim refugees from Eastern Punjab and Haryana settled in the Faisalabad District. It initially lacked industry, hospitals and universities. Since independence, there has been industrial growth, and the city's population is continually growing. Notable industry in the district include but not limited to Textile (spinning, weaving, printing, dying, stitching), Chemicals (acids, caustics, industrial gases, potash, chlorides, etc.), consumer goods (soaps, vegetable oil, detergents), Engineering (light electrical equipment, engineering goods), Metals & Metallurgy (steels, alloys) and Power (power equipment, power production).

Initially a part of Jhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904. In 1982 Toba Tek Singh District (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad. As of 2006^[update], it is a City-District consisting of the city of Faisalabad and its surrounding areas.

Faisalabad District is part of Faisalabad Division.

In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as a City-District. It comprises six Tehsils.

1. Chak Jhumra
2. Faisalabad City
3. Faisalabad Sadar
4. Jaranwala
5. Samundri
6. Tandlianwala

Population

At the time of the 2017 census, Faisalabad district had 1,209,954 households and a population of 7,882,444. Faisalabad had a sex ratio of 951 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.83% - 74.68% for males and 64.75% for females. 3,766,866 (47.78%) lived in urban areas. 1,948,827 (24.72%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 1,384,668 households and a population of 9,075,819.

Religion

Religious groups in Faisalabad District

Religious group	2017
	Pop.	%
Islam	7,606,012	96.49%
Christianity	264,677	3.36%
Ahmadi	10,959	0.14%
Hinduism	598	0.01%
Others	198	0%
Total Population	7,882,444	100%

Religious groups in Faisalabad District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1901		1911		1921		1931		1941
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	484,657	61.2%	524,288	61.13%	594,917	60.74%	720,996	62.62%	877,518	62.85%
Hinduism	210,459	26.58%	154,603	18.03%	181,488	18.53%	173,344	15.06%	204,059	14.61%
Sikhism	88,049	11.12%	146,670	17.1%	160,821	16.42%	211,391	18.36%	262,737	18.82%
Christianity	8,672	1.1%	32,023	3.73%	42,004	4.29%	45,518	3.95%	51,948	3.72%
Jainism	23	0%	125	0.01%	231	0.02%	95	0.01%	35	0%
Zoroastrianism	1	0%	2	0%	2	0%	7	0%	6	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	2	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	791,861	100%	857,711	100%	979,463	100%	1,151,351	100%	1,396,305	100%
Note1: 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. Note2: District formerly inscribed as the Chenab Colony on the 1901 census, later renamed to Lyallpur District, created between Jhang District, Gujranwala District, Lahore District, Montgomery District, and Multan District to account for the large population increase in the region, primarily due to the Chenab Canal Colony. Note3: Formerly known as Lyallpur District, prior to district renaming in 1979.

Language

At the time of the 2017 census, 98% of the population spoke Punjabi and 1.5% Urdu as their first language.

Road

Rail

Air

Punjab Group of Colleges (Girls Campus) Service Road

Punjab Group of Colleges (Boys Campus) Service Road

Government College University Faisalabad

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

• Bhagat Singh, a famous Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
• Om P. Bahl, an Indian-American molecular biologist, academic and was known for his studies on Human chorionic gonadotropin, popularly known as the pregnancy hormone
• Harkishan Singh, a well recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian
• Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, a noted Indian Punjabi-language folk singer, considered by many to have laid the foundation of contemporary Punjabi music in India
• Arjan Singh, a senior air officer and the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal of the Indian Air Force