Lahore_District
Lahore District
District in Punjab, Pakistan
Lahore District (Punjabi: ضلع لہور; Urdu: ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of over 11 million in 2017.[3][4]
Lahore District
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Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′N 74°20′E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Lahore |
| Headquarters | Lahore |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • District Commissioner | Muhammad Ali[1] |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,772 km2 (684 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,004,135 |
| • Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Website | lahore |
The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi). Before 1976, district Lahore had 3 tehsils. Tehsil Lahore, Tehsil Kasur and Tehsil Chunian. But in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur district and separate from Lahore District.[5][6]
The district is administratively subdivided into five tehsils.
| Name of Tehsil[7] | No of Union Councils |
|---|---|
| Lahore Cantt | |
| Lahore City | |
| Model Town | |
| Raiwind | |
| Shalimar |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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:[8] | ||
At the time of the 2017 census, Lahore district had 1,744,755 households and a population of 11,119,985. Lahore had a sex ratio of 912 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.08% - 79.19% for males and 74.75% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 2,609,959 (23.47%) were under 10 years of age.[9] In 2023, the district had 2,012,526 households and a population of 13,004,135.[2]
Religion
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| Religious group |
2017[10] | |
|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
10,530,816 | 94.7% |
Christianity  |
571,365 | 5.14% |
Ahmadiyya  |
13,433 | 0.12% |
Hinduism  |
2,670 | 0.02% |
| Others | 1,701 | 0.02% |
| Total Population | 11,119,985 | 100% |
| Religious group |
1901[11] | 1911[12][13] | 1921[14] | 1931[15] | 1941[16] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Islam |
717,519 | 61.74% | 626,271 | 60.44% | 647,640 | 57.25% | 815,820 | 59.18% | 1,027,772 | 60.62% |
| Hinduism [lower-alpha 1] |
276,375 | 23.78% | 217,609 | 21% | 255,690 | 22.6% | 259,725 | 18.84% | 284,689 | 16.79% |
Sikhism  |
159,701 | 13.74% | 169,008 | 16.31% | 179,975 | 15.91% | 244,304 | 17.72% | 310,646 | 18.32% |
| Christianity |
7,296 | 0.63% | 21,781 | 2.1% | 46,454 | 4.11% | 57,097 | 4.14% | 70,147 | 4.14% |
Jainism  |
1,047 | 0.09% | 1,139 | 0.11% | 1,209 | 0.11% | 1,450 | 0.11% | 1,951 | 0.12% |
Zoroastrianism  |
171 | 0.01% | 209 | 0.02% | 179 | 0.02% | 159 | 0.01% | 136 | 0.01% |
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0 | 0% | 128 | 0.01% | 170 | 0.02% | 14 | 0% | 32 | 0% |
Judaism  |
0 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 1,162,109 | 100% | 1,036,158 | 100% | 1,131,336 | 100% | 1,378,570 | 100% | 1,695,375 | 100% |
| 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. | ||||||||||
Language
At the time of the 2017 census, 80.94% of the population spoke Punjabi, 12.62% Urdu, 2.71% Pashto and 1.02% Saraiki as their first language. 1.75% of the population recorded their language as 'Other' on the census.
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[17] 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.
- "Lahore: 'Roti' price increases Rs2 without district govt's permission". Dunya News. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- "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.
- "Lahore District". Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago website. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "Geographical Boundaries of Lahore". lahore.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "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.
- "District and Tehsil Level Population Summary with Region Breakup" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- "Taleem Do! App – Elections 2018 | #TaleemDo". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis