Jaranwala Tehsil
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Jaranwala is a subdivision (tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

) of Faisalabad District
Faisalabad District
Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....

 in the Punjab
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 province of Pakistan
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. It is subdivided into 57 Union Councils
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.

The largest towns in Jaranwala are:
Khurrianwala
Khurrianwala
Khurrianwala Town is a residential area and industrial estate of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. It has large number of textile manufacturing industries.-History:...

, Satyana, Mandi Rurala Road, Lundianwala, Mandi Buchiana.
It hosts the largest jute mill in Pakistan. Jaranwala Tehsil is located on the north bank of the Ravi. There are 300 villages and 2 urban centres in Jaranwala, covering an area of 437386 acres (1,770 km²), with a population of 1,186,514 people, as per the last census. It is home to a Government college.

Important places

  • Rudala Road (Chak 283 GB) is also known as Chak No.283 GB. It is located between Tehsil Jaranwala and Tehsil Tandlianwala. Its postal code is 37200 and telephone number format is 0092 41 463xxxxx. It has a railway station, bus stand, taxi stand and some big and small markets. It is a trading center for all the villages situated nearby. Rudala Road was one of the busiest villages with the biggest bazaar in the area around Faisalabad in the late 1970s to '80s but, due to migration into cities including Faisalabad and Lahore, its importance has diminished.

  • Chak 591 G.B. Gangapur, this village had a mini track of railway trolley, it was pulled by horses. It was also designed and built by Sir Ganga Ram
    Sir Ganga Ram
    Sir Ganga Ram KCSI was an eminent civil engineer born in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab Province in British India now in Punjab, Pakistan and educated at the Thomason College of Civil Engineering 1873 batch...

    . It was an antique and historical thing, this rail track was between Buchiana railway station and 591 Gangapur. There was also hydraulic water system for irrigation of agricultural land of Gangapur. Some years ago, in 90's, this historic asset has been demolished by locals. Tiny guarders of trolley track were still lying and even the platform of trolley was still present. Four years ago the new nazim of Gangapur consil started arrection of this trolly track newly. Plateforms are also built again. Now the historic horse train is running again on its newly made tracks. This is the village of Sir Ganga Ram.

  • Chak 122 G.B. Sikanderpur Village is located about 3 miles inside from the main highway. This is a village of famous Soubaydar family. Among them the famous are Late Chaudhary Mohammad Latif Khan,Late Chaudhary Manzoor Ahmed Khan and Late Chudary Naveed Zahoor Khan. They are resting in peace in their faimly cemetery which is located on the small road going to Chuk 122 GB while coming from Chuk 121 GB right before you enter the village.
  • Chak 105 G.B. Banga is the birth place of legend revolutioanry of united india, the Bhagat Singh.
  • Government Degree College is a famous college, hundreds of students pass their Intermediate, Bachelor and Master degrees every year. This college has produced many professional persons.Students from this institute won many prizes in inter-collegiate competitions. In 1986 to 1989, this institute won the prize of most beautiful college of district Faisalabad.
  • Chak 383 G.B. is known as kaliana is the important for the result of the 10th class in every year first and 2nd division in fsd. there lived watto faimly.

See Also

  • Rudala Road
  • Chak No.65-GB Mukandpur, Jaranwala, District Faisalabad, Pakistan
    Chak No.65-GB Mukandpur, Jaranwala, District Faisalabad, Pakistan
    Chak No.65-GB Mukandpur is a historical village located about 25 kilometers towards south of Faisalabad and nearly 10 kilometres toward north of Jaranwala on Jaranwala - Faisalabad in Tehsil Jaranwala of District Faisalabad in Pakistan.-See Also:...

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