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Lahore District

Coordinates:31°25′N74°20′E/ 31.417°N 74.333°E/31.417; 74.333
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Lahore District
ضلع لہور(Punjabi)
ضلع لاہور(Urdu)
DistrictofPunjab
Top:Badshahi Mosque
Bottom:Tomb of Jahangir
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates:31°25′N74°20′E/ 31.417°N 74.333°E/31.417; 74.333
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab, PakistanPunjab
DivisionLahore
HeadquartersLahore
Government
• TypeDistrict Administration
•District CommissionerMuhammad Ali[1]
• District Police OfficerN/A
• District Health OfficerN/A
Area
• Total1,772 km2(684 sq mi)
Elevation
216 m (709 ft)
Population
(2023)[2]
• Total13,004,135
• Density7,300/km2(19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5(PKT)
Websitelahore.punjab.gov.pk

Lahore District(Punjabi:ضلع لہور;Urdu:ضلع لاہور) is adistrictinPunjab,Pakistan,consisting of the provincial capital,Lahoreand surrounding areas. It is the most populousdistrict of Pakistan,with a population of over 13 million in 2023.[2][3][4]

The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi). Before 1976, Lahore district was composed of 3 tehsils - Lahore,KasurandChunian,but in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils becameKasur District,separate from Lahore District.[5][6]The remaining area was then sub-divided into 5 tehsils -Lahore,Lahore Cantonment,Model Town,RaiwindandShalimar.

On 27 August 2024, the Punjab Government announced the creation of five new tehsils - Wagah, Ravi, Nishtar, Iqbal Town and Saddar.

Administration

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The district is administratively subdivided into tentehsils.

Name of Tehsil[7] No of Union Councils
Lahore Cantt
Lahore City
Model Town
Raiwind
Shalimar
Wagah
Ravi
Nishtar
Iqbal Town
Saddar

Demography

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19511,134,757—
19611,625,810+3.66%
19722,587,621+4.32%
19813,544,942+3.56%
19986,318,745+3.46%
201711,119,985+3.02%
202313,004,135+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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Religion in Lahore district (2023)[10]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 95.26%
Christianity
 
 4.64%
Other or not stated
 
 0.1%
Religion in Lahore District
Religious
group 		2017[11] 2023[10]
Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 10,530,816 94.7% 12,363,149 95.26%
Christianity 571,365 5.14% 602,431 4.64%
Ahmadiyya 13,433 0.12% 7,139 0.06%
Hinduism 2,670 0.02% 2,811 0.02%
Sikhism — — 324 0%
Zoroastrianism — — 77 0%
Others 1,701 0.02% 2,339 0.02%
Total Population 11,119,985 100% 12,978,661 100%
Religious groups in Lahore District (British Punjab provinceera)
Religious
group 		1901[12] 1911[13][14] 1921[15] 1931[16] 1941[17]
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[a] 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%
Buddhism 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 provinceera 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 historicPunjab Province regionduring the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Religion in theTehsilsof Lahore District (1941)[17]
Tehsil Islam Hinduism[a] Sikhism Christianity Jainism Others[b] Total
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Lahore Tehsil 552,907 62.12% 193,714 21.77% 103,312 11.61% 37,442 4.21% 1,095 0.12% 2,458 0.28% 890,024 100%
Chunian Tehsil 237,829 60.85% 56,293 14.4% 83,888 21.46% 11,730 3% 47 0.01% 165 0.04% 390,852 100%
Kasur Tehsil 237,036 57.19% 34,682 8.37% 123,446 29.78% 18,514 4.47% 809 0.2% 8 0% 414,499 100%
Note1:British Punjab provinceera 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 historicPunjab Province regionduring the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Note2:Tehsilreligious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" oncensus.Does not includeAnglo-Indian ChristiansorBritish Christians,who were classified under "Other" category.

Language

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Languages of Lahore district (2023)[18]

Punjabi(73.58%)
Urdu(21.13%)
Pashto(2.06%)
Mewati(2.01%)
Saraiki(0.49%)
Others (1.22%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 73.58% of the population spokePunjabi,21.13%Urdu,2.06%Pashto,2.01%Mewati,0.49%Saraiki,and 0.25%Hindkoas their first language.[18]

Education

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According toPakistan District Education Rankings,a report byAlif 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[19]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

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References

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  1. ^"Lahore: 'Roti' price increases Rs2 without district govt's permission".Dunya News.22 January 2023.Retrieved22 January2023.
  2. ^abc"TABLE 1: HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE"(PDF).www.pbscensus.gov.pk.Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.2023.
  3. ^"Towns and Unions in the City District of Lahore".National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website.Archived fromthe originalon 9 February 2012.Retrieved3 July2023.
  4. ^"Lahore District".Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago website.Retrieved3 July2023.
  5. ^"Geographical Boundaries of Lahore".lahore.punjab.gov.pk.Retrieved10 May2023.
  6. ^"Punjab-Lahore -".Retrieved10 May2023."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. ^"District and Tehsil Level Population Summary with Region Breakup"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics website.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 August 2018.Retrieved3 July2023.
  8. ^"Population by administrative units 1951-1998"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^"District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)".www.pbscensus.gov.pk.Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ab"Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.2023.Retrieved2 August2024.
  11. ^"Final Results (Census-2017)".Retrieved23 March2024.
  12. ^"Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province".1901. p. 34.JSTORsaoa.crl.25363739.Retrieved23 March2024.
  13. ^"Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables".1911. p. 27.JSTORsaoa.crl.25393788.Retrieved23 March2024.
  14. ^Kaul, Harikishan (1911)."Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II".p. 27.Retrieved23 March2024.
  15. ^"Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables".1921. p. 29.JSTORsaoa.crl.25430165.Retrieved23 March2024.
  16. ^"Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables".1931. p. 277.JSTORsaoa.crl.25793242.Retrieved23 March2024.
  17. ^ab"Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab".1941. p. 42.JSTORsaoa.crl.28215541.Retrieved23 March2024.
  18. ^ab"Population by Sex, Mother Tongue and Rural/Urban, Census-2023"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.2023.Retrieved2 August2024.
  19. ^"Taleem Do! App – Elections 2018 | #TaleemDo".Archived fromthe originalon 3 August 2018.Retrieved13 August2018.
  1. ^ab1931-1941: IncludingAd-Dharmis
  2. ^IncludingAnglo-Indian Christians,British Christians,Buddhism,Zoroastrianism,Judaism,Tribals,others, or not stated
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