Jhang District



District in Punjab, Pakistan

















Jhang
جھنگ

District

Map of Punjab, with Jhang District shown in orange.
Map of Punjab, with Jhang District shown in orange.

Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E / 30.583; 71.650Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E / 30.583; 71.650
Country
Pakistan
Province
Punjab
Established
1849[citation needed]
Headquarters
Jhang city
Population (2017)
 • Total
2,743,416
Time zone
PKT (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils

4
Languages
Punjabi (95%)

Jhang District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع جھنگ‎) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital.[2] In 2009 the tehsil of Chiniot became the separate Chiniot District.




Contents





  • 1 Administrative divisions


  • 2 Demographics


  • 3 Local education


  • 4 Notable people


  • 5 References


  • 6 Bibliography



Administrative divisions


The district comprises on four sub-districts (or Tehsils):[3]


  • Jhang

  • Athara Hazari

  • Shorkot

  • Ahmad Pur Sial

Demographics


According to the 1998 census, Punjabi was the first language of 95% of the population in the Jhang and Shorkot Tehsils, while Urdu – of 3.8%.[4]


Local education


  • Chenab College, Jhang

  • Faran Model College

  • Cadet College Jhang

Notable people



  • Sultan Bahoo, a Sufi saint


  • Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner in physics


  • Aleem Dar, cricket player


  • Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a Sufi Scholar, Politician, Founder of Minhaj-Ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek

References




  1. ^ "District at a glance - Jhang" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. 


  2. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang the – Government of Pakistan". Nrb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2010-10-24. 


  3. ^ Administrative Units of Pakistan (Tehsils/Talukas) Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan


  4. ^ PCO 2000, pp. 95–96.



Bibliography



  • 1998 District Census report of Jhang. Census publication. 114. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000. 






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