Jhang District

Jhang جھنگ
District
Map of Punjab, with Jhang District shown in orange.
Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°ECoordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Established	1849
Headquarters	Jhang city
Area
• Total	8,809 km^2 (3,401 sq mi)
Population (1998)[1]
• Total	2,834,545
• Density	320/km^2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	PKT (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils	4
Languages (1981)	96.5% Punjabi[2]

Jhang District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع جھنگ‎) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital.^[3] According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district's population was 2.8 million, of which 23 percent lived in urban areas; and covers an area of 8,809 km².^[1]

Administrative divisions

The district comprises on four sub-districts (or Tehsils):^[4]

• Jhang
• Athara Hazari
• Shorkot
• Ahmad Pur Sial

Local education

• Chenab College, Jhang
• Faran Model College
• Cadet College Jhang

Notable People

• Sultan Bahoo, founder of the Sarwari Qadiri Sufi order
• Abdus Salam, Noble Prize winner in Physics
• Aleem Dar, cricket player
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Sufi Scholar, Politician, Founder of Minhaj-Ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek

References

1. "Jhang District at a glance" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. Stephen P. Cohen (2004). The Idea of Pakistan. Brookings Institution Press. p. 202. ISBN 0815797613.
3. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang the – Government of Pakistan". Nrb.gov.pk. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
4. Administrative Units of Pakistan (Tehsils/Talukas) Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan