Faisalabad District ضلع فیصل آباد Lyallpur District
District
Top: University of Agriculture,Faisalabad Bottom: Gat Wala Lake
Faisalabad District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates:31°25′05.10″N73°04′39.27″E / 31.4180833°N 73.0775750°E /31.4180833; 73.0775750
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Faisalabad
Headquarters	Faisalabad
Number ofTehsils	6
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Captin (R) Nadeem Nasir[1]
• District Police Officer	Kamran Adil
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District	5,857 km2 (2,261 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• District	9,075,819
• Density	1,550/km2 (4,013/sq mi)
• Urban	4,392,979 (48.40%)
• Rural	4,682,840 (51.60%)
Literacy [3]
• Literacy rate	Total: (73.41%) Male: (77.34%) Female: (69.11%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	041
Languages	Punjabi,Urdu
Website	faisalabad.punjab.gov.pk

Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979)^[4] (Punjabi andUrdu:ضلع فیصل آباد) is one of thedistricts ofPunjab, Pakistan. According to the 2023 census of Pakistan it had a population of 9,075,819, of which 3,691,999 were inFaisalabad City. It is the third largest city of Pakistan afterKarachi andLahore.^[5]

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, theMuslim refugees fromEastern Punjab andHaryana settled in the Faisalabad District. It initially lacked industry, hospitals and universities. Since independence, there has been industrial growth, and the city's population is continually growing. Notable industry in the district include but not limited to Textile (spinning, weaving, printing, dying, stitching), Chemicals (acids, caustics, industrial gases, potash, chlorides, etc.), consumer goods (soaps, vegetable oil, detergents), Engineering (light electrical equipment, engineering goods), Metals & Metallurgy (steels, alloys) and Power (power equipment, power production).^[6]

Initially a part ofJhang District, it gained the status of a separate district in 1904.^[7] In 1982Toba Tek Singh District (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad. As of 2006^[update], it is aCity-District consisting of the city ofFaisalabad and its surrounding areas.^[8]

Faisalabad District is part ofFaisalabad Division. In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as aCity-District. It comprises sixTehsils.^[9][8]

As of the2023 census, Faisalabad district had 1,382,773 households and a population of 9,075,819 which is roughly equal to the population ofLos Angeles County,California,USA. The district had a sex ratio of 108.92 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 73.41%: 77.34% for males and 69.11% for females.^[15][16] 2,200,114 (24.27% of the surveyed population) were under 10 years of age.^[17] 4,392,979 (48.40%) lived in urban areas.^[15]

Religion in contemporary Faisalabad District

Religious group	1941[20]		2017[21]		2023[19]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	606,374	60.64%	7,606,012	96.49%	8,746,155	96.48%
Sikhism	209,504	20.95%	—	—	243	~0%
Hinduism[a]	148,484	14.85%	598	0.01%	2,150	0.02%
Christianity	35,341	3.53%	264,677	3.36%	308,580	3.4%
Ahmadiyya	—	—	10,959	0.14%	7,630	0.08%
Others	197	0.02%	198	0%	545	0.01%
Total Population	999,900	100%	7,882,444	100%	9,065,306	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Lyallpur, Samundri and Jaranwala tehsils of erstwhile Lyallpur district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Faisalabad district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Religious groups in Faisalabad District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1901[22]		1911[23][24]		1921[25]		1931[26]		1941[20]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	484,657	61.2%	524,288	61.13%	594,917	60.74%	720,996	62.62%	877,518	62.85%
Hinduism[a]	210,459	26.58%	154,603	18.03%	181,488	18.53%	173,344	15.06%	204,059	14.61%
Sikhism	88,049	11.12%	146,670	17.1%	160,821	16.42%	211,391	18.36%	262,737	18.82%
Christianity	8,672	1.1%	32,023	3.73%	42,004	4.29%	45,518	3.95%	51,948	3.72%
Jainism	23	0%	125	0.01%	231	0.02%	95	0.01%	35	0%
Zoroastrianism	1	0%	2	0%	2	0%	7	0%	6	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	2	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	791,861	100%	857,711	100%	979,463	100%	1,151,351	100%	1,396,305	100%
Note1: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 historicPunjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: District formerly inscribed as theChenab Colony on the 1901 census, later renamed toLyallpur District, created betweenJhang District,Gujranwala District,Lahore District,Montgomery District, andMultan District to account for the large population increase in the region, primarily due to theChenab Canal Colony. Note3: Formerly known asLyallpur District, prior to district renaming in 1979.

Religion in theTehsils of Faisalabad District (1921)^[25]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[b]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Lyallpur Tehsil	187,702	54.43%	73,359	21.27%	65,389	18.96%	18,347	5.32%	53	0.02%	2	0%	344,852	100%
Samundri Tehsil	155,680	69.25%	35,477	15.78%	26,531	11.8%	7,017	3.12%	101	0.04%	0	0%	224,806	100%
Toba Tek Singh Tehsil	148,015	63.68%	38,853	16.72%	31,832	13.7%	13,680	5.89%	46	0.02%	0	0%	232,426	100%
Jaranwala Tehsil	103,520	58.36%	33,799	19.05%	37,069	20.9%	2,960	1.67%	31	0.02%	0	0%	177,379	100%
Note:British Punjab province era 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 region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in theTehsils of Faisalabad District (1941)^[20]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism[a]		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[c]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Lyallpur Tehsil	221,333	54.52%	73,400	18.08%	89,629	22.08%	21,500	5.3%	34	0.01%	77	0.02%	405,973	100%
Samundri Tehsil	217,359	72.32%	33,860	11.27%	40,690	13.54%	8,629	2.87%	0	0%	6	0%	300,544	100%
Toba Tek Singh Tehsil	271,144	68.4%	55,575	14.02%	53,233	13.43%	16,353	4.13%	1	0%	99	0.02%	396,405	100%
Jaranwala Tehsil	167,682	57.15%	41,224	14.05%	79,185	26.99%	5,212	1.78%	0	0%	80	0.03%	293,383	100%
Note1:British Punjab province era 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 region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2:Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" oncensus. Does not includeAnglo-Indian Christians orBritish Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

At the time of the 2023 census, 94.13% of the population spokePunjabi, 4.49%Urdu, and 0.64%Pashto as their first language.^[27]

The electricity supply in Faisalabad District is managed by theFaisalabad Electric Supply Company.

• Government College University Faisalabad
• University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

• Om P. Bahl, an Indian-Americanmolecular biologist, academic and was known for his studies onHuman chorionic gonadotropin, popularly known as the pregnancy hormone
• Abid Sher Ali, Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
• Rana Sanaullah, former PPP and current Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
• Talal Chuadhry, Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
• Mian Abdul Bari, Pakistan Movement activist and politician.
• Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, a noted Indian Punjabi-languagefolk singer, considered by many to have laid the foundation of contemporaryPunjabi music in India
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a famous singer and musician, born in Faisalabad.
• Arjan Singh, a seniorair officer and the first and only officer of theIndian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to five-star rank asMarshal of the Indian Air Force
• Bhagat Singh, a famous Indianrevolutionary and freedom fighter
• Harkishan Singh, a well recognizedpharmaceutical academic,medicinal chemistry researcher andscience historian

Wikivoyage has a travel guide forFaisalabad.

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