Chak Jhumra

Chak Jhumra
چک جھمرہ
Tehsil, Town
Chak Jhumra railways
Chak Jhumra railways
Municipal Committee Chak Jhumra
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Chak Jhumra is located in Pakistan
Chak Jhumra
Chak Jhumra
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 31°34′N 73°11′E / 31.567°N 73.183°E / 31.567; 73.183
CountryPakistan
RegionPunjab
DistrictFaisalabad
CapitalChak Jhumra
Towns1
Union councils15[1]
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Tehsil, Town
332,461
 • Urban
48,724
 • Rural
283,737
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code041
Map of Chak Jhumra

Chak Jhumra (Punjabi: چک جُھمرہ), is a town, railway junction, and Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan. The town is situated around 21 kilometres (13 mi) northeast of Faisalabad on Faisalabad-Sangla Hill Road. The Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch and Sangla Hill–Kundian Branch intersect in the town and connect it to Faisalabad and Sargodha respectively.[3]

Prior to the establishment of Pakistan, the town was known as a hub of the cotton trade. At the time, three cotton ginning factories operated within the town. Following the Partition of India, much of the town's Hindu population, of which many were traders, immigrated to India, briefly causing decline in business.

Beginning in the 1960s, the town began to again experience economic growth and development of infrastructure. At this time a number of schools, hospitals, and textile factories were constructed within the town.[4]

Today, textile manufacturing is the dominant industry within Chak Jhumra.

  1. ^ "Chak Jhumra on District Government Faisalabad (Strategic Policy Unit)" (PDF). District Government Faisalabad website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ^ Tevta plans institute at Chak Jhumra Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 August 2014, retrieved 20 April 2021
  4. ^ Governor inaugurates first clean drinking water project in Chak Jhumra The Nation (newspaper), Published 19 January 2021, retrieved 20 April 2021