Jhang District

Jhang District
ضلع جھنگ
District of Punjab
Top: Sunrise over the countryside
Bottom: Charms near the tomb of Heer Ranjha
Flag of Jhang District
Flag
Official seal of Jhang District
Seal
Map of Jhang District
Map of Jhang District
Coordinates: 30°35′N 71°39′E / 30.583°N 71.650°E / 30.583; 71.650
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DivisionFaisalabad
Established1849[citation needed]
HeadquartersJhang
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy Commissioner(Cap)R Samiullah Farooq
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]
 • District of Punjab6,166 km2 (2,381 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • District of Punjab3,077,720
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
800,926
 • Rural
2,264,713
Literacy
[3]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (59.45%)
  • Male:
    (69.09%)
  • Female:
    (49.14%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal Code
40100
Area code047
ConstituenciesNA-114, NA-115, NA-116
Number of Tehsils5
LanguagesPunjabi (95%)
National Assembly Seats (2024)Total (3)


  •   Rah-e-Haq (2)
  •   PTI (0)
Punjab Assembly Seats (2024)Total (7)


Websitejhang.punjab.gov.pk

Jhang District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع جھنگ) is a district of Faisalabad division in the Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang city is the capital and administrative seat of the district.[4][5]

  1. ^ Jhang on Punjab Portal, Punjab Government website Retrieved 15 April 2021
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang – Government of Pakistan". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. 2 January 2007. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ Punjab Government (1883). Gazetteer of the Jhang District. Lahore: Arya Press. pp. 1–22, 40–1, 46–7. Retrieved 13 July 2021.