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Pakpattan District
Pakpattan District (Urdu
ضلع پاکپتن is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban[2] this has now risen to 1,563,000[3].
Attachment 81194
Contents1 Administration
2 Location
3 Agriculture
4 Tribes & Clans
5 References
AdministrationThe district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils:[4]
Tehsil No. of Unions
Arifwala 30
Pakpattan 33
Pakpattan is the city of the great Saint Baba Farid of Chistia legacy.Word Pakpattan is made of two words PAK and PATTAN meaning clean docland(Pattan means a dockland or place where ships or boats stop).The city is given this name by Saint Farid.It is said, once Saint Farid having ablution on the bank of the River Sutlej,one local man told Saint this water is unclean and place is dirty then Saint Farid replied to him "no its clean water and place' in local language "Pak Pattan'.
LocationThe capital Pakpattan is located 175-180 km from Lahore - the district is bounded to the northwest by Sahiwal District, to the north by Okara District, to the by the Sutlej river and Bahawalnagar District, and to the southwest by Vehari District.
Agriculture
The Pakpattan District is known for the fertility of its soil and most of the population of Pakpattan district makes a living on agriculture. The main crops are wheat, rice, cotton, maize (corn), sugar cane, etc. The primary fruits and vegetables that are harvested are mango, guava, carrots, potatoes,oranges and okra. Mostly canals are six monthly.
Tribes & ClansThe district is home to a variety of the tribes, the important ones being Sayed, Jat, Arain, Dogar, Johiya, Bodla, Bhatti, Hans, Khagga, Kharal, Wattu, Chishti, Bodla, Khagga and Rajputs (including Ranghar) and Rehmani (Muslim Labana), mahar taroly
Pakpattan District (Urdu
ضلع پاکپتن is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban[2] this has now risen to 1,563,000[3].Attachment 81194
Contents1 Administration
2 Location
3 Agriculture
4 Tribes & Clans
5 References
AdministrationThe district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils:[4]
Tehsil No. of Unions
Arifwala 30
Pakpattan 33
Pakpattan is the city of the great Saint Baba Farid of Chistia legacy.Word Pakpattan is made of two words PAK and PATTAN meaning clean docland(Pattan means a dockland or place where ships or boats stop).The city is given this name by Saint Farid.It is said, once Saint Farid having ablution on the bank of the River Sutlej,one local man told Saint this water is unclean and place is dirty then Saint Farid replied to him "no its clean water and place' in local language "Pak Pattan'.
LocationThe capital Pakpattan is located 175-180 km from Lahore - the district is bounded to the northwest by Sahiwal District, to the north by Okara District, to the by the Sutlej river and Bahawalnagar District, and to the southwest by Vehari District.
Agriculture
The Pakpattan District is known for the fertility of its soil and most of the population of Pakpattan district makes a living on agriculture. The main crops are wheat, rice, cotton, maize (corn), sugar cane, etc. The primary fruits and vegetables that are harvested are mango, guava, carrots, potatoes,oranges and okra. Mostly canals are six monthly.
Tribes & ClansThe district is home to a variety of the tribes, the important ones being Sayed, Jat, Arain, Dogar, Johiya, Bodla, Bhatti, Hans, Khagga, Kharal, Wattu, Chishti, Bodla, Khagga and Rajputs (including Ranghar) and Rehmani (Muslim Labana), mahar taroly