Jaranwala
Jaranwala
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 The town's modernist Mehtab Mosque | |
  Jaranwala Location within Punjab, Pakistan  Jaranwala Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 31°20′0″N 73°25′0″E / 31.33333°N 73.41667°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Faisalabad |
| District | Faisalabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Committee |
| • Administrator / Chairman | Rangzaib Goraya |
| • Chief Officer | Mohsin Mazhar |
| Elevation | 184 m (604 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• City | 170,872 |
| • Rank | 63rd in Pakistan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 041 |
| Website | Jaranwala.com |
Jaranwala (Punjabi: جڑانوالا; Urdu: جڑانوالہ) is a city and the capital of Jaranwala Tehsil located in the Faisalabad District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 63rd most populous city in Pakistan.
Geography
It is located at 31°20'0N 73°26'0E with an altitude of 184 meters (606 feet). It is located 35 km southeast of Faisalabad and 110 km from Lahore. The city serves as the headquarters of Jaranwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district.
Etymology
Jaranwala'a name originates from a Bohar, Bargad Banyan tree known as Jaranwala Bohar. Jaranwala is combination of two Punjabi words: Jaran and Wala, where Jaran means "roots" and "Wala" means place.
History
The existing city was founded by the British government in 1908. Deputy commissioner Micheal Ferrar of Faisalabad inaugurated the town in 1909 and Sir Ganga Ram designed the city.
Pakistani Gate
The Pakistani Gate is a central point and historical monument in Jaranwala. In January 1917, Harbel Singh a well-known mill owner, factory owner and landlord, maternal grandfather of Khushwant Singh and father-in-law of Sir Sobha Singh, notified the area committee of Jaranwala to construct a wooden gate to welcome the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer, in Jaranwala. After his visit, the gate was named O'Dwyer Gate. However, after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the people demanded to rename the gate, the name of O'Dwyer was removed from the gate and it was renamed the Railway Gate.
On the visit of Nehru on 1 June 1936, it was renamed the Nehru Gate, and the president of Municipal Committee Jaranawala Lala Harnam Das approved the name on 30 March 1937. The name was changed again after the independence of Pakistan, when the first president of the Municipal Committee of Jaranawala, Syed Altaf Hussain, renamed it the Pakistani Gate. The Pakistani Gate was reconstructed in 1956, 1967 and 2009.
Demographics
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According to 2023 census, Jaranwala had a population of 170,872. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of the Jaranwala MC (Municipal Committee) is 150,380.
Languages
- Punjabi (91.9%)
- Urdu (7.10%)
- Pashto (0.40%)
- Other (0.60%)
Education
Jaranwala has several schools:-
- Government Post Graduate College Jaranwala
- Govt Post Graduate College for Women Jaranwala
- Government High School Jaranwala
- Government Islamia High School Jaranwala
- Govt Girls High School MC 1 Jaranwala
- Govt Girls High School MC 2 Cinema Choke Jaranwala
- Centre of Excellence Jaranwala
- Punjab Group of Colleges Jaranwala Campus
- Commerce College Jaranwala
- Ripah College
- Mian Nazir Hussain Model Secondary School
- AW Grammar school
- Al Raza Grammar school
- Al-Ijaz high school Jaranwala
- The Educators school system (city Campus or New City campus Jaranwala)
- Dare Arqam School System
- The Spirit school system campus
- The Smart school system campus
- Al-Noor Pre-Cadet School Jaranwala
- Sir Syed College Jaranwala
- Faran Public School Jaranwala
Industry
The industrial area of Khurrianwala is part of the Jaranwala Tehsil. Other main industries include:
- Rafhan Maize Products Plant
- Crescent Jute Products Ltd Established in 1965, this was largest jute mill of Pakistan. It has ceased its operations.
- Aslam Textile Mills
- Hussain Sugar Mills
- Lyallpur Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, Jaranwala
- Shakarganj Food Products Limited
Agriculture
Jaranwala produces crops including rice, wheat, sugarcane, vegetables, and fruits. Its grain market is one of the busiest markets in Punjab. It is also the biggest consumer of fertilizers by volume in Pakistan.
Transportation
Jaranwala is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the M3 motorway interchange. There are daily bus services from and to Lahore and Faisalabad. There are many trains coming from Lahore on the Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line. The nearest airport is the Faisalabad International Airport, which is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the city.
Main roads
There are seven main roads from Jaranwala to other cities.
Notable people
- Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter in British India
- Mian Abdul Bari- Pakistan Movement
- Shabana Akhtar- Female Olympian in Athletic. Created history when she became the first Pakistani woman to compete at the Olympics when she took part in the women's long jump at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
- Nand Lal, Subcontinental freedom fighter, politician and member of the Constituent Assembly of British India from East Punjab
- Munawar Shakeel, Punjabi poet.
Gallery
Pakistani Gate
Gate of Jaranwala (Lahore Morr Jaranwala)
Committee Bagh
Char Bati Chowk
Mahtab Masjid
Sabri Chowk
See also
References
- ↑ "Our Administrator/Chairman". Municipal Committee Jaranwala. Local Government & Community Development Department, Government of Punjab. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Jaranwala, Punjab, Pakistan – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- 1 2 Towns & Unions in the City District of Faisalabad - Government of the Pakistan Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "MC Jaranawala Website". Archived from the original on 2021-02-26.
- ↑ "Jaranwala - History, Places, Education, Agriculture & Population". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23.
- ↑ The Indian and Pakistan Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1940.
- ↑ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ↑ "MC Jaranawala Website". mcjaranwala.lgpunjab.org.pk. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ↑ "English: Pakistani Gate (Jaranwala)". March 25, 2010 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: PUNJAB (FAISALABAD DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ↑ "Population Census 2023, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics". census23.pbos.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2026-08-18. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "Govt. Post Graduate College Jaranwala Road - Merit List | Online College Admissions System". ocas.punjab.gov.pk.
- ↑ "Govt. Islamia High School Jaranwala". Schools digital platform.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd". Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ↑ "CRESCENT JUTE PRODUCTS LTD JARANWALA". Mitchell Construction Chemicals. 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ↑ "Crescent Jute to raise Rs75m through land sale". DAWN.COM. May 7, 2010.
- ↑ "ASLAM TEXTILE MILLS LTD. in Jaranwala, Punjab, Pakistan - ASLAM TEXTILE MILLS LTD. Pakistan - BusinessBook.pk". www.businessbook.pk. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ↑ "COMPANY PROFILE – Husein Sugar Mills Limited". Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ↑ "Husein Sugar Mills Limited – Business Recorder".
- 1 2 "Home :: Husein Sugar Mills Limited". www.huseinsugarmills.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ↑ "Shakarganj Food Products Limiteds - Buyers, Suppliers, full Export Import details - Volza". www.volza.com. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ "Jaranwala to Shaukat Karyana Store". Jaranwala to Shaukat Karyana Store.
- ↑ "distance of janawala nad faisalabad airport - Google Search". www.google.com.
