Lahore Division


Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It comprises four Districts - Kasur, Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura. The Lahore Division is commanded by a Commissioner to manage the division. Under the Commissioner there are four Additional Commissioners. For each district there is a Deputy Commissioner. Under the reforms of 2000, this tier of government was abolished, but in 2008 divisions were restored.

History

Lahore Division was originally an administrative division of the Punjab Province of British India. It extended along the right bank of the Sutlej River from the Himalaya to Multan division, and comprised the six districts of Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Gujrat. The total area of the division was and the population according to the 1901 census of India was 5,598,463. The commissioner for the division also exercised political control over the hill state of Chamba.
The Commissioner's headquarters were at Lahore and Dalhousie.The total population of the Division increased from 4,696,636 in 1881 to 5,321,535 in 1891, and 5,598,463 in 1901. The total area was, and the density of population was 326 persons per square mile, compared with 208 for British territory in the Province as a whole. In 1901 Muslims numbered 3,332,175, or 60 percent of the total; while other religions included Hindus, 1,567,402; Sikhs, 661,320; Jains, 5,5,07; Buddhists, 6; Parsis, 228; and Christians, 31,815, of whom 25,248 were natives.
The division contained six districts:
DistrictArea
Population
Land revenue and cesses
.
Gujrat4,771497,7066,90
Lahore3,7041,162,10912,55
Amritsar1,6011,023,82814,54
Gurdaspur1,889940,33417,72
Sialkot1,9911,083,90917,27
Gujranwala3,198890,55712,89
Total17,1545,598,46381,87

Gurdaspur included a few square miles of mountainous country, enclosing the hill station of Dalhousie ; but otherwise the Division was flat. It contained 9,869 villages and 41 towns, of which the largest are Lahore, Amristar, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Batala, and Gujrat. In commercial importance Lahore and Amritsar dwarfed all other towns in the Division, but Sialkot and Batala were considerably more than local centres. Besides the administrative charge of six British Districts, the Commissioner of Lahore had political control over the Native State of Chamba, which had an area of and a population of 127,834.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2023 census, Lahore division had a population of 22,772,710 roughly equal to the nation of Sri Lanka or the US state of Florida.

List of the Districts

List of the Tehsils

Independence

With the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, Lahore Division was divided among the two countries. with the eastern half becoming Amritsar District.

Constituencies">List of constituencies of Pakistan">Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrict
PP-132 Nankana Sahib-INA-111 Nankana Sahib-INankana Sahib
PP-133 Nankana Sahib-IINA-111 Nankana Sahib-INankana Sahib
PP-134 Nankana Sahib-IIINA-112 Nankana Sahib-IINankana Sahib
PP-135 Nankana Sahib-IVNA-112 Nankana Sahib-IINankana Sahib
PP-136 Sheikhupura-INA-113 Sheikhupura-ISheikhupura
PP-137 Sheikhupura-IINA-113 Sheikhupura-ISheikhupura
PP-138 Sheikhupura-IIINA-114 Sheikhupura-IISheikhupura
PP-139 Sheikhupura-IVNA-114 Sheikhupura-IISheikhupura
PP-140 Sheikhupura-VNA-114 Sheikhupura-IISheikhupura
PP-141 Sheikhupura-VINA-115 Sheikhupura-IIISheikhupura
PP-142 Sheikhupura-VIINA-115 Sheikhupura-IIISheikhupura
PP-143 Sheikhupura-VIIINA-116 Sheikhupura-IVSheikhupura
PP-144 Sheikhupura-IXNA-116 Sheikhupura-IVSheikhupura
PP-145 Lahore-INA-117 Lahore-ILahore
PP-146 Lahore-IINA-117 Lahore-ILahore
PP-147 Lahore-IIINA-118 Lahore-IILahore
PP-148 Lahore-IVNA-118 Lahore-IILahore
PP-149 Lahore-VNA-119 Lahore-IIILahore
PP-150 Lahore-VINA-119 Lahore-IIILahore
PP-151 Lahore-VIINA-120 Lahore-IVLahore
PP-154 Lahore-XNA-120 Lahore-IVLahore
PP-152 Lahore-VIIINA-121 Lahore-VLahore
PP-153 Lahore-IXNA-121 Lahore-VLahore
PP-155 Lahore-XINA-122 Lahore-VILahore
PP-156 Lahore-XIINA-122 Lahore-VILahore
PP-157 Lahore-XIIINA-122 Lahore-VILahore
PP-158 Lahore-XIVNA-123 Lahore-VIILahore
PP-164 Lahore-XXNA-123 Lahore-VIILahore
PP-159 Lahore-XVNA-124 Lahore-VIIILahore
PP-163 Lahore-XIXNA-124 Lahore-VIIILahore
PP-165 Lahore-XXINA-125 Lahore-IXLahore
PP-166 Lahore-XXIINA-125 Lahore-IXLahore
PP-167 Lahore-XXIIINA-126 Lahore-XLahore
PP-168 Lahore-XXIVNA-126 Lahore-XLahore
PP-160 Lahore-XVINA-127 Lahore-XILahore
PP-162 Lahore-XVIIINA-127 Lahore-XILahore
PP-161 Lahore-XVIINA-128 Lahore-XIILahore
PP-169 Lahore-XXVNA-128 Lahore-XIILahore
PP-170 Lahore-XXVINA-128 Lahore-XIILahore
PP-171 Lahore-XXVIINA-129 Lahore-XIIILahore
PP-172 Lahore-XXVIIINA-129 Lahore-XIIILahore
PP-173 Lahore-XXIXNA-130 Lahore-XIVLahore
PP-174 Lahore-XXXNA-130 Lahore-XIVLahore
PP-176 Kasur-IINA-131 Kasur-IKasur
PP-177 Kasur-IIINA-131 Kasur-IKasur
PP-178 Kasur-IVNA-131 Kasur-IKasur
PP-175 Kasur-INA-132 Kasur-IIKasur
PP-179 Kasur-VNA-132 Kasur-IIKasur
PP-180 Kasur-VINA-133 Kasur-IIIKasur
PP-181 Kasur-VIINA-133 Kasur-IIIKasur
PP-182 Kasur-VIIINA-134 Kasur-IVKasur
PP-183 Kasur-IXNA-134 Kasur-IVKasur
PP-184 Kasur-XNA-134 Kasur-IVKasur