Arifwala (
Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and headquarters of
Arif Wala Tehsil of
Pakpattan District
Pakpattan District (Urdu and pnb, ), 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. It has since risen to 1, ...
in the
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
province of
Pakistan
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.
It is the
88th largest city in Pakistan.
Arifwala is located to the southwest of
Pakpattan
Pakpattan (Punjabi and ), often referred to as Pākpattan Sharīf (; ''"Noble Pakpattan"''), is the capital city of the Pakpattan District, located in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 48th largest city of Pakistan by population according ...
.
History
Arifwala was only a village named as chak No. 61/EB. Later, it was called Arifwala because of a Sufi Saint, "Arif Baba", who stayed in the village. His shrine is located in the graveyard of chak shah karam 29 EB. In 1908, the Deputy Governor of Punjab, "Hurbert" founded new city of Arifwala.
Demographics
The population of city in 1998 was 74,174 but according to the
2017 Census of Pakistan
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after 1998 Census of Pakist ...
, the population has risen to 111,403 with a growth of about 50.19% in 19 years.
All Pakistan Districts and Tehsils (scroll down to Pakpattan District for Arif Wala)
Citypopulation.de website, Retrieved 17 November 2021
References
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Cities in Punjab (Pakistan)
Populated places in Pakpattan District