Khanewal District (

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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 Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 2,068,490, of which 17.42% were urban. Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°55'0E with an altitude of 128 metres.

Administrative divisions

For the purpose of administration, District Khanewal is divided into 4 tehsils i.e.

Khanewal Khanewal () is a city and the capital of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 36th largest city of Pakistan by population. Khanewal is named after the earliest settlers here who belonged to the caste ‘Daha’ (A Sub ...

Mian Channu Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun, is the capital city of Mian Channu Tehsil in Khanewal District, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Etymology The city was named after a Sufism, Sufi saint, Baba Mian Channu, who had ...

Jahanian Jahanian ( ur, ), (Punjabi language, Punjabi جہانیاں) is a tehsil near Multan, Multan city in Khanewal District, Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of four Administrative units of Pakistan, Sub-divisions of Khanewal distri ...

and

Kabirwala Kabirwala ( ur, , Punjabi ), is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. Kabirwala was 118th biggest city, with a populatio ...

and 168 union councils including 114 rural and 54 urban whose elected representatives formulate Zilla and Tehsil councils. Political constituencies include 4 national seats and 7 provincial seats of legislative assemblies.''District Health Profile - Khanewal''. Citeseerx.ist.psu.edu. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=68A7FAC41C5DC95DE087DD5DCC900BC6?doi=10.1.1.695.4631&rep=rep1&type=pdf. The district contains four tehsils which are as following: *

Khanewal Tehsil Khanewal ( ur, ), is a subdivision (tehsil) of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 25 Union Councils, six of which form the tehsil capital Khanewal.

Mian Channu Tehsil Mian Channu ( ur, ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Mian Channu Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun, is the capital city of Mian Channu Tehsil in Kha ...

Kabirwala Tehsil Kabirwala ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Administration It is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Kabirwala Kabi ...

Jahanian Tehsil Jahanian ( ur, ), ( Punjabi ), is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jahanian is the headquarters of the tehsil. The languages spoken in the tehsil are Urdu, Punjabi, Sa ...

Geography

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This district is situated in the center of the country at an almost equal distance from

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and

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and on the main routes of the railway and the

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. The district is bounded on the north by

Jhang District Jhang District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district of Faisalabad division in the Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang city is the capital of district. Geography Jhang District has a triangle-like shape, with its apex at the narrow southwestern cor ...

and

Toba Tek Singh District Toba Tek Singh District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district of Faisalabad Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes. It became a separate ...

; on the south by Vehari District; on the east by

Sahiwal District Sahiwal District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ), formerly known as Montgomery district, is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab Subdivisions of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. In 1998, it had a population of ...

and on the west by

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

Climate

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 2,920,233, of which 1,482,668 were males and 1,437,272 females. Rural population is 2,333,801 while the urban population is 586,432. The literacy rate was 58.59%.

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

were the predominant religious community with 98.26% of the population while

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

were 1.69% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 73.41% of the population spoke Punjabi, 18.55% Saraiki, 6.47%

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as their first language. According to the census of 1998, Punjabi is the most widely spoken

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,"Mother tongue": defined as the language of communication between parents and children. accounting for % of the population.

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Saraiki is native to 5.8% and

– to 1.1%. The main tribes and clans include:The People , District Khanewal. Retrieved from: https://khanewal.punjab.gov.pk/the-people Niazi Afghans, Seoul, Daduana,

Kamboh The Kamboj ( pa, ਕੰਬੋਜ ''Kamboj'', hi, कंबोज ''Kamboj''), also Kamboh ( ur, ALA-LC: ), is a cultivating community of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, spanning a region from the Sutlej Valley to the north, the M ...

, Matyana,

Gujjar Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were tradit ...

, Doltana,

Sahu Sahu (Sahoo, or Shaw, or Shau, or Gupta, or Saha, or Saw, Shah). is a surname found in India and Pakistan. The meaning of the term "Sahu" may change from region to region.''. Usage In India, the surname is found among Gakhars, Marwadi, Janjuas, ...

Rajputs Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

(Rana), Rajpoot Dhudhi,

Awan Awan may refer to: Places * Awan (ancient city), a city-state in Elam in the 3rd millennium BCE * Awan (region), a town in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India * Awan, Bhulath, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan ...

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Jatt Jatt may refer to: * Jat people, a social group of the Indian subcontinent * Jatt, Israel Jatt ( ar, جت; he, גַ'ת) is an Arab local council in the Triangle area of Haifa District in Israel. In it had a population of . History Antiquity ...

, Bucha, Nikyana Sial, Siyal,

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh a ...

Bhati Bhati is a clan of Rajputs History The Bhatis reportedly originated in Mathura through a common ancestor named Bhati, who was a descendant of Pradyumn. According to the seventeenth-century Nainsi ri Khyat, the Bhatis after losing Mathura ...

, Baloch, Khokhars Mayo Solgi (jutt) and toru.

Education

The education system in Khanewal district is formulated along specific

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social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

psychological Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between t ...

commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

and

scientific Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

injunctions. The current literacy rate of district is 39.9%.''District at a glance Khanewal , Pakistan Bureau of Statistics''. Pbs.gov.pk. (2022). Retrieved 15 January 2022, from https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/district-glance-khanewal. The standard national system of education is mainly inspired from the British system. The system also aims to imbibe a secular outlook among the students with the awareness of the rich cultural heritage of

. Khanewal district has a wide range of schools, colleges and universities that caters to diverse streams. The system is divided into five levels:

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(grades one through five); middle (grades six through eight);

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(grades nine and ten, leading to the

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); intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary School Certificate); and

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programs leading to graduate and advanced degrees. Khanewal district, like majority of the districts in Pakistan has both public and private educational institutions from

level. Most educational institutions are gender based from primary to university level. All academic education institutions are the responsibility of the provincial governments. The

federal government A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and some financing of research.

Notable people

Maulana Tariq Jameel Tariq Jamil ( ur, , Ṭāriq Jamīl; born 1 October 1953), is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer, scholar, and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Jamil has been named twice i ...

, Islamic Scholar *

Syed Fakhar Imam Syed Fakhar Imam ( ur, سید فخر امام) (born 18 December 1942) is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, from April 2020 to April 2022. He also served as the 11th Speaker of Nation ...

, Ex. Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan *

Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for Agriculture, in office since 13 September 2019. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018. Previous ...

is a Pakistani politician, who is currently serving as 'Provincial Minister of Punjab for Management and Professional Development *

Ghulam Haider Wyne Ghulam Haider Wyne ( ur, , 1940 – 29 September 1993) was a Pakistani politician who served as the tenth Chief Minister of Punjab. He was a member of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad and later Pakistan Muslim League (N) Early life Wyne's family ...

, Ex. Chief Minister of Punjab *Brig Muhammad Yaqoob Ilahi, Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps,

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* Tasawar Hayat, Pakistani scientist. *

Har Gobind Khorana Har Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and ...

, Indian American

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winner for Medicine.

Villages

* Chak 138/10-R

References

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