Renala Khurd ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a growing city in the

Okara District Okara District (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. It became a separate district in 1982, prior to that it was part of Sahiwal District.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 a ...

province of Pakistan. Khurd is a Persian word meaning small. The city is the headquarters of Renala Khurd Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. It is approximately above sea level. The city is about from

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and from the district capital city of Okara. It is southwest of Lahore on the national highway (

GT Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

) and on the Lahore Karachi main railway line. Renala Khurd operates on PKT. Literal meaning of Renala is "Mother of Forests". Renala Khurd is very famous for its gardens, forests and fruit farms. Khurd is attributed to Small.

Demographics

With a radius of 7 km, it is home to over 100,000 inhabitants. The population of Renala Khurd is over 99% Muslim. It has a Sunni majority and a

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minority; there are also small groups of Christians. Due to its strategic location in the Indian sub-continent, many migrants have poured into the area and settled on its fertile lands. The people of Renala Khurd are descendants of Iranians, Turks, Afghans and Arabs who came individually or in groups.

University of Okara

The University of Okara, previously known as the University of Education Okara campus, is 1 km west of the city. It was inaugurated in 2005 by then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

Notable residents

* Liaquat Ali (born 1983), athlete * Rizwan Haider (born 1985), cricketer, * Abdur Rauf (born 1978), cricketer

Languages

Haryanavi Haryanvi ( ' or '), also known as Bangru, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the state of Haryana in India, and to a lesser extent in Delhi. Haryanvi is considered to be part of the dialect group of Western Hindi, which also includes Kharib ...

, Punjabi, Ranghari and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Populated places established in 1914 Cities and towns in Okara District