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Jhang

January 01, 1970

This article is about the city. For other uses, see Jhang (disambiguation).

Jhang (جھنگ; Punjabi pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃə̀ŋ.gᵊ]; Urdu pronunciation: [d͡ʒʱəŋɡ]) is the capital city of Jhang District in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the 18th largest city of Pakistan by population.[2]

Jhang
جھنگ
City
Clockwise from top: Shrine of Sultan Bahoo; Shrine of Heer and Ranjha; Chenab College; Trimmu Barrage and Chenab Bridge
Jhang
Location of Jhang in Pakistan
Jhang
Jhang (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 31°16′10″N 72°18′58″E / 31.26944°N 72.31611°E / 31.26944; 72.31611
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DivisionFaisalabad
DistrictJhang
Area
 • Total28.27 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2017 Census of Pakistan)[1]
 • Total414,131
 • Rank16th, Pakistan
 • Density15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Postal code
35200
Calling code047

Etymology edit

The historical name of the city and district is Jhang Sial.[3] The word Jhang is derived from the Sanskrit word jāṅgala which means rough or forested terrain; the word Jungle also shares the same root. Jhang Sial was the historic name of the city, literally meaning the "terrain of the Sials".[3][4][5][6]

History edit

The city of Jhang was built in 1288 by Rai Sial, a chief of the Sial tribe.[4][6][3] The Sial tribe, his kin, ruled over this region ever since then until the last Sial ruler of Jhang, Ahmad Khan (1812 to 1822) was defeated by Ranjit Singh after a fierce fighting.[3][7]

Under the collective rule of the Sial Khans of Jhang and other Sial sub-tribes such as the Rajbana and Bharwana, in the zenith of their power, the Sial country of Jhang extended up to the Muzafargarh boundary in the south, and the entirety of Chiniot, Kamalia and Kabirwala ilakas. The territory extended to parts of Bhakkar and Sargodha. The Garh Mahraja and Ahmadpur Sial ilakas were added to the possessions of the Rajbana Sial tribe who drove out the Baloch tribes to the Thal and defeated the Nawab of Multan by the mid 17th century.[3][5]

Under the British Raj, the towns of Jhang and Mighiana, lying two miles (3.2 km) apart, became a joint municipality, then known as Jhang-Maghiana.[8]

Geography edit

Jhang Sadr is located at 31.27 latitude and 72.33 longitude and is situated at an elevation of 158 meters above sea level.

Jhang is situated at the East bank of Chenab which has confluence with Jhelum at Trimmu Barrage near the town of Athara Hazari. The city was endangered in the 2014 floods but it was not flooded as the flood water was redirected towards Athara Hazari.[9] there are three river in jhang such as chenab river jhelum river and river ravi is also touch with the boundary of District Jhang near Ahmadpur Sial. Maghiana lies on the edge of the highlands, overlooking the alluvial valley of the Chenab, while the older town of Jhang occupies the lowlands at its foot.[8]

Demographics edit

The population of city in 1998 Census of Pakistan was recorded as 293,366. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of city rose to 414,131 with a growth of 41.17% in 19 years.[1]

Religious groups in Jhang City (1868−2017)[a]
Religious
group 		1868[11] 1881[12][13][14] 1891[15]: 68 [16] 1901[17]: 44 [18]: 26  1911[19]: 23 [20]: 19  1921[21]: 25 [22]: 21  1931[23]: 26  1941[10]: 32  2017[24]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Hinduism  [b] 9,760 49.67% 10,187 47.1% 11,355 48.75% 12,189 49.99% 12,395 47.83% 14,389 47.74% 16,724 46.41% 23,286 46.52% 36 0.01%
Islam   8,942 45.51% 10,941 50.58% 11,334 48.66% 11,684 47.92% 12,707 49.04% 14,760 48.97% 18,042 50.07% 24,506 48.96% 427,008 99.43%
Sikhism   435 2.21% 495 2.29% 573 2.46% 484 1.99% 796 3.07% 970 3.22% 1,243 3.45% 2,215 4.43% — —
Christianity   12 0.06% — — 28 0.12% 25 0.1% 12 0.05% 13 0.04% 26 0.07% 39 0.08% 1,836 0.43%
Jainism   — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 4 0.02% 7 0.02% 0 0% 5 0.01% — —
Zoroastrianism   — — — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% — — — —
Judaism   — — — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% — — — —
Buddhism   0 0% — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% — — — —
Ahmadiyya   — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 561 0.13%
Others 500 2.54% 6 0.03% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 19,649 100% 21,629 100% 23,290 100% 24,382 100% 25,914 100% 30,139 100% 36,035 100% 50,051 100% 429,441 100%

Administration edit

Jhang Saddar is the administrative center of Jhang Tehsil (a subdivision of the district). The tehsil itself is divided into 55 Union councils.[25]

Education edit

Notable people edit

Scientists edit

Politicians edit

Police Officers edit

  • Tariq Saleem Dogar, Former IGP Punjab

Sports personalities edit

Literary personalities edit

Religious figures edit

Business people edit

Sister cities edit

Jhang has one sister city:

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Pakistan City & Town Population List". Tageo.com website. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Punjab Government (1883). Gazetteer Of The Jhang District. pp. Chap. II. — History. 27.
  4. ^ a b Wikeley, J. M. Punjabi Musalmans. Robarts - University of Toronto. Lahore Book House.
  5. ^ a b "Gazetteer - Punjab District Gazetteers, Jhang District, with Map, 1929 - South Asia Archive". www.southasiaarchive.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "HISTORY OF JHANG". Jhang on Punjab Portal, Government of Pakistan website. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Government of Pakistan, Map of Jhang" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b Jhang District article in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, pp. 125 - 134
  9. ^ Shamsul Islam (10 September 2014). "Panicked residents flee Jhang city". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB". Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Report on the census of the Punjab taken on 10th January, 1868". 1868. p. 66. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057644. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I." 1881. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057656. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 520. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III". 1881. p. 250. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057658. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  15. ^ Baines, Jervoise Athelstane; India Census Commissioner (1891). "Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states". JSTOR saoa.crl.25318666. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  16. ^ Edward Maclagan, Sir (1891). "The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory". JSTOR saoa.crl.25318669. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables". 1901. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352838. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  19. ^ Edward Albert Gait, Sir; India Census Commissioner (1911). "Census of India, 1911. Vol. 1., Pt. 2, Tables". Calcutta, Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1913. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393779. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 1, India. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394121. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  23. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1931 VOLUME XVII PUNJAB PART II TABLES". Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  25. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang – Government of Pakistan 12 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ "Azam Tariq gunned down in Islamabad". 7 October 2003.
  1. ^ 1868-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Jhang, which included Maghiana, Jhang Municipality and Jhang Civil Lines.[10]: 32 
  2. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

External links edit

  • Jhang Portal (in Urdu language)
  • Jhang Portal (in English)

January 01, 1970
jhang, this, article, about, city, other, uses, disambiguation, جھنگ, punjabi, pronunciation, ʃə, gᵊ, urdu, pronunciation, ʒʱəŋɡ, capital, city, district, central, portion, province, punjab, pakistan, situated, east, bank, chenab, river, 18th, largest, city, p. This article is about the city For other uses see Jhang disambiguation Jhang جھنگ Punjabi pronunciation ˈt ʃe ŋ gᵊ Urdu pronunciation d ʒʱeŋɡ is the capital city of Jhang District in the central portion of the province of Punjab Pakistan Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river it is the 18th largest city of Pakistan by population 2 Jhang جھنگCityClockwise from top Shrine of Sultan Bahoo Shrine of Heer and Ranjha Chenab College Trimmu Barrage and Chenab BridgeJhangLocation of Jhang in PakistanShow map of Punjab PakistanJhangJhang Pakistan Show map of PakistanCoordinates 31 16 10 N 72 18 58 E 31 26944 N 72 31611 E 31 26944 72 31611CountryPakistanProvincePunjabDivisionFaisalabadDistrictJhangArea Total28 27 km2 10 92 sq mi Population 2017 Census of Pakistan 1 Total414 131 Rank16th Pakistan Density15 000 km2 38 000 sq mi Time zoneUTC 5 PST Postal code35200Calling code047 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Geography 4 Demographics 5 Administration 6 Education 7 Notable people 7 1 Scientists 7 2 Politicians 7 3 Police Officers 7 4 Sports personalities 7 5 Literary personalities 7 6 Religious figures 7 7 Business people 8 Sister cities 9 References 10 External linksEtymology editThe historical name of the city and district is Jhang Sial 3 The word Jhang is derived from the Sanskrit word jaṅgala which means rough or forested terrain the word Jungle also shares the same root Jhang Sial was the historic name of the city literally meaning the terrain of the Sials 3 4 5 6 History editThe city of Jhang was built in 1288 by Rai Sial a chief of the Sial tribe 4 6 3 The Sial tribe his kin ruled over this region ever since then until the last Sial ruler of Jhang Ahmad Khan 1812 to 1822 was defeated by Ranjit Singh after a fierce fighting 3 7 Under the collective rule of the Sial Khans of Jhang and other Sial sub tribes such as the Rajbana and Bharwana in the zenith of their power the Sial country of Jhang extended up to the Muzafargarh boundary in the south and the entirety of Chiniot Kamalia and Kabirwala ilakas The territory extended to parts of Bhakkar and Sargodha The Garh Mahraja and Ahmadpur Sial ilakas were added to the possessions of the Rajbana Sial tribe who drove out the Baloch tribes to the Thal and defeated the Nawab of Multan by the mid 17th century 3 5 Under the British Raj the towns of Jhang and Mighiana lying two miles 3 2 km apart became a joint municipality then known as Jhang Maghiana 8 Geography editJhang Sadr is located at 31 27 latitude and 72 33 longitude and is situated at an elevation of 158 meters above sea level Jhang is situated at the East bank of Chenab which has confluence with Jhelum at Trimmu Barrage near the town of Athara Hazari The city was endangered in the 2014 floods but it was not flooded as the flood water was redirected towards Athara Hazari 9 there are three river in jhang such as chenab river jhelum river and river ravi is also touch with the boundary of District Jhang near Ahmadpur Sial Maghiana lies on the edge of the highlands overlooking the alluvial valley of the Chenab while the older town of Jhang occupies the lowlands at its foot 8 Demographics editThe population of city in 1998 Census of Pakistan was recorded as 293 366 According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan the population of city rose to 414 131 with a growth of 41 17 in 19 years 1 Religious groups in Jhang City 1868 2017 a Religiousgroup 1868 11 1881 12 13 14 1891 15 68 16 1901 17 44 18 26 1911 19 23 20 19 1921 21 25 22 21 1931 23 26 1941 10 32 2017 24 Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop Hinduism nbsp b 9 760 49 67 10 187 47 1 11 355 48 75 12 189 49 99 12 395 47 83 14 389 47 74 16 724 46 41 23 286 46 52 36 0 01 Islam nbsp 8 942 45 51 10 941 50 58 11 334 48 66 11 684 47 92 12 707 49 04 14 760 48 97 18 042 50 07 24 506 48 96 427 008 99 43 Sikhism nbsp 435 2 21 495 2 29 573 2 46 484 1 99 796 3 07 970 3 22 1 243 3 45 2 215 4 43 Christianity nbsp 12 0 06 28 0 12 25 0 1 12 0 05 13 0 04 26 0 07 39 0 08 1 836 0 43 Jainism nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 02 7 0 02 0 0 5 0 01 Zoroastrianism nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Judaism nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buddhism nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ahmadiyya nbsp 561 0 13 Others 500 2 54 6 0 03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total population 19 649 100 21 629 100 23 290 100 24 382 100 25 914 100 30 139 100 36 035 100 50 051 100 429 441 100 Administration editJhang Saddar is the administrative center of Jhang Tehsil a subdivision of the district The tehsil itself is divided into 55 Union councils 25 Education editVirtual University of Pakistan Jhang Campus Lahore College for Women University Jhang Campus University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang Campus Government Post Graduate College Chenab College Jhang University of Jhang Punjab Group of Colleges Superior Group of Colleges Dar e Arqam Schools Cambridge Grammar School Beaconhouse School System The City SchoolNotable people editScientists edit Abdus Salam first Pakistani Nobel Laureate Physics Yash Pal Indian scientist Har Gobind Khorana Indian American biochemist Politicians edit Khan Arif Khan Rajbana former federal and provincial minister honourable Chief Whip of All India Muslim League and a close associate of the Quaid e Azam Syeda Abida Hussain former Pakistani Ambassador to USA and Federal minister Mian Muhammad Azam former member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Faisal Saleh Hayat former Interior Minister of Pakistan and FIFA official Nazir Sultan former Member National Assembly Mahboob Sultan Federal minister Ghulam Bibi Bharwana Member National Assembly Najaf Abbas former member of National Assembly and Provincial Assembly Waqas Akram former minister of state for Labour and Manpower Haq Nawaz Jhangvi Pakistani cleric founder of Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan and namesake of Lashkar e Jhangvi Azam Tariq Pakistani politician religious leader member of national assembly leader of sunni Deoband Muslim organization Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan 26 Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi Pakistani Islamic cleric and politician Member of Provincial Assembly MPA Punjab son of Haq Nawaz Jhangvi Zahoor Ahmed Sajid former Member of Provincial Assembly Ch Iftikhar Ali Jatt former nizam of Jhang city Police Officers edit Tariq Saleem Dogar Former IGP Punjab Sports personalities edit Aleem Dar cricketer and umpire Ghulam Shabber UAE cricket player Literary personalities edit Majeed Amjad Urdu poet Nasir Abbas Nayyar Pakistani Urdu language columnist Ishtiaq Ahmad Urdu fiction writer Religious figures edit Sultan Bahu founder of the Sarwari Qadiri Sufi order Shah Jeewna founder of Qalandariyya Sufi order Business people edit Sheikh Waqas Akram founder of Shalimar TransportSister cities editJhang has one sister city Madera CaliforniaReferences edit a b Pakistan Provinces and Major Cities population of Jhang city per 2017 census Citypopulation de website Archived from the original on 29 June 2020 Retrieved 22 May 2023 Pakistan City amp Town Population List Tageo com website Retrieved 22 May 2023 a b c d e Punjab Government 1883 Gazetteer Of The Jhang District pp Chap II History 27 a b Wikeley J M Punjabi Musalmans Robarts University of Toronto Lahore Book House a b Gazetteer Punjab District Gazetteers Jhang District with Map 1929 South Asia Archive www southasiaarchive com Retrieved 22 September 2020 a b HISTORY OF JHANG Jhang on Punjab Portal Government of Pakistan website Retrieved 22 May 2023 Government of Pakistan Map of Jhang PDF a b Jhang District article in the Imperial Gazetteer of India v 14 pp 125 134 Shamsul Islam 10 September 2014 Panicked residents flee Jhang city The Express Tribune newspaper Retrieved 22 May 2023 a b CENSUS OF INDIA 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB Retrieved 9 January 2024 Report on the census of the Punjab taken on 10th January 1868 1868 p 66 JSTOR saoa crl 25057644 Retrieved 18 May 2024 Census of India 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjab Taken on the 17th of February 1881 vol I 1881 JSTOR saoa crl 25057656 Retrieved 31 March 2024 Census of India 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjab Taken on the 17th of February 1881 vol II 1881 p 520 JSTOR saoa crl 25057657 Retrieved 31 March 2024 Census of India 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjab Taken on the 17th of February 1881 vol III 1881 p 250 JSTOR saoa crl 25057658 Retrieved 31 March 2024 Baines Jervoise Athelstane India Census Commissioner 1891 Census of India 1891 General tables for British provinces and feudatory states JSTOR saoa crl 25318666 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Edward Maclagan Sir 1891 The Punjab and its feudatories part II Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory JSTOR saoa crl 25318669 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Census of India 1901 Vol 1A India Pt 2 Tables 1901 JSTOR saoa crl 25352838 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Census of India 1901 Vol 17A Imperial tables I VIII X XV XVII and XVIII for the Punjab with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government and for the North west Frontier Province 1901 JSTOR saoa crl 25363739 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Edward Albert Gait Sir India Census Commissioner 1911 Census of India 1911 Vol 1 Pt 2 Tables Calcutta Supt Govt Print India 1913 JSTOR saoa crl 25393779 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Census of India 1911 Vol 14 Punjab Pt 2 Tables 1911 JSTOR saoa crl 25393788 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Census of India 1921 Vol 1 India Pt 2 Tables 1921 JSTOR saoa crl 25394121 Retrieved 9 January 2024 Census of India 1921 Vol 15 Punjab and Delhi Pt 2 Tables 1921 JSTOR saoa crl 25430165 Retrieved 9 January 2024 CENSUS OF INDIA 1931 VOLUME XVII PUNJAB PART II TABLES Retrieved 9 January 2024 Final Results Census 2017 Retrieved 27 January 2023 Tehsils amp Unions in the District of Jhang Government of Pakistan Archived 12 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Azam Tariq gunned down in Islamabad 7 October 2003 1868 1941 Data for the entirety of the town of Jhang which included Maghiana Jhang Municipality and Jhang Civil Lines 10 32 1931 1941 Including Ad DharmisExternal links editPunjab Government Jhang District profile Archived Jhang Portal in Urdu language Jhang Portal in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jhang amp oldid 1225443454, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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