Arif Wala Tehsil

Arifwala عارِف والا
City
Arifwala
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Sahiwal
District	Pakpattan
Tehsil	Arifwala
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Arifwala (Urdu: عارِف والا; Punjabi: عارفوالہ is a Tehsil of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located to the southwest of Pakpattan.

History

In nineteenth century 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 village His Mazar can be seen in Grave yard near Railway Station . In 1908, the Deputy Governor "Hurbert" founded new city of Arifwala. In 1987, Arifwala was raised to the status of sub-division and in 1995 it was attached to district Pakpattan. Tehsil Arifwala is surrounded by 255 Villages, source (Ansab Rehman 0313-6400169)

Language

Punjabi is the native spoken language but Urdu is also widely used.

Demography

Most of the population are farmers, about 75% of the population live in villages and only 25% live in the municipal urban area. But the trend is shifting with the increase of industrialization in the premises of Arifwala and people are moving to the urban area. Arifwala Tehsil covers an area of 295,146 acres (1180 km²) with a population of about 720,000. The urban area covers 457 acres (1.82 km²) and the agriculture area covers 1274 acres (3.18 km²).

Economy

Agriculture is important to the local economy, particularly the growing of cotton, grain, potato, wheat and rice exported all over Pakistan and around the world. The grain market of is one of the biggest grain markets in Pakistan.But from few years the advanced way of agriculture is on peak in which is called as Tunnel Farming.Now it is the big source of economy in this area.Farmers here grow different kinds of vegetables which are also exported in all over Pakistan.

Industry

Industry of Arifwala city is primarily an Agro-based. The main industries include Beverage & Food processing units, Rice Mills, Cotton Ginning & Pressing, Flour Mills, Fertilizer companies, Vegetable Ghee & Cooking Oil, Poultry Feed, Seed Processing and leather products.

Contact

Muhammad Ansab Rehman Mcs (USA) Cell# 0313-6400169 facebook profule: https://www.facebook.com/ansab.rehman1

Educational Institutions

Educational Institutions in Arifwala are doing satisfactory job although the no. of quality institutes aren't high in number. "Government Degree College for Boys Arifwala" and "Government Degree College for Women Arifwala" are the biggest institute in the city. If you want more Information about Education then please contact Muhammad Ansab Rehman Cell# 0313-6400169

Schools

Arifwala houses several public and private schools of quality. Few of them are following:

• Govt. Boys High School Arifwala
• Govt. Boys MC High School Arifwala
• Govt. Islamia Shakarganj High School Arifwala
• Govt. Girls High School Arifwala
• The Smart School
• Al-Noor Public Girls High School
• Ofxord Public Middle School
• Global School System Arifwala
• Government Girls High School MC MODEL Arifwala
• Divisional Public School Arifwala
• University Public School Arifwala
• The American Lyceum Arifwala
• New Beaconhouse Public High School Arifwala
• The Educators Arifwala
• National Development School Arifwala
• Iqra Public School Arifwala
• Masali Zikria Science Secondary School

Colleges & Universities

Arifwala houses few colleges. Some of them are as following:

• Govt. Institute of commerce Arifwala
• Govt. Degree College for Boys Arifwala
• Govt. Degree College for Women Arifwala
• Virtual University Arifwala Campus
• Comsats University Arifwala Campus
• South Asian University Arifwala Campus
• National College Arifwala
• Superior Group of Colleges Arifwala
• Suffa Educational Complex Arifwala
• Punjab Group of Colleges Arifwala
• Leads Group of Colleges Arifwala
• ROYAL Education & Law College Arifwala

References

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