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Lodhran VillageLodhran Is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan, located on the northern side of River Sutlej. It is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan, Khanewal and Vehari, to the south by Bahawalpur District, to the east lie the districts of Vehari and Bahawalpur; while district Multan lies on the western side.

 

 

 


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History

Raja Lodhra was the son of Sikh Raja Raam Dyo Minhas and his family was called the descendants of Sooraj Hansi Rajput. Lodhra family was lived in prior state Bahawalpur which later in the starting of 1743, populated in the valley of Sutluj and Bias rivers. This is why This area was known as Lodhar Wah. In 1849, Multan joined together with East India Company which made Lodhran a tehsil on 5th May, 1883.Malik Ghulam Hussain Lodhra 'zaildar' suggested the name "Lodhran" for this area. At that time, there were only 19 villages in Lodhran and it was a tehsil of district Multan . This area was situated in Kot Peer Sa-aadat at that time and the tehsil office had also been working there for three years. Later on tehsil office was built within the city Lodhran. Munshi Abdul Wahid was the first superintendent of Lodhran. During August, 1873, Sadar Police Station and in 1885, the Railway Station was founded. On 1st April, 1909, the British Government spread a railway line from Lodhran to
Karachi. In 1924, the areas of Kehror Pacca and Dunyapur were separated from tehsil Mailsi and included in tehsil Lodhran. To educate the young generation and to spread the knowledge, there are uncountable institutions, schools and colleges working in Lodhran.Many Government, Semi-Government and Non-Government girls and boys primary and high schools, Inter Commercial Institute, Vocational Institute and colleges are working to educate the people. Many hospitals are also here. In 1981, M. Arshad Khan, advocate and Ch. M. Ali Gohar, advocate founded the "Make Lodhran District" movement to get the degree of district for Lodhran. A great struggle was started under the leadership of Dr. Sher Mohammad Aawan. At the end public struggle succeeded and Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Muhammad Siddique Khan Kanju Shaheed, tried his best and Mr. Ghulam Haidar Va-een, former Chief Minister of Punjab granted Lodhran the degree of district on 30th June, 1991. While Kehror Pacca and Dunyapur became tehsils and 14 villages were cut from Jalalpur Peer wala and included in tehsil Lodhran. Shoukat Hayat Khan Durrani became the first deputy commissioner of Lodhran district and M. Akhtar Khan Kanju was selected as the first chairman of District Council, Lodhran. It is 32nd district of Punjab which is situated between the rivers Sutlej and Bias. These rivers make its borders. River Bias has now became a part of past but Sutlej river still flows. Lodhran city was first developed by English rulers in 18th century in the north side of Sutlaj rivers. The foundation of Lodhran was laid in 1830 when in 1849, the British Rule extended to Punjab. District Multan including the area of Lodhran also came under the sway of the British Rule. It is a famous railway junction, situated on the main route in the south Punjab. According go Punjab Gazetteer Multan 1901-02, there were five tehsils (Parganas) in Multan District.

  • Multan
  • Shuja Abad
  • Lodhran
  • Mailsi
  • Sarai Siddhu


Then a settlement operation was started in 1873, which concluded in April,1875. At that time tehsil Lodhran comprised of following 19 villages. Omer Pur. Mochi Mohana. Beli. Lahori. Fateh Pur. Khan Pur. Khan Wah Ghalwan. Gogran. Motha. Kot Lal Shah. Karam Ali Wala. Lutaf Pur. Wighamal. Thath Ghalwan. Lodhran. Then in 1881, a series of changes were made with the object of enlarging the Shujabad and decreasing the Mailsi charge: Under these arrangements 60 villages in the neighbourhood of Kahror Pakka were transferred from the Mailsi to Lodhrantehsil and further alterations were made in 1897, by which 46 villages were transferred from Lodhran to Shuja Abad while 104 villages to the East of Kahror Pakka were taken over from Mailsi in compensation. Whereas Kahror Pakka and Dunya Pur were a part of tehsil Mailsi which were annexed with Lodhran in 1924. Lodhran was a desolate place but cultivatable level tract of land. In 1920, the British Government made a plan to populate the region. Therefore, different landed estates were divided in to the people of other areas.Besides this, the Fauji grant and Tube well scheme increased the population of the region too. Hence, the population of this region was stretched swiftly.

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Agriculture

The main crops are cotton and wheat, others includes rice, sunflower, and sugar cane. The main fruit that are cultivate are citrus, mango and guava, while the main Vegetables are onion, tomato, potato and cauliflower. and the favorite vegetable of Arain cast is onion

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Geography

The main towns of the district are: Bahawal Garh, Basti Pakka, Alipur Kanju, Amirpur Station, Rukanpur, Qadirpur Chimna, Layyalpur, Chelawahin, Adamwahim, Qutabpur, Gogran, Dhanot, Danwran, Rajapur, Dakhano Gharo, Choki Masti Khan, Borhanpur, Amirpur Sadat,Fatehpur, Makhdoom Ali and Jalla Arain. The total area of forest is 1,843 acres (7.46 km2).

The climate of the district is hot and dry in summer and cold in winter. The maximum and minimum temperature ranges between 42C and 28C in summer. During winter, the temperature fluctuates between 21C and 5C. The entire district is smooth plain. The sub-soil water in Dunyapur sub-division is brackish, while that in Kahror Pakka and Lodhran sub-divisions is sweet. The average rainfall in the district is 71 mm.

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Population

The main ethnic groups of the district are the GUJJAR..Ghori "Bhutta, Jam, Sandhi, Sameja, Lodhra, Lurka,Malana,Metala,Chaner, Rajput,Awan, Kanju, Baloch, Mughal, Arain, Jat, utra, Abbasi, Bhatti, Meo, Laar, Sayyid, Joiya, Wanjara, Noon,Tareen,Terhaily.Ghallu,Malik,SINDHU(JATT) REHAN. Rajput caste has a great power in Lodhran city polictics. Rana Muhammad Aslam (MPA) is a great leader of
Rajputs in Lodhran Districts. As well as he is a big industrial of District Lodhran.

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People

People are very friendly and simple, and major cast are Cheema, Shah, Shiekh, Gori, Awan, Rajpoot and Ramay. The people are very hard workers, have strong believe on hard work. Mr. Saqib Ijaz is one of the talented youth from the small village of DuniaPur. He is studying Telecommunication engineering. He is aiming to become the President of Pakistan in future. Mr. Asim Ejaz Sheikh is studying Islamic history and political science and want to establish a university in the Lodhran district for foreign and diplomatic studies, because it is need of this area due to huge feudalism.

 

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Business

It has a large amount of agricultural land, having agro-economy while there is huge consumption of oil. Therefore there are large numbers of  petrol pumps in which most fuel franchises are rafiq petroleum services (multan road), qasim petroleum services (jalalpur road), five star filling station (khanewal road) and usman oil traders (lodhran city). Mostly the sheikh family is attached with this business. People are very loving and respectful to their guests.(ALFAIZ SHER ZARI FARM)

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure The district has a total metalled road-length of 853 kilometres. The district is linked with Multan, Bahawalpur, Vehari and Khanewal districts through metalled roads. It also connects to jalal pur pir wala. The main Peshawar-Karachi railway line passes through Lodhran district. The district is linked with Khanewal, Bahawalpur and Vehari districts through railway network.

There are 3 grid stations in the district (ranging in capacity from 66 KV to 132 KV). There are 8 telephone exchanges operating in the district (ranging in capacity from 300 lines to 2,132 lines).Cellular phone services are also available in the district.

Lodhran Tehsil - There are 325 schools, 9 colleges, 30 hospitals, 10 police stations, 11 railway stations, 52 post offices,one radio station and 20 banks in Lodhran.

Kahror Pakka Tehsil - There are 199 schools, 1 college, no hopital, 3 police stations, 1 railway station, 16 post offices and 10 banks.
Dunyapur Tehsil - There are 354 schools, 1 college, no hospital, 3 police stations, 1 railway station, 18 post offices and 6 banks.

Social Infrastructural Facilities

Lodhran Tehsil - There are 325 schools, 9 colleges, 30 hospitals, 10 police stations, 1 railway stations, 52 post offices, one radio station and 20 banks in Lodhran Tehsil. There are two parks the district. There is also a famous "Bright Home" building.

Kahror Pakka Tehsil - There are 199 schools, 1 college, hospital, 3 police stations, 1 railway station, 16 post offices and 10 banks in Kahror  Pakka Tehsil.

Dunyapur - There are 354 schools, 1 college, 05 hospital, 3 police stations, 1 railway station, 18 post offices and 6 banks in Dunyapur Tehsil.

 

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