Hafizabad

Hafizabad is a city and tehsil of Hafizabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated in 32° 4′ N. and 73° 41′ E.,

History

Hafizabad was formerly a place of some importance, and is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari as head-quarters of a mahal. Hafiz, the founder, was a favourite of emperor Akbar.

British era

During British rule, Hafizabad was tehsil of Gujranwala District. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 4,597.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India described the city as follows

"The main channel of the Chenab Canal runs 2½ miles east of the town, and the newly irrigated land sends its produce to Hafizabad as the nearest mart and railway station. The factory industries of the place are cottonginning and flour-milling, and the number of employees in the three mills in 1904 was 73. The District board maintains an Anglo-vernacular middle school and a Government dispensary. The town is administered as a notified area."

Administration

Hafizabad as well as being district headquarters is also tehsil headquarters, the tehsil of Hafizabad is composed of 25 Union Councils, seven of which form the city of Hafizabad.

Industry

Hafizabad/Jalalpur Bhattian is famous for its high quality rice. About 50% of the country's rice exports are from Hafizabad. Cotton weaving is also big industry of Hafizabad.

Infrastructure

Today it has all kinds of facilities, some of these including schools, colleges, mosques, as well as shopping centres and parks.

Tribes

The main families settled here are Ansari, Taheem, Virk, Tarar, Rajput Bhatti, Mangat, and Kharals Cheema.

References

and Cheema