Pattoki
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Pattoki is a town in the Kasur District
of the Punjab
province of Pakistan
. It is the headquarters of Pattoki Tehsil
, an administrative subdivision
of the district, and is located at 31°1'0N 73°50'60E with an altitude of 186 metres (613 feet).
the cotton industry became sick. This city is still a big trade centre for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga
forest is also 10 kilometres away from Pattoki. Ghehlan nurseries are also 1 kilometre away from Pattoki. Pattoki green market is famous all over the Punjab.
in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian
. The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 lakh
(634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities.The underground water of pattoki are not good for drinking but government provided pure water supply for pattoki people from Halla at a distance of 20 km away. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub, there are approximately 200 industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Aqua Blue, Rafhan Bestfoods,Ashraf Cotton Industry, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Wall's ice cream
, Martin Dow, Haleeb, Century Paper & Board Mills.
In Pattoki tnere is a great sant namely Baba Hazrat Syed Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi. He was a great person who belonging to a noble Syed Kazmi family who come from Iran's city Kazmain. The father of Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi is Syed Kazmin Ali Shah Berried in a village ck. 484 g.b of Jhang. Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi died in 1968. He told His time of death before death. His tomb is situated in Pattoki. His annual Uras Mubarik held on 6,7,8 of September of very year. Syed Fatir Hussain Kazmi, who is the real nephew is Sajjada Nasheen there.
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Kasur District
Kasur District or Qasur District is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Earlier it was part of Lahore District....
of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is the headquarters of Pattoki Tehsil
Pattoki Tehsil
Pattoki Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The market town of Pattoki is the headquarters of the tehsil.-Administration:...
, an administrative subdivision
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
of the district, and is located at 31°1'0N 73°50'60E with an altitude of 186 metres (613 feet).
History
Pattoki is named after a caste of the Hindus called Pattwaan. It was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town, famous for its cotton production and was called The Cotton Queen. After partitionPartition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
the cotton industry became sick. This city is still a big trade centre for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga
Changa Manga
The Changa Manga is a planted forest and a wildlife park in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan.-Forestry:The forest is entered from a road from off the N-5 Highway near Bhai Pheru. The forest covers an area of and is one of the largest man-made forests on the planet...
forest is also 10 kilometres away from Pattoki. Ghehlan nurseries are also 1 kilometre away from Pattoki. Pattoki green market is famous all over the Punjab.
Pattoki Today
Pattoki was raised to the status of TehsilTehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian
Chunian
Chunian is an historic city of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 30° 58' 0N 73° 58' 60E. The is located at an elevations of 177 metres , and lies about 70 km south of Lahore, the Punjab capital. It is the headquarters of a tehsil or revenue sub-division of the same name in Kasur District...
. The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 lakh
Lakh
A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand . It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.-Usage:...
(634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities.The underground water of pattoki are not good for drinking but government provided pure water supply for pattoki people from Halla at a distance of 20 km away. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub, there are approximately 200 industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Aqua Blue, Rafhan Bestfoods,Ashraf Cotton Industry, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Wall's ice cream
Wall's ice cream
Wall's is a United Kingdom-originated food brand, covering both meat products and ice cream, owned by Unilever. Founded in London in 1786 by butcher Richard Wall, it was acquired in 1922 by Lever Brothers, which became a part of Unilever in 1930. To avoid summer lay-offs due to the down turn in its...
, Martin Dow, Haleeb, Century Paper & Board Mills.
In Pattoki tnere is a great sant namely Baba Hazrat Syed Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi. He was a great person who belonging to a noble Syed Kazmi family who come from Iran's city Kazmain. The father of Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi is Syed Kazmin Ali Shah Berried in a village ck. 484 g.b of Jhang. Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi died in 1968. He told His time of death before death. His tomb is situated in Pattoki. His annual Uras Mubarik held on 6,7,8 of September of very year. Syed Fatir Hussain Kazmi, who is the real nephew is Sajjada Nasheen there.
Education
Educational institutions in the town include various Government Colleges, such as Government College, PattokiGovernment College, Pattoki
The Government College Pattoki or Municipal College of Pattoki is located in Pattoki, Punjab, Pakistan, 78 km from Lahore. The college was founded in 1965 with classes held in the Zail Ghar; after two years the college moved to the present campus. The college was nationalized in 1972, by...
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Villages
Pattoki has numerous satellite village. These include:- Kot Abbas PuraKot Abbas PuraKot Abbas Pura is a small village located on the periphery of Village Behrwaal near thana Sarai Mughal . This village has almost population of 100 people...
- Bhopay WalBhopay WalBhopay Wal is a village in the southwest of Pattoki, Pakistan and center of union council. It has about 520 households and population of about 3,500. It comes under Tehsil administration of Pattoki and District administration of Kasur.- Culture :...
- HallaHallaHalla may refer to:*Anyang Halla a professional hockey team in the Asian League Ice Hockey*MS Halla a ro-ro ferry in service with Seaboard during 1987*Halla , a show jumping horse that won a record three Olympic gold medals...
- BlairBlairBlair is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, 'blàr' meaning field or plain. It may be either a first or last name. The following are some notable persons named Blair:- As a surname :* Anthony Blair , American hanged for murder...
- Padhana check 45
- Gehlan
- Gop-e-rahGop-e-RahChak No.42 Gop-e-Rah is small village located in Kasur District, Punjab, Pakistan.Gop-e-Rah chak 42 is a small village at a distance of almost 8 kilometers from Pattoki Tehsil, in Pakistan. As, land of this village is very fertile, so, most of the people from this village are related to agriculture...
- WanderWanderIn telecommunication, wander are long-term low-frequency random variations of the significant instants of a digital signal from their ideal positions. Phase variations with a frequency content above 10 Hertz are considered jitter, while those with a frequency below 10 Hz are referred to as wander....
- HabibabadHabibabadHabibabad is a Union council and part of the city of Pattoki in the Kasur District in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. The population is about 150,000.- History and environs :...
- Alpa KalanAlpa KalanAlpa Kalan is a town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Pattoki Tehsil and is located at 31°8'16N 73°40'3E with an altitude of 182 metres ....
- MeghaMeghaMegha is 1996 Hindi Movie directed by Mohanji Prasad and starring Shammi Kapoor, Rahul Roy, Karishma Kapoor. Other cast include Mohnish Bahl, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi, Ronit Roy, Aparajita, Satyendra Kapoor, Dinesh Hingoo, Rajendra Nath, Paintal, Tiku Talsania.-Plot:Pretty collegian Megha has...
- ChelaChelaChela has two main meanings. One derivation comes from Hindi from Sanskrit , meaning "slave" or "servant". In English, the word means a religious student or disciple...
- Tara gardhTara gardhTara Garh is a village in the Pattoki tehsil of Kasur District in the West Punjab ....
- JamberJamberJamber is the main village of Kasur, Pakistan.There is only one public high school for boys and a middle school for girls, but there are a number of private schools for girls and boys in Jamber....
- Bhai Kot Chak No.03
- BlairBlairBlair is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, 'blàr' meaning field or plain. It may be either a first or last name. The following are some notable persons named Blair:- As a surname :* Anthony Blair , American hanged for murder...
- sheikhumSheikhumThe Sheikhum Arabic: is a Punjabi Jatt tribe that inhabit parts of Punjab in India and Pakistan Sheikhum are believed to be descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes....
- Mandia wala chak no.19
- [Sehjowal chak no.11
- kacha paka
- paseen
- khudianKhudianKhudian is a town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kasur Tehsil and is located at with an altitude of 177 metres ....
- hallaHallaHalla may refer to:*Anyang Halla a professional hockey team in the Asian League Ice Hockey*MS Halla a ro-ro ferry in service with Seaboard during 1987*Halla , a show jumping horse that won a record three Olympic gold medals...
- naroki
- Hanjrai Kalan