DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

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Population (000 Numbers)
2,444
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Area (Square Kilometres)
3,241
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Population Density (per sq.Km.)
754
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Tehsils / Towns
Sheikhupura, Ferozewala, Sharaqpur Sharif and Muridke.
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Main Crops
Sugarcane, Wheat and Rice.
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Main Fruits
Guavas and Citrus.
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Main Vegetables
Potatoes, Carrot, Cauliflower, Tomato, Onion, Turnip, Peas and Ladyfinger.
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Forest Resources (Area in Hectares)
3,736
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Mineral Resources
Nil
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Total Metalled Roads (Km)
1,577
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No. of Grid Stations
15
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No. of Telephone Exchanges
33
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Number of Industrial Units(Large Medium and Some Small Selected Sectors)
759

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Type of Industrial Units
A.C/ Refrigerator/ Deep Freezers, Boiler, Carpets, Chemical, Cycle Tyre /Tubes, Dairy Products, Drugs & Pharmaceutical, Fertilizer, Flour Mills, Food Products, Fruit Juices, G.I./ M.S. Pipes, Glass & Glass Products, Iron & Steel Re-Rolling, Jute Textile, Knitted Textile, Leather Footwear, Leather Products, Matches, Motor Cycle / Rickshaw, Paper & Paper Board, Paper Cone, Polyester Yarn, Polythene Bags, Power Generation, Rice Mills, Soap & Detergents, Solvent Oil Extraction, Sulphuric Acid, Surgical Instruments, Tannery, Textile Processing, Textile Spinning, Textile Weaving, Tractors, Vegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil and Woollen Textile Spinning /Weaving