Arif Wala Tehsil

Arifwala (Urdu: عارِف والا‎), (Punjabi: عارفوالا ) is a Tehsil of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is located to the southwest of Pakpattan.

Arifwala

عارِف والا
Tehsil
Arifwala
Location of Arif Wala Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°17′53″N 73°3′22″E
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DivisionSahiwal
DistrictPakpattan
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0457

History

In the 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 the village. His Mazar can be seen in the graveyard near the Railway Station. In 1908, the Deputy Governor "Hurbert" founded the new city of Arifwala. The most significant castes residing in the area are Awan, Baloch, Jatt, Syed, Rajpoot Rath, Hotiyana, Chishti, joiya, Mohla, Gujjar, Arain, Raja, Kharal, Rai, Rana, Sukhera, and Doggars. In 1987, Arifwala was raised to the status of sub-division and in 1995 it was attached to district Pakpattan. Qabula is also a famous place near Arifwala. Mohla Rajput, Rath, Hotiyana and Chisti Castes are pre-dominant in the historical town. Mostly they are "Zamindaars". They mostly use "Khan", "Mian" , "Pir" as titles

"Kochaper sharif" is its famous village. It was populated by a great sufi saint "Hazrat Syed Salleh Shah" which migrated from Jhang city to here almost three centuries ago. It is now inhibited by his grand sons. Its main castes are Syed families. It is located 5km east from Arifwala city near Chak 21EB.The main economy of its people is "zamindara". It also gave rise to many high scaled "Government Officers".

Chak 19/KB is located around 3 miles in east of famous Gola Chowk of Qabula. This village was inhabited by Mian Raheem Baksh Khan Rajpoot Mohla in 18th century. Later, the village was organised under the leadership of his elder son Mian Ahmad Yar Khan Rajpoot Mohla. He established a new system of morality in region and broke all the patriarchy of Feudalism. Mian Ahmad Yar Khan was a man of principles and remained role model for British and Pakistani bureaucracy all the times. After his death, His youngest son Mian Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mithu Mohla took her seat and continued the justice and management system of his father

Chak 159 EB is around 5 miles from Arifwala, on Burewala road. A lot of development work was done based on significant efforts made by the former "Namberdar" Syed Abid Hussain Zaidi. He was the person who struggled to bring electricity in the village Chak 159 EB and built the First Electric Tube Well in the entire region in 1958. He has been able to get this Chak 159 EB recognized as "Model Village" in the early 1960s. Shahid Hussain Zaidi son of Abid Hussain Zaidi has installed the first ever Solar Energy Tube Well in the region in Chak 159 EB in 2016. 30eb is also a village near arifwala at the road on sahiwal . 30eb is a popular village of arifwala. Jahanzaib Saab is a great personality in this village.

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

Economy

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

Climate

The climate of Arifwala is extreme, reaching 45 °C in summer, and down to 05  °C in winter. The soil of the suburbs is very fertile.

Hospitals

Tehsil Headquarter Hospital (THQ) Al Rehman Medicare Children Hospital Haider Family Hospital Sabir Hospital

Administration

The tehsil of Arifwala is administratively subdivided into 30 Union Councils; these are:[2]

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References
  1. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Pakpattan". Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2015-07-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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