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{{Short description|District in Punjab, Pakistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Faisalabad District
| official_name =
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|ضلع فیصل آباد}}
| native_name_lang = [[Punajbi language|Punjabi]] and [[Urdu]]
| other_name = Lyallpur District
| settlement_type = [[List of districts in Punjab, Pakistan|District]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.jpg
|photo2a = Gat wala lake16.jpg
}}
| image_caption = Top: University of Agriculture, [[Faisalabad]] Bottom: Gat Wala Lake
| image_map = Pakistan - Punjab - Faisalabad.svg
| mapsize =
| map_caption = Faisalabad District highlighted within Punjab Province
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|31|25|05.10|N|73|04|39.27|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Pakistan
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Pakistan|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Pakistan|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Faisalabad Division|Faisalabad]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Faisalabad]]
| parts_type = Number of [[List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan|Tehsils]]
| parts = 6
| leader_party =
| government_type = District Administration
| leader_title = [[Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)|Deputy Commissioner]]
| leader_name = Captain (R) Nadeem Nasir<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/dc-directs-polio-teams-to-remain-active-for-a-1629453.html|title=DC Directs Polio Teams To Remain Active For Achieving Target|date=21 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|work=[[UrduPoint]]}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = District Police Officer
| leader_name1 = Kamran Adil
| leader_title2 = District Health Officer
| leader_name2 = N/A
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 5857
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2023census"/>
| population_total = 9075819
| population_as_of = 2023
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 4,392,979 (48.40%)
| population_rural = 4,682,840 (51.60%)
| demographics_type1 = Literacy
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_districts.pdf |title= Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Literacy rate
| timezone1 = [[Time in Pakistan|PST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5
| area_code = 041
| blank_name_sec1 = Languages
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]]
| website = {{URL|faisalabad.punjab.gov.pk}}
| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list
|'''Total:''' (73.41%)
|'''Male:''' (77.34%)
|'''Female:''' (69.11%)
}}
}}

'''Faisalabad District''' ('''Lyallpur District''' until 1979)<ref name=PGH>{{cite web|url=http://punjab.gov.pk/faisalabad_history|title=History of Faisalabad|work=Punjab Portal website|access-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018214515/http://punjab.gov.pk/faisalabad_history|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع فیصل آباد}}}}) is one of the [[Districts of Pakistan|districts]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. According to the 2023 census of Pakistan it had a population of 9,075,819, of which 3,691,999 were in [[Faisalabad|Faisalabad City]]. It is the third largest city of Pakistan after [[Karachi]] and [[Lahore]].<ref>[http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm Urban Resource Centre (1998 census details)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513113007/http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm |date=13 May 2006 }}</ref>

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the [[Muslim]] refugees from [[Punjab, India|Eastern Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] settled in the Faisalabad District. It initially lacked industry, hospitals and universities. Since independence, there has been industrial growth, and the city's population is continually growing. Notable industry in the district include but not limited to Textile (spinning, weaving, printing, dying, stitching), Chemicals (acids, caustics, industrial gases, potash, chlorides, etc.), consumer goods (soaps, vegetable oil, detergents), Engineering (light electrical equipment, engineering goods), Metals & Metallurgy (steels, alloys) and Power (power equipment, power production).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcci.com.pk/a-histroty-of-faisalabad-city.html |title=A Histroty of Faisalabad City |access-date=2023-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522231138/http://www.fcci.com.pk/a-histroty-of-faisalabad-city.html |archive-date=2017-05-22 |url-status=dead|website=Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry website}}</ref>

Initially a part of [[Jhang District]], it gained the status of a separate district in 1904.<ref name="1998census">{{Cite book| title = 1998 District Census report of Faisalabad| location = Islamabad| publisher = Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan| series = Census publication | volume = 116| date = 2000}}</ref> In 1982 [[Toba Tek Singh District]] (until then a Tehsil of Faisalabad District) was created as a separate district from Faisalabad. {{As of| 2006}}, it is a [[City Districts of Pakistan|City-District]] consisting of the city of [[Faisalabad]] and its surrounding areas.<ref name="NRB">{{cite web |title=Towns & Unions in the City District of Faisalabad |url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=8&dn=Faisalabad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326133048/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=8&dn=Faisalabad |archive-date=26 March 2012 |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
Faisalabad District is part of [[Faisalabad Division]]. In 2005 Faisalabad was reorganized as a [[City Districts of Pakistan|City-District]]. It comprises six [[Tehsils]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punjab.gov.pk/faisalabad|title=Faisalabad, Punjab Portal|website=punjab.gov.pk|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316001427/https://www.punjab.gov.pk/faisalabad|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NRB" />

{{static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Tehsil<ref>[http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html Divisions/Districts of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html|date=2006-09-30}} Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names</ref>
!Area
(km2)<ref>{{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf}}</ref>
!Pop.
(2023)
!Density
(ppl/km2)

(2023)
!Literacy rate
(2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_districts.pdf}}</ref>
!Union Councils
|-
|[[Chak Jhumra]]<ref name="NRB" />
|654
|385,169
|588.94
|70.56%
|...
|-
|[[Faisalabad City Tehsil|Faisalabad City]]<ref name="PBS" />
|168
|3,691,999
|21,976.18
|81.59%
|...
|-
|[[Faisalabad Sadar Tehsil|Faisalabad Sadar]]<ref name="PBS" />
|1,186
|1,742,958
|1,469.61
|71.25%
|...
|-
|[[Jaranwala Tehsil|Jaranwala]]<ref name="NRB" />
|1,811
|1,731,148
|955.91
|66.32%
|...
|-
|[[Samundri Tehsil|Samundri]]<ref name="NRB" />
|754
|729,672
|967.73
|75.99%
|...
|-
|[[Tandlianwala Tehsil|Tandlianwala]]<ref name="NRB" />
|1,284
|794,873
|619.06
|52.83%
|...
|}

== Demographics ==
=== Population ===
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|percentages=pagr
|1951 |1548689
|1961 |1990297
|1972 |3163756
|1981 |3561909
|1998 |5429547
|2017 |7882444
|2023 |9075819
|footnote= Sources:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>}}

As of the [[2023 Pakistani census|2023 census]], Faisalabad district had 1,382,773 households and a population of 9,075,819 which is roughly equal to the population of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]. The district had a sex ratio of 108.92 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 73.41%: 77.34% for males and 69.11% for females.<ref name="2023table1">{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf |website=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref><ref name="2023table12">{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_district.pdf |website=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> 2,200,114 (24.27% of the surveyed population) were under 10 years of age.<ref name="2023table5">{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_5.pdf |website=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]] |publisher=}}</ref> 4,392,979 (48.40%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2023table1" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Total Population according to censuses
!Administrative Unit
!1981<ref name="census1951-1998"/>
!1998<ref name="census1951-1998">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_census/Administrative%20Units.pdf|title=1951-1998 censuses|website=pbs.gov.pk|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>
!2017<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/FAISLABAD_SUMMARY.pdf|title=District And Tehsil Level Population Summary With Region Breakup (Faisalabad District)|website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website|access-date=13 April 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123193016/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/FAISLABAD_SUMMARY.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2018}}</ref>
!2023<ref name="2023census">{{cite web |date=2023 |title=TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Punjab.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk |publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chak Jhumra Tehsil|Chak Jhumra]]
|202,078
|253,806
|332,461
|385,169
|-
|[[Faisalabad City Tehsil|Faisalabad City]]
|1,181,562
|2,140,346
|3,238,841
|3,691,999
|-
|[[Faisalabad Sadar Tehsil|Faisalabad Sadar]]
|666,023
|924,110
|1,465,411
|1,742,958
|-
|[[Jaranwala Tehsil|Jaranwala]]
|747,890
|1,054,698
|1,492,276
|1,731,148
|-
|[[Samundri Tehsil|Samundri]]
|378,302
|515,785
|643,068
|729,672
|-
|[[Tandlianwala Tehsil|Tandlianwala]]
|386,054
|540,802
|702,733
|794,873
|-
|'''Faisalabad District'''
|'''3,561,909'''
|'''5,429,547'''
|'''7,874,790'''
|'''9,075,819'''
|}

=== Religion ===

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Faisalabad district (2023)<ref name="religion2023"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float = right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Punjabi Muslims|Islam]]|green|96.48}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Punjab, Pakistan|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|3.40}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.12}}
}}Islam is followed by majority of the district's population. Christians form 3.4% of population. Hindus formed a small minority population of 2,150 people.<ref name="language2023" /> The Sita Ram temple is a Hindu temple near Jhang Bazaar region in the district. However the temple is currently neglected and deteriorated. The Hindu community has been demanding the reopening of the shrine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=सिंह |first=अनिल |date=2024-01-03 |title=पाकिस्तान में हैं कितने राम मंदिर, जानें कब और कैसे हुआ था निर्माण, आज क्या है स्थिति{{!}} Navbharat Live |url=https://navbharatlive.com/india/ram-mandir-in-pakistan-know-the-condition-of-ram-temple-in-pakistan-851900.html |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=Navabharat |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Virdee |first=Pippa |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/From_the_Ashes_of_1947/WYJIDwAAQBAJ?hl=en |title=From the Ashes of 1947 |date= |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-108-42811-8 |pages=152 |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religion in contemporary Faisalabad District
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]] group
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941" />
! colspan="2" |2017<ref name="Census2017B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017|title=Final Results (Census-2017)|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2023<ref name = "religion2023">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_9.pdf |access-date=2 Aug 2024 |website=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
|[[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
|606,374
|{{Percentage | 606374 | 999900 | 2 }}
|7,606,012
|{{Percentage | 7606012 | 7882444 | 2 }}
|8,746,155
|{{Percentage | 8746155 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
|[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
|209,504
|{{Percentage | 209504 | 999900 | 2 }}
|{{N/a}}
|{{N/a}}
|243
|~{{Percentage | 243 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
|[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
|148,484
|{{Percentage | 148484 | 999900 | 2 }}
|598
|{{Percentage | 598 | 7882444 | 2 }}
|2,150
|{{Percentage | 2150 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
|[[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
|35,341
|{{Percentage | 35341 | 999900 | 2 }}
|264,677
|{{Percentage | 264677 | 7882444 | 2 }}
|308,580
|{{Percentage | 308580 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
|[[Ahmadiyya in Pakistan|Ahmadiyya]] [[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg|15x15px]]
|{{N/a}}
|{{N/a}}
|10,959
|{{Percentage | 10959 | 7882444 | 2 }}
|7,630
|{{Percentage | 7630 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
|Others
|197
|{{Percentage | 197 | 999900 | 2 }}
|198
|{{Percentage | 198 | 7882444 | 2 }}
|545
|{{Percentage | 545 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|-
!Total Population
!999,900
!{{Percentage | 999900 | 999900 | 2 }}
!7,882,444
!{{Percentage | 7882444 | 7882444 | 2 }}
!9,065,306
!{{Percentage | 9065306 | 9065306 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="7" | {{small|Note: 1941 census data is for Lyallpur, Samundri and Jaranwala tehsils of erstwhile Lyallpur district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Faisalabad district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Faisalabad District ([[British Punjab province]] era)
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]] group
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=29 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. |year=1901 |pages=34}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=29 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=29 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=29 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=29 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 484,657
| {{Percentage | 484657 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 524,288
| {{Percentage | 524288 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 594,917
| {{Percentage | 594917 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 720,996
| {{Percentage | 720996 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 877,518
| {{Percentage | 877518 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 210,459
| {{Percentage | 210459 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 154,603
| {{Percentage | 154603 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 181,488
| {{Percentage | 181488 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 173,344
| {{Percentage | 173344 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 204,059
| {{Percentage | 204059 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 88,049
| {{Percentage | 88049 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 146,670
| {{Percentage | 146670 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 160,821
| {{Percentage | 160821 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 211,391
| {{Percentage | 211391 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 262,737
| {{Percentage | 262737 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 8,672
| {{Percentage | 8672 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 32,023
| {{Percentage | 32023 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 42,004
| {{Percentage | 42004 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 45,518
| {{Percentage | 45518 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 51,948
| {{Percentage | 51948 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 23
| {{Percentage | 23 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 125
| {{Percentage | 125 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 231
| {{Percentage | 231 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 95
| {{Percentage | 95 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 35
| {{Percentage | 35 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 791861 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 857711 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 979463 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1151351 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 791,861
! {{Percentage | 791861 | 791861 | 2 }}
! 857,711
! {{Percentage | 857711 | 857711 | 2 }}
! 979,463
! {{Percentage | 979463 | 979463 | 2 }}
! 1,151,351
! {{Percentage | 1151351 | 1151351 | 2 }}
! 1,396,305
! {{Percentage | 1396305 | 1396305 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note1: [[British Punjab province]] era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province region]] during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: District formerly inscribed as the ''[[Punjab Canal Colonies#Chenab Colony|Chenab Colony]]'' on the 1901 census, later renamed to [[Lyallpur District]], created between [[Jhang District]], [[Gujranwala District]], [[Lahore District]], [[Montgomery District]], and [[Multan District]] to account for the large population increase in the region, primarily due to the [[Punjab Canal Colonies#Chenab Colony|Chenab Canal Colony]]. Note3: Formerly known as [[Lyallpur District]], prior to district renaming in 1979.}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religion in the [[Tehsil]]s of Faisalabad District (1921)<ref name="Census1921"/>
! rowspan="2" |[[Tehsil]]
! colspan="2" |[[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |Others{{efn|name=othersC|Including [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Tribal religions in India|Tribals]], others, or not stated}}
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! Lyallpur Tehsil
| 187,702
| {{Percentage | 187702 | 344852 | 2 }}
| 73,359
| {{Percentage | 73359 | 344852 | 2 }}
| 65,389
| {{Percentage | 65389 | 344852 | 2 }}
| 18,347
| {{Percentage | 18347 | 344852 | 2 }}
| 53
| {{Percentage | 53 | 344852 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 344852 | 2 }}
! 344,852
! {{Percentage | 344852 | 344852 | 2 }}
|-
! Samundri Tehsil
| 155,680
| {{Percentage | 155680 | 224806 | 2 }}
| 35,477
| {{Percentage | 35477 | 224806 | 2 }}
| 26,531
| {{Percentage | 26531 | 224806 | 2 }}
| 7,017
| {{Percentage | 7017 | 224806 | 2 }}
| 101
| {{Percentage | 101 | 224806 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 224806 | 2 }}
! 224,806
! {{Percentage | 224806 | 224806 | 2 }}
|-
! Toba Tek Singh Tehsil
| 148,015
| {{Percentage | 148015 | 232426 | 2 }}
| 38,853
| {{Percentage | 38853 | 232426 | 2 }}
| 31,832
| {{Percentage | 31832 | 232426 | 2 }}
| 13,680
| {{Percentage | 13680 | 232426 | 2 }}
| 46
| {{Percentage | 46 | 232426 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 232426 | 2 }}
! 232,426
! {{Percentage | 232426 | 232426 | 2 }}
|-
! Jaranwala Tehsil
| 103,520
| {{Percentage | 103520 | 177379 | 2 }}
| 33,799
| {{Percentage | 33799 | 177379 | 2 }}
| 37,069
| {{Percentage | 37069 | 177379 | 2 }}
| 2,960
| {{Percentage | 2960 | 177379 | 2 }}
| 31
| {{Percentage | 31 | 177379 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 177379 | 2 }}
! 177,379
! {{Percentage | 177379 | 177379 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: [[British Punjab province]] era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province region]] during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religion in the [[Tehsil]]s of Faisalabad District (1941)<ref name="Census1941"/>
! rowspan="2" |[[Tehsil]]
! colspan="2" |[[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi}}
! colspan="2" |[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |[[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
! colspan="2" |Others{{efn|name=othersB|Including [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indian Christians]], [[British Christianity|British Christians]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Tribal religions in India|Tribals]], others, or not stated}}
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
! Lyallpur Tehsil
| 221,333
| {{Percentage | 221333 | 405973 | 2 }}
| 73,400
| {{Percentage | 73400 | 405973 | 2 }}
| 89,629
| {{Percentage | 89629 | 405973 | 2 }}
| 21,500
| {{Percentage | 21500 | 405973 | 2 }}
| 34
| {{Percentage | 34 | 405973 | 2 }}
| 77
| {{Percentage | 77 | 405973 | 2 }}
! 405,973
! {{Percentage | 405973 | 405973 | 2 }}
|-
! Samundri Tehsil
| 217,359
| {{Percentage | 217359 | 300544 | 2 }}
| 33,860
| {{Percentage | 33860 | 300544 | 2 }}
| 40,690
| {{Percentage | 40690 | 300544 | 2 }}
| 8,629
| {{Percentage | 8629 | 300544 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 300544 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 300544 | 2 }}
! 300,544
! {{Percentage | 300544 | 300544 | 2 }}
|-
! Toba Tek Singh Tehsil
| 271,144
| {{Percentage | 271144 | 396405 | 2 }}
| 55,575
| {{Percentage | 55575 | 396405 | 2 }}
| 53,233
| {{Percentage | 53233 | 396405 | 2 }}
| 16,353
| {{Percentage | 16353 | 396405 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 396405 | 2 }}
| 99
| {{Percentage | 99 | 396405 | 2 }}
! 396,405
! {{Percentage | 396405 | 396405 | 2 }}
|-
! Jaranwala Tehsil
| 167,682
| {{Percentage | 167682 | 293383 | 2 }}
| 41,224
| {{Percentage | 41224 | 293383 | 2 }}
| 79,185
| {{Percentage | 79185 | 293383 | 2 }}
| 5,212
| {{Percentage | 5212 | 293383 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 293383 | 2 }}
| 80
| {{Percentage | 80 | 293383 | 2 }}
! 293,383
! {{Percentage | 293383 | 293383 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note1: [[British Punjab province]] era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province region]] during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: [[Tehsil]] religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on [[Census in British India|census]]. Does not include [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indian Christians]] or [[British Christianity|British Christians]], who were classified under "Other" category.}}
|}

=== Language ===

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Faisalabad district (2023)<ref name="language2023"/>
|label1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value1 = 94.13 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 4.49 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Pashto]] |value3 = 0.64 |color3 = lightgreen
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.74 |color4 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2023 census, 94.13% of the population spoke [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], 4.49% [[Urdu]], and 0.64% [[Pashto]] as their first language.<ref name = "language2023">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf |access-date=2 Aug 2024 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>

==Transportation==

===Rail===
{{Main|Faisalabad railway station}}

===Air===
{{Main|Faisalabad International Airport}}

== Electricity supplier ==
The electricity supply in Faisalabad District is managed by the [[Faisalabad Electric Supply Company]].

== Education ==
* [[Government College University Faisalabad]]
* [[University of Agriculture, Faisalabad]]

==Notable people==


*[[Om P. Bahl]], an Indian-American [[molecular biologist]], academic and was known for his studies on [[Human chorionic gonadotropin]], popularly known as the pregnancy hormone
*[[Abid Sher Ali]], Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
*[[Rana Sanaullah]], former PPP and current Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
*[[Talal Chaudhry|Talal Chuadhry]], Pakistan Muslim League (N) worker born in Faisalabad.
*[[Mian Abdul Bari]], Pakistan Movement activist and politician.
*[[Lal Chand Yamla Jatt]], a noted Indian Punjabi-language [[folk singer]], considered by many to have laid the foundation of contemporary [[Punjabi music]] in India
*[[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], a famous singer and musician, born in Faisalabad.
*[[Arjan Singh]], a senior [[air officer]] and the first and only officer of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) to be promoted to five-star rank as [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force]]
*[[Bhagat Singh]], a famous Indian [[revolutionary]] and freedom fighter
*[[Harkishan Singh]], a well recognized [[pharmaceutical]] academic, [[medicinal chemistry]] researcher and [[science historian]]

==See also==
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* [[Faisalabad Division]]
* [[Faisalabad Arts Council]]
* [[Khanewal–Wazirabad Branch Line]]
* [[Gatwala Wildlife Park]]
* [[Iqbal Stadium]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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{{notelist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage|Faisalabad}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813061805/http://faisalabad.gov.pk/ Faisalabad City District]
* [http://www.punjab.gov.pk/ Punjab Government website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510003636/http://www.punjab.gov.pk/ |date=10 May 2015 }}

{{Neighbourhoods of Faisalabad}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Faisalabad District
|North = [[Chiniot District]]
|Northeast = [[Hafizabad District]]
|East = [[Nankana Sahib District]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Sahiwal District]]
|Southwest = [[Toba Tek Singh District]]
|West =
|Northwest =
}}
{{Districts of Punjab (Pakistan)}}
{{Authority control}}

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