Toba Tek Singh District
—  District  —
Location of TTS in Punjab.
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Capital	Toba Tek Singh
Population (2009)
• Total	1,621,593
• Density	250,000/km2 (600,000/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
District Council
Number of Tehsils	3

Toba Tek Singh District (Urdu: ضلع ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes.^[1]

History[link]

Etymology[link]

The town and district is named after a Sikh religious figure Tek Singh. Legend has it that Mr. Singh a kind hearted man served water and provided shelter to the worn out and thirsty travellers passing by a small pond ("TOBA" in Punjabi) which eventually was called Toba Tek Singh, and the surrounding settlement acquired the same name.^[1] There is also a park here named after the Sardar Tek Singh.

British Raj[link]

Toba Tek Singh was developed by the British toward the end of the 18th Century when a canal system was built. People from all over the Punjab (currently Indian and Pakistani Punjab) moved there as farmlands were allotted to them. Most of the people who migrated there belonged to Lahore, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur districts. The Imperial Gazetteer of India described the tehsil of Toba Tek Singh as follows:

"Tahsil of the new Lyallpur District, Punjab, lying between 30°50' and 31°23' N. and 72° 20' and 72°54' E., with an area of 865 square miles (2,240 km²). The population in 1906 was 148,984. It contains 342 villages, including Toba Tek Singh (population, 1,874), the head-quarters, and GOJRA (2,589), an important grain market on the Wazirabad-Khanewal branch of the North-Western Railway. The land revenue and cesses in 1905-6 amounted to 4.7 lakhs. The tahsil consists of a level plain, wholly irrigated by the Chenab Canal. The soil, which is very fertile in the east of the tahsil, becomes sandy towards the west. The boundaries of the tahsil were somewhat modified at the time of the formation of the new District of Lyallpur"^[2]

After independence[link]

During 1970's, when many Pakistani cities were renamed to change names given after British Rulers to their original or native names or more acceptable names to local population like Montgomery was renamed to its old original name Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh remained one of the very few cities to maintain its original name mainly because of reputation of Tek Singh. In 1982 Toba Tek Singh, formerly a subdivision, was separated from Faisalabad District and became a separate district.^[1]

1970 Historical Kissan Conference, 200,000 Kissans (peasants) and progressive people from whole country gathered in Toba Tek Singh. The conference left a great impact on political history of Pakistan and led to Land reforms taken place in Bhutto Era.

Demography[link]

Toba Tek Singh is located in central Punjab and occupies 3252 square kilometres and is made up of large areas of lowlands that flood frequently during the rainy season; the floods originate from the Ravi River that runs along the southern and southeastern borders. The Pre-partition T.T.Singh had a sizeable Sikh population which migrated to Indian Punjab in 1947.

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the population was 805,580 of this, 520,601 were Muslim and 284,979 were non-Muslim (mainly Christian).^[3] According to the 2008 estimate the population had risen to 1.39 million.^[4]

Language[link]

Punjabi Language is the most spoken language. [[Urdu] is also spoken.

Education[link]

Toba Tek Singh has a very high literacy rate counted amongst the top 10 cities of Pakistan. it has many good Educational Institutes.

• University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Sub Campus
• CCAPS the new COMSAT University
• Govt Municipal Degree College Toba Tek Singh
• Govt PST college Kamalia.
• Govt College of commerence in Toba Tek Singh, Gojra, Kamalia
• Allama Iqbal College Gojra.
• Jinah Public School (JPS)Toba tek singh.
• Fauji Foundation Model School Toba Tek Singh.
• Divisional Public Schol (Kamalia Public School)Kamalia.
• Berkeley Public High School.
• National College.
• Chenab College.
• Nips College
• Punjab College
• Islamia College
• Sultan Foundation Girls Boys Higher Secondary School and CollegeToba Tek Singh.
• Shiblee College Gojra.
• IBM Toba Tek Singh.
• Muslim High 430 JB
• Govt Model High School. Jhang road Toba Tek Singh
• The Knowledge School (An ILM Project) Saad Campus
• Govt. High School Maurusipur 251 GB
• Govt. Girls higher secondary school 251 GB
• Govt High School for boys (248GB)
• Gove. High School for girls (248 GB)

Notable places[link]

Manzoor Elahi Forest Park: A forest park with the name of Manzoor Elahi Forest Park has been established by the Government of Punjab for the citizens of Toba Tek Singh. It is located on Jhang Road at a distance of approximately 1 km from the old “Chungi”. The park comprises beautiful plantation, vast play grounds, recreational facilities for children, and tiled pathways. Citizens of Toba Tek Singh find the forest park a rejuvenating reprieve and visit it in large numbers.

Sports Stadium: Sports stadium was built a Five years ago under the supervision of the district government and aptly caters to the health needs of local people. Sports events are regularly held over here and public participation in these events at massive level proves the importance of sports in the lives of citizens of Toba Tek Singh Ghulam Hazoor Paint and Lime Store Shorkot Road Toba Tek Singh

Localities[link]

Major residential areas within Toba Tek Singh are

• Qazi Street
• Housing Colony No.1
• Housing Colony No.2
• Iqbal Nagar
• Islam Pura
• New Islam Pura
• New Garden Town
• Gulberg
• Garden Town
• Green Town
• Millat Town
• Fatima Town
• Taj Poshi Pur 429 JB
• Mohala Eid Gah
• Mustafa Abad

kachi basti

• Tufail Nagar
• raja park
• Zia Colony
• Sittara Colony
• Rehman Pura {Ghau_shalla}
• Chak no-331: JB- Athwal Waryam Wala, road, Toba Tek Singh.

Agriculture productions[link]

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District tToba Tek Singh is one of the best producer of orange "locally known as kenno".^{[citation needed]} It contribute towards export standard quality of orange produced in all Pakistan. The majority of people living in this district have profession of agriculture and it produce several kind of agricultural and dairy products like meat, eggs, cotton, maize, several pulses, peach, guava, tomato, melon, water melon, mango, tobacco and onion.

Administration[link]

The district of Toba Tek Singh is administratively subdivided into three tehsils and 82 Union Council:^[5]

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by seven elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:^[6][7]

Until the year 2000, when the Divisions of Pakistan were abolished, Toba Tek Singh and Jhang districts were part of Faisalabad Division (this included Faisalabad District.

Major towns in Toba Tek Singh District are:

• Gojra
• Kamalia
• Pirmahal
• Rajana
• Sandhilianwali
• Toba Tek Singh

Notable residents[link]

• Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq ex-MNA NA-93, ex District Nazim Toba Tek Singh, Central Leader of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf
• Mohammad Sarwar, British Labour Party politician, former Member of Parliament (MP)
• Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday
• Mian Muhammad Aslam
• Albela

References[link]

External links[link]

• Toba Tek Singh profile on Punjab's government website
• Toba Tek Singh District Government Profile
• Toba Tek Singh Official Website
• pmln Web site

v t e Districts of Punjab, Pakistan Attock Bahawalnagar Bahawalpur Bhakkar Chakwal Chiniot Dera Ghazi Khan Faisalabad Gujranwala Gujrat Hafizabad Jhang Jhelum Kasur Khanewal Khushab Lahore Layyah Lodhran Mandi Bahauddin Mianwali Multan Muzaffargarh Narowal Nankana Sahib Okara Pakpattan Rahim Yar Khan Rajanpur Rawalpindi Sahiwal Sargodha Sheikhupura Sialkot Toba Tek Singh Vehari See also: Districts of Punjab, India

Coordinates: 30°58′N 72°29′E / 30.967°N 72.483°E / 30.967; 72.483

Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi(Shahmukhi)/Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a city and tehsil of Toba Tek Singh District in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

History[link]

During British rule Toba Tek Singh was a tehsil of Lyallpur District. The population of the town in 1998 was 2549000^[1]

Toba Tek Singh originates its name from a Sikh Saint, Tek Singh. Tek Singh helped travellers by providing them shelter and food, regardless of their race or religion. In Punjabi, "Toba" means 'pond of water.' Much controversy has centered around the name of the city,^{[citation needed]} due to the fact that it is an overwhelmingly Muslim city named after a Sikh Saint - but there have been no changes uptil now.^{[citation needed]}

Toba Tek Singh has several institutions of higher education including:

Accountancy Institutes

• CCAPS the new COMSAT UNI,GOvt. College of commerce,National College of Commerce Jinah Public School^{[citation needed]}

Language[link]

Punjabi is the most spoken language. There is big and old religious school(madrassa)Jamia Darululoom Rabbania.It is working since 1940 It belongs to deobandi school of thought^{[citation needed]}.

In popular culture[link]

Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist ^[2] wrote a short story entitled "Toba Tek Singh" which is a satire on Partition; in the story, an inmate in an asylum frets over the question of whether his home town Toba Tek Singh is now in India or Pakistan. It was adapted into a short movie of the same name ^[3] directed by Afia Nathaniel^[4] in 2005.

Location[link]

It is located at 30°58'0N 72°29'0E.^[5], southwest of Faisalabad, north of Multan, and South West of Dera Ismail Khan.

References[link]

External links[link]

• "The official homepage of local government Toba Tek Singh."
• "The first website of Toba Tek Singh."
• Toba Tek Singh Page on Punjab Govt. website

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