Arifwala is a town and tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 of Pakpattan District

Pakpattan District

Pakpattan District is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban...

 in 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

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Geography

It is located at 30° 16' 60N 73° 4' 0E.
It lies about 210 km southwest of Lahore

Lahore

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, 33 km to the west of the Sutlej river

Sutlej

The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Sulaiman Range in Pakistan.The Sutlej...

 and 45 km south of Sahiwal

Sahiwal

Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan...

. This area is called Neeli Bar also. It is situated between Sutlej and Bias. It is 421 feet above sealevel and will go continue.

TOPOGRAPHY
the ground is rolling down from northeast to southwest. neeli bar denotes a natural forest between river sutlaj and river bias. the land was allotted to the veterans of world war-1 by His Majesty King George in 1919, the area was not irrigated so on the Advice of a retired Niak Alam Din Malik (1888-1974) from the Royal Sappers and Miners The FIRST Engineers Battalion, who served in Egypt during the war and saw the canal system, the famous canal system of punjab was conceived and commissioned in 1926 by construction of headworks and barrages on All the 5 rivers of Punjab namely Jhelum, Chanab, Ravi, Bias and Sutlaj http://www.arifwala.com.pk

Population

About 75% of the population live in villages and only 25% live in the municipal urban area. Most of the population are farmers. The total population of Tehsil Arifwala is about 720,000.

Tehsil Arifwala is surrounded by 255 villages.

The total area of Tehsil Arifwala is 295,146 acres (5 km²).

Area City Arifwala

• Residential Area: 457 acres = 1.14 km²
• Agriculture Area: 1274 acres = 3.18 km²

Administration

The town of Arifwala is the headquarters of Arifwala tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the Pakpattan district. The tehsil is subdivided into 30 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

. The town of Arifwala contains four of these Union Councils.
postal code = 57450

Culture

A gorgeous small town with its very own culture is not only a land of farmers, but has also produced many artists, writers, and intellects. Arifwala also known as "Arifwala Mandi"(market) received its name from a 100 years old tradition, during the British reign. Cattle were traded all around Pakistan from this colorful Mandi and this tradition is ongoing, making it one of the biggest markets of Punjab, Pakistan. In the traditional field setting of Arifwala, the love story of "Heer Ranjha" came to a very interesting twist in Qabula, Arifwala. After the two lovers were parted in this town, Ranjha cursed that "may there always be fire burning here like there is in my heart" and this curse is believed to be true in stories.

History

In the nineteenth century, Arifwala was only a village named as chak No. 61/EB. Later, it was called Arifwala because of a landlord named "Arif" having agriculture land in this village. Arifwala Town was founded in 1927; the inauguration of the town was performed by Mrs F B Wace, whose husband was then Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Punjab. In 1995 it was attached to Pakpattan district. The Town Hall, which still exists in its original form, was inaugurated by the Governor of Punjab in 1933.

Climate

The climate of the city is hot and dry. The summer season starts from April and continues till October. May, June, July and August are the hottest months. The mean maximum and minimum temperature of these months are about 45 and 32 degrees Celsius respectively.

Education

Education in this city is satisfactory. One of the biggest schools of Pakpattan district is Government MC High School Arifwala. Arifwala also has three boys' high schools, a big high school for girls and a boys' and girls' college.A beautiful Library with state of the art architecture named Allama Iqbal Public Library is serving to spread knowledge and information to the localities.