Pattoki

Pattoki
Town
Population
• Town	634,236
• Urban	115,074

Pattoki or Mandi Pattoki is a town of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Pattoki Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, and is located at 31°1'0N 73°50'60E with an altitude of 186 metres (613 feet).

It is a typical Punjabi rural market town in the suburbs of Lahore known for growing flowers. The town has one of the biggest clusters of flower, fruit and decorative plant nurseries in the country. Those who drive on the National Highway between Lahore and Sahiwal are familiar with over 5 kilometres of lush greenery and the fragrant stretch of nurseries on either side of the road on the edge of the town.

History

Pattoki is named after a caste of the Hindus called Pattwaan. It was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town, famous for its cotton production and was called The Cotton Queen. After partition the cotton industry became sick. This city is still a big trade centre for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga forest is also 10 kilometres away from Pattoki. Ghehlan nurseries are also 1 kilometre away from Pattoki

Pattoki today

Pattoki was raised to the status of Tehsil in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian. The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 lakh (634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities.The underground water of pattoki are not good for drinking but government provided pure water supply for pattoki people from Halla at a distance of 20 km away. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub, there are approximately 200 industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Rafhan Bestfoods, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Wall's ice cream, Martin Dow, Haleeb, Century Paper & Board Mills and Halla milk plant etc.

Culture

The culture of Pattoki is multifaceted. It is highly influenced by the village people,who constitute a big part of the population. The commercial area of Pattoki is dominated by the Sheikhs, who control most of the business of the city. People take an active part in all the religious festivals. There is always a lot activity on Eid, Ramadan, Moharram etc. The city of Pattoki is divided into three Union Councils. Union Council number 1 contains one the best residential areas of the town like Abbas Park, Faisal Colony, Asif Colony,Badar Colony, Eid Gah, Bhedian. It also houses the buildings of Tehsil Administration and the Civil Courts. While the Union Council number 2 is the commercial area of the town. The Union Council III is known as Purani Mandi or Old Market.

Villages

Pattoki is the only city in the Punjab which is largely associated with the very big number of villages. The police station of the Pattoki saddar is consisted on 575 villages. Pattoki has very big business place in the area because people from the villages prefers to come in the Pattoki for their shopping. Now with the growing new colonies like Gulshan Subhan housing scheme, Alnoor city, Insaf City, Al-Raheem City, Anmol Villas and many more new colonies are in process which will help the pattoki city to gain immenent place in the other cities of the District. Jamber is the thick populated village of Tehsil Pattoki. Union Council No. 79 consist of only jamber.

• Kot Akbar Khan
• Kot Mal Khan(Khudian Chak No. 41)
• Dholan Chak 7
• jaguwala chak No.4
• Bhopay Wal
• Halla
• Lakhodair
• Blair
• Hanjerai kalan
• Sheikhm
• Khacha pakka
• Khudiyan Chak No.41, W.A. Khan
• Padhana
• 25 chak
• Sraser
• 37 chak
• Gehlan
• Gehlan chak 9 multan road
• Gohar Chak 8
• Jamsher
• Pattoki Kohna
• Daoke
• Sahjowal
• Theng Chak 7
• Wander
• Bath Kalan
• Dillo Multani
• Ojla
• Burj Mahalam
• Mundaikee
• Beharwal
• Hussain Khan Wala
• Habibabad
• Jagowala Ch.NO.40(Big Village 4 KM From Pattoki)
• Bugghi Sher Ali
• Alpa Kalan
• Kot Jagat Singh
• Kot Dula Singh
• Sadhari Kay
• Dhengri
• Mallawala
• Aammwala
• Megha
• jhook Balochan
• Naroki Mahja
• Soorsingh
• Chela
• Din Pur (Doba)
• Tara gardh
• Jamber
• [[Gagga Chack No.29 (Ch.Ashiq Gujjar)
• Bhai Kot Chak No.03

Education

There are various educational establishments in the town:

• Ahmed Public School,Habibabad
• Al-Faisal Ideal High School, Pattoki
• Muslim Model High School, Pattoki
• Government High School, Pattoki
• Government High School for Girls, Pattoki
• Government College, Pattoki
• Pattoki College of Information technology
• Government College for Women, Pattoki
• The Educators,Sir Syed Campus,Pattoki
• University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
• AIMS College Of Sciences
• The Best Career College Of Commerce Pattoki
• Govt. Institute of Commerce Pattoki
• MUHAMMADIA MODEL SCHOOL JAGOWALA CH.40,PATTOKI (CH.REHMAT KHAN)
• ALL SAINTS CHURCH HIGH SCHOOL PATTOKI
• Para Gon public high school
• Rafiq Model School Jamber
• First Nation School Pattoki
• The Knowledge,Idrees Campus
• Govt Degree College for Women
• GOVT ELEMENTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL JAGOWALA CH 40
• Govt Institute of Commerce Pattoki
• Creasent Model School Pattoki

Sports

Pattoki had a very well repute in the sports espacially in the cricket.Teams from every part of the Pakistan had matches in pattoki,there had a very popular tournaments in which players from famous cricket clubs participated. Many international players have been played in pattoki like Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan, Hassan Raza, Aqib Javed, Naveed Anjum, Muhammad Khaleel, Abdul Rauf,tauqeer hussain.

Famous cricket clubs of the city are: MMC (Munciple Cricket Club Pattoki), Pak Eleven, AG Cricket Club in Jumber. Shadman cricket club (Meo Brothers). Internation badminton player wajid ali is from pattoki