Kasur District
Kasur District
ضلع قصور | |
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From top left to right; Outskirts of the city of Kasur, Gohar Jageer village, Changa Manga, Fields near Ganda Singh Wala, Jinn Mosque of Kasur, Tomb of Bulleh Shah | |
Map of Kasur District (highlighted in red) within Punjab. | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Lahore |
| Established | 1 July 1976 |
| Headquarters | Kasur |
| Administrative Subdivisions | 04
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| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • District Commissioner | Aurangzeb Haider Khan |
| • Constituensy | NA-131 Kasur-I NA-132 Kasur-II NA-133 Kasur-III NA-134 Kasur-IV |
| Area | |
| 3,995 km2 (1,542 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| 4,084,286 | |
| • Density | 1,022.3/km2 (2,648/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,243,882 |
| • Rural | 2,840,404 |
| Demonym | Kasuri |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | |
| NWD (area) code | 049 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-PB |
| Website | kasur |
Kasur District (Punjabi, Urdu: ضلع قصور, romanized: Zilā Qasūr), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976; prior to its creation, the area comprised two tehsils (Kasur Tehsil and Chunian Tehsil) of Lahore District. According to 2023 Pakistani census Kasur District had a population of 4,081,568 (4.8 million).
The district capital is Kasur city, the birth city of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah, who is well known in that region as well as in the whole of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 3,995 square kilometres.
There is a DHQ hospital in Kasur city which has been recently named as Bulleh Shah Hospital. There is a THQ Hospital in each of its tehsils. Apart from main hospitals, there are 12 rural health centers and 82 basic health units in Kasur district.