Jampur

Jampur
Jampur
City
	Deen Muhammad Khan Mosque
	Jampur Location of Jampur Jampur Jampur (Pakistan)
	Coordinates: 29°23′N 70°21′E / 29.38°N 70.35°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Dera Ghazi Khan
District	Rajanpur
Government
Elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Population (2023)
• City	155,243
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0604
Union councils	19

Jampur (جام پور) is the capital city of Jampur Tehsil, in Punjab province of Pakistan. It comprises an area of about 16.7 square kilometers and has a population of about 155,243 (2023)^[1] It is the capital of Jampur Tehsil. Approximately 50 km to the west are the high and dry, barren mountains of the Sulaiman Range. To the east is the Indus river.

Etymology

The old name of Jampur was Jadam Pur.The word Jampur has two parts: "JAM" and "PUR". "Jadam"(was Jakhar by Caste) faded into "Jam" with the passage of time. "Pur" means "vivified by" or "populated by".

Demographics

Census	Population^[2]
1972	19,944
1981	27,949
1998	52,516
2017	87,857
2023	155,243

Educational institutes

Jampur is a lightly populated city with a lack of industry, though the land is fertile. One of the main local educational institutes is Govt. Boys High School Jampur^{[citation needed]} which was founded in 1885, as a consequence of the introduction of the British Government system in 1857. Jampur has two public girls high schools for education up to the 10th class. The city has one public college for boys and one for girls.

Medical facilities

Jampur has a Tehsil Headquarter Hospital (T.H.Q) which consists of 1000 beds and many private clinics where specialized doctors serve.

Civil administration

Tehsil Jampur has 19 Union Councils namely: union council Tatar Walla (Mirza Ubaid Ullah House), Allahabad, Basti Rindan, Bokhara, Burrerywala, Dajal, Hajipur, Harrand, Jampur East, Jampur Gharbi, Kot Tahir, Kotla Dewan, Kotla Mughlan, Muhammad Pur, Noorpur Manjuwala, Noshahera, Tal Shumali, Tatarwala, Tibbi Lundan, Wah Leshari^[3]

The city used to have tribal and sub-tribal systems due to the Baloch tribes that settled here but has been modernized due to education and access to technology, like the internet. Most of the city is now inhabited by Urdu speaking Muhajir families which moved here post-partition of 1947.

Local tribes include most of (Arain family), Kanera family, Nahar family, Jakhar (Jatt Tribe), Dhandla (Jatt tribe), Khethran, Chandia (Baloch), Ghilzai (Pashtun), Syed Tribe (Inayat Shah Grandsons), Kalasra, Ghauri, Mohana, Khokhar, Pitafi (Baloch), Jamali (Baloch), Lashari (Baloch), Leghari (Baloch), Ahmadani (Baloch), Babbar (Baloch), Daya, Sial, Lound, Gorchani, Rind, Mazarin, Mirza, Rata, Manjhota, Arwal, Meo, Niazi, Domki, Muhammadani, Waswani, Mundrani, and other Jat tribes.

Saraiki and Urdu are the most spoken languages in the city.

References

^ ^a ^b "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
^ "Jāmpur (Rajanpur, Punjab, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "TMA JamPur Website". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[Cpop1-1] "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".

[2] "Jāmpur (Rajanpur, Punjab, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[3] "TMA JamPur Website". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

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