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Buchiana (
Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
: بچیانہ) is a small town in
Faisalabad District Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) ( Punjabi and ) is one of the districts of Punjab, Pakistan. According to the 2023 census of Pakistan it had a population of 9,075,819, of which 3,691,999 were in Faisalabad City. It is the t ...
's
Jaranwala Tehsil Jaranwala ( Punjabi and ) is a subdivision (Tehsil) of Faisalabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The industrial area, Khurrianwala, is located in Jaranwala, and Makuana. Jaranwala is subdivided into 57 Union Councils. Govt publi ...
established as Buchina Mandi (Grain Market), in
Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Buchiana is located in the area of Chak 656/7 GB. The town is served by
Buchiana railway station Buchiana Railway Station () is a defunct railway station located in Buchiana Mandi, Faisalabad District, Jaranwala Tehsil Pakistan. History The station was the part of the line on which a horse train used to run that was started by Sir Ganga R ...
on
Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line Shorkot–Sheikhupura Branch Line () is one of several branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State R ...
of
Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering bot ...
. It is on Jaranwala-Nankana Road, 20 km from Jaranwala From Buchiana there is operational
narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
horse-drawn tramway originally built in 1898 to connect with the
Buchiana railway station Buchiana Railway Station () is a defunct railway station located in Buchiana Mandi, Faisalabad District, Jaranwala Tehsil Pakistan. History The station was the part of the line on which a horse train used to run that was started by Sir Ganga R ...
to the south Ghangha Pur .


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Villages in Faisalabad District {{Faisalabad-geo-stub