Renala Khurd (

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

, ur, ) is a growing city in the Okara District in the northeast Punjab province of Pakistan.

Khurd Khurd and Kalan (Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, خرد اور کلاں Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, خرد اتے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the smaller (Khu ...

is a Persian word meaning small. The city is the headquarters of

Renala Khurd Tehsil Renala Khurd is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 18 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Renala Khurd.Lahore and from the district capital city of Okara. It is southwest of Lahore on the national highway ( GT Road) and on the Lahore Karachi main railway line. Renala Khurd operates on PKT. Literal meaning of Renala is "Mother of Forests". Renala Khurd is very famous for its gardens, forests and fruit farms. Khurd is attributed to Small.

Demographics

With a radius of 7 km, it is home to over 100,000 inhabitants. The population of Renala Khurd is over 99%

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

. It has a

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

majority and a Shia minority; there are also small groups of Christians. Due to its strategic location in the Indian sub-continent, many migrants have poured into the area and settled on its fertile lands. The people of Renala Khurd are descendants of Iranians, Turks, Afghans and Arabs who came individually or in groups.

University of Okara

The

University of Okara The University of Okara (UO) ( ur, ) is a public university located in Renala Khurd, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. History In 2005, Okara campus of the University of Education, Lahore (UE) was inaugurated by then Minister of Defence (Pakistan) Ra ...

, previously known as the University of Education Okara campus, is 1 km west of the city. It was inaugurated in 2005 by then Prime Minister

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

Notable residents

Liaquat Ali Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theorist ...

(born 1983), athlete *

Rizwan Haider Rizwan Haider (born 16 June 1985) is a Pakistani cricketer who played for multiple teams including Baluchistan and Multan. He played in 70 first-class, 56 List A, and 34 Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. A ...

(born 1985), cricketer, * Abdur Rauf (born 1978), cricketer

Languages

Haryanavi,

, Ranghari and Urdu are basic languages of the people.

References

{{PakistanCities, state=collapsed Populated places established in 1914 Cities and towns in Okara District