Demographic profile of Gujranwala city and correlate it with the contemporary environmental issues of our area

1. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF YOUR
CITY/TEHSIL AND CORRELATE IT WITH
THE CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES OF OUR AREA
By: Kainat Safdar

2. OVERVIEW
It is the largest administrative division of Punjab. The division,
headquartered at the city of Gujranwala, covers an area of 17,206
km2. It is administratively subdivided into 6 districts.
• Gujranwala District
• Gujrat District
• Mandi Bahauddin District
• Narowal District
• Sialkot District
• Hafizabad District

3. TEHSILS OF GUJRANWALA DISTRICT
• Gujranwala is a City district. The district is divided into following tehsils:
• Gujranwala City
• Gujranwala Saddar
• Kamonki
• Naushehra Virkan
• Wazirabad Tehsil

4. TEHSILS OF GUJRANWALA CITY
There are following towns under these tehsils:
• Khiali Shahpure Town
• Aroop Town
• Kamonki Town
• Nandipur Town
• Qila Didar Singh Town
• Naushehra Virkan Town
• Wazirabad Town

5. GENERAL INFORMATION
Union Councils 19
Type Of Government Municipal Corporation
Autonomous towns 7
Mayor Sheikh Sarwat Ikram
Population Density
Urban proportion
1,133 per square km
50.5%

6. TOTAL POPULATION
• According to census 2017 total population of District
Gujranwala is 5014196 .
Gujranwala City: 73,940
Gujranwala Municipal Corporation: 2,027,001
Gujranwala Cantonment: 137,302
• In Total population males are 2533117 , female are 2480828
and She-male / Transgender are 251 .
• Average annual growth rate is 2.06 from 1998 to 2017.

7. DETAIL POPULATION OF DISTRICT
GUJRANWALA CENSUS 2017
Rural Urban Total
Population 2065260 2948936 5014196
Male 1034636 1498481 2533117
Female 1030581 1450247 2480828
Transgender 43 208 251
Household 301072 446142 747214

8. ECONOMIC CONDITON
• There are 65 large ceramic units.
• Total employment is 5000.
• Capacity utilization is 90 % of total capacity.
• 20 major dealers of exports which contribute millions of dollars to
the national economy.

9. INDUSTRIES IN GUJRANWALA
• Major industries of Gujranwala:
• Ceramics
• Fan Industry
• Auto Parts
• Aluminum Conductors
• Animal/Poultry Feed
• Textile
• Wires/cables
• Machinery
• Generators

10. CLIMATE DATA FOR GUJRANWALA
Climate data for Gujranwala
Mont
h
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Aver
age
high
°C
(°F)
19.1
(66.4)
22.1
(71.8)
27.4
(81.3)
33.7
(92.7)
39.0
(102.2)
40.8
(105.4)
36.1
(97.0)
34.6
(94.3)
35.0
(95.0)
33.0
(91.4)
27.0
(80.6)
21.2
(70.2)
30.8
(87.4)

11. AGRICULTURE
• Gujranwala is famous for its agricultural products.
Major Agriculture Products
• Rice
• Wheat
• Sugarcane

12. MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF
GUJRANWALA
Air
Pollution
Smog
Water
Quality
Waste
disposal
Sewerage
System

15. AIR POLLUTION
• Smokes turning out from manufacturing plants, commercial
enterprises, homes and vehicles are creating of air contamination
• Causing asthma, respiratory diseases,
cancer, heart attacks etc.
• Air Pollution: 77.27 according to
Air Quality Index.

16. CONTI……
• Local anthropogenic activities and elevated geo-accumulation indices for different
suite of elements were used to indicate possible pollutant sources in this industrial
city to be traffic derived emissions, suspended soil, road dust, construction
materials, fossil fuel and industrial emissions, tanneries, chrome plating units and
metal smelters.
• Comparison of the pollution indices shows that Ba, Br, Ca, Cd, Na, Pb, Sb and Zn
have mean PLI, PI and IPI for both cities which are in the highly polluted category.
• Cu, La, Sc, V and Zr have pollution indices corresponding to high or extreme levels
in Faisalabad only while Cr and Ti are highly polluting in Gujranwala.

17. AIR
POLLUTION
(dependent)
NO. OF
VEHICLES
(Mediating
Variable)
POPLUATION
SIZE
(Independent
variable)
Policies
(Intervening) Seasonal variation
(Extravenous)

18. WASTE DISPOSAL
• Gujranwala is one of the most thickly populated
cities in the country, having the population of
about 2 million.
• According to a recent survey of the Punjab
Planning and Development Department, some 800
to 900 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) is
being produced daily in the city.
• The survey disclosed per capita increase of 1.5 per
cent annually while the population of the city has
been increasing at the ratio of 3 to 3.5 per cent per
annum, which reflects yearly 5 per cent increase
in the MSW.

20. WASTE DISPOSAL
(dependent)
NO. OF
INDUSTRIES
(Mediating
Variable)
POPLUATION
SIZE AND
POPULATION
DENSIY
(Independent
variable)
Policies
(Intervening) Seasonal variation
(Extravenous)

21. SMOG
• An AQI of 403 was recorded in Gujranwala at 8am on 2 December,2019.
• Smog can cause or aggravate health problems such as asthma, emphysema, chronic
bronchitis and other respiratory problems as well as eye irritation and reduced
resistance to colds and lung infections.
• The ozone in smog also inhibits plant growth and can cause widespread damage to
crops and forests.

22. SMOG
(dependent)
NO. OF
INDUSTRIES
AND
VEHICLES
(Mediating
Variable)
POPLUATION
SIZE
(Independent
variable)
Policies
(Intervening) Seasonal variation
(Extravenous)

23. WATER POLLUTION
• Due to alarming increase in population and rapid industrialization, drinking water
quality is being deteriorated day by day in Pakistan.
• The primary source of contamination is sewerage (fecal) which is extensively
discharged into drinking water system supplies. Secondary source of pollution is the
disposal of toxic chemicals from industrial effluents, pesticides, and fertilizers from
agriculture sources into the water bodies.
• Anthropogenic activities cause waterborne diseases that constitute about 80% of all
diseases and are responsible for 33% of deaths. This review highlights the drinking
water quality, contamination sources, sanitation situation, and effects of unsafe
drinking water on humans.

24. WATER POLLUTION
(dependent)
NO. OF
INDUSTRIES
(Mediating
Variable)
POPLUATION
SIZE
(Independent
variable)
Policies
(Intervening) Seasonal variation
(Extravenous)

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