Kasur town is situated 55 km south of District Lahore. The district lies from30 -40’ to 31—20’ north latitudes and 73 – 38’ to 74 – 41 east longitudes.
Kasur, one of the districts of Punjab province, is bounded on the north by Lahore district, on the south and east by the Indian districts of Feroz Pur and Amritsar respectively, and on the west by Sahiwal district. Kasur city is located on the Feroz Pur road at a distance of about 55 km. from Lahore to the south and about 25 km from Feroz Pur, situated in India to its north. Kasur is well connected to Lahore by road and also by rail, which takes off from the Raiwind junction and runs up to Lodhran. Before partition, it was also linked by rail with Amritsar and Feroz Pur city in India (Government of Pakistan, 1980).
The Kasur district covers a gross area of 981,702 acres of which 705,224 acres is classified as cultivable land. Under irrigated agriculture condition, the soil is very productive. Rice, sugarcane, cotton, various fodder, maize and vegetables are the main crops in summer, while wheat is the only dominant crop in winter (rabbi).
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