Kamoke (Urdu:
كاموكى),
is an important Town of District Gujranwala located in Punjab,
Pakistan situated at 21-km away from Gujranwala and 44-km from away
from Lahore. Kamoke is very well connected to its higher order
settlements as it is located on Main Railway Line and Grand Trunk
Road. It is also well connected to the surrounding Towns and
Villages.
2.POPULATION.
Kamoke City was settled in Mughal era of “Akbar the Great”. At the
time of partition in 1947 Kamoke was a small settlement with less
than 15000 populations. Since that time the City is continuously
growing in population. According to 1981 Census Kamoke is the
largest Town of District Gujranwala and its population was 88182 and
according to 1998 Census, the population of Urban Area Kamoke is
152246(approximately) and according to latest census conducted in
2017, the population of Kamoke City is 230000.
LAND UTILIZATION AND HISTORY OF CITY KAMOKE.
There is a total area of 1254 Acres within the Municpal Committee
limits and in addition about 391 Acres covered by various uses are
located outside the Municipal Boundaries. The City is the Capital
of Kamoke which was notified as Municipal Committee in 1956 and in
1988 Kamoke was notified as Tehsil and it was announced as Tehsil
Headquarters in the duration of MPA Ch. Abdul Wakeel Khan in 1992.
Moreover in 2001, Municipal Committee Kamoke was notified as Tehsil
Municipal Administration consisting of 24-Nos. Union Council(16-Nos.
Rural & 08-Nos. Urban) and T.M.A. Kamoke was again converted into
Municipal Committee w.e.f. 01-01-2017 which is an administrative
subdivision of the District and the City is itself subdivided into
36 Urban Wards.
