Jampur

Jampur, is a city and tehsil headquarters of Jampur Tehsil in Rajanpur District, Punjab Pakistan. It is located at 29°38'32" N, 70°35'45"E south of Dera Ghazi Khan, in the centre of Pakistan. It comprises an area of about 8–10 square kilometers and has a population of almost 120,000.The total area of the Jampur Tehsil is 2,322 square kilometers with a total population of 485,051 as per District Census Report 1998.EtymologyThe word Jampur has two parts: "JAM" and "PUR". "Jadam" faded into "jam" with the passage of time and Jadam was Jakhar by caste (the largest and oldest caste of Jampur). "Pur" is a suffix used in local language which means "vivified by" or "populated by".It is written in the High School Building that it is combination of "Jadam" and "Pur", means Jadampur, but with time it became Jampur.HistoryJampur' is believed to have a long history. Evidence includes Dalo Ra-oy ka theer from which antiques for more than 2340 years old were found.Most people of Jampur are related to agriculture directly or indirectly. Main market/City center of Jampur is called " SADAR BAZAR" which is very old market, while old city is situated at 15–20 Feet height then new city in order to save it from water flood rising from Indus river in old days when it used to flow near Jampur.Its main hub of Qureshi Brothers.this area consisted of 'Muhallaws', Like," Muhallaw Siddiqi", Loharan wali gali. Main road of old city is known as "Circular Road" that us to have 10 Darraas (Gates) to collect tax from peasants and merchants while they used to bring their goods and commodities inside the Jampur. Part of that money was to go in the government's treasury while rest of the money was spent on the welfare of Jampur like construction and re-construction of roads/streets and the sanitary system.