Ghangha Pur

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Gangapur | name = | native_name = گنگاپور | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | imagesize = 240px | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = 150 px | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31.450748|73.564821|region:PK_type:city|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Pakistan | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | population_total = 10,988 | population_as_of = 1998 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 193 | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_code = | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gangapur''' is a village near Buchiana mandi in Jaranwala Tehsil in Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan.<ref name="UCProfile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.faisalabad.gov.pk/downloaduc.aspx?uc=47&fileurl=reports%2Fucprofiles%2F47.pdf |title=Union Council Profile |access-date=2019-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721210145/http://www.faisalabad.gov.pk/downloaduc.aspx?uc=47&fileurl=reports%2Fucprofiles%2F47.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located at 31°27'12N 73°33'57E at an altitude of 193 metres (636 feet)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Gangapur2.html|title=redirect to /world/PK/04/Gangapur.html|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> and is part of union council 39 of Jaranwala with a population of 10,988.<ref name="UCProfile"/>

==History== It is named after the philanthropist Sir Ganga Ram.<ref name="dawn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/796245/ganga-pur-and-lahore|title=Ganga Pur and Lahore|first=Muhammad Hassan|last=Miraj|date=March 18, 2013|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>

The village is home to an operational {{TrackGauge|2ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trams of the World 2017|url=http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|publisher=Blickpunkt Straßenbahn|date=January 24, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216202427/http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|archive-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> horse-drawn tramway originally built in 1898 to connect with the Buchiana railway station {{Convert|3|km}} to the south of Ghangha Pur .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/pakistan16.htm|title=A Visit to Pakistan Railways 2013|website=www.internationalsteam.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="dawn"/>

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Category:Villages in Faisalabad District