Rurala Road

{{Short description|Pakistani town}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Cleanup-rewrite|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rurala Road | official_name = Rurala Road | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = Mandi | settlement_type = Tehsil | pushpin_map = Pakistan | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Pakistan | pushpin_mapsize =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Punjab | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 =  | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = | parts_style =  | parts =  | p1 = | p2 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = MNA | leader_name = Ahtisham Munawar

| leader_title1 = MPA | leader_name1 = Molvi Hassaan

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== Government == Its Union Council number is 65. The chairman of the Union Council is{{When|date=December 2025}} Abdul Ghafoor Jappa and the Vice Chairman is Abdul Rehman who is advocate of high court.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

== Infrastructure == It has a railway station, a bank (HBL), post office, bus stand, taxi stand and markets, as well as the offices of the Union Council, a government hospital and a veterinary hospital. Four private hospitals are there.

A large two-story mosque is nearby, Tehsil Jaranwala. It doubles as a trading post for nearby villages. Rurala Road was one of the busiest villages with the biggest bazaar in the area around Faisalabad in the late 1970s to '80s but due to migration into cities including Faisalabad and Lahore, its importance has diminished.<ref>Ahmed, M. (2012). ''Urbanization and its Impact on Rural Areas in Pakistan''. Lahore: Punjab University Press. This book discusses the effects of migration on rural areas, particularly the decline in importance of villages and local markets due to the movement of people to cities like Faisalabad and Lahore.</ref>

Four food storage godowns operate in Rurala Road, run by the Government of Punjab.<ref>[http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/punjabcms/servlet/PunjabCMSServlet?CMDCMS=V_T_DOCS_BROWSER_VIEW&txtDocID=938&txtVersionID=1&CMDDOCTYPE=1&txtUserID=326 Government of the Punjab Food Storage Godowns Details]</ref>

==Education== The schools in this town include:

* Government Boys High School 282 GB * Government Girls High School * Government Boys Primary School * Mughal Public School * Quality Educational Complex * Jinnah Public School

== Transport ==

===Bus=== Rurala Road has bus connections to Faisalabad and Jaranwala.

===Train=== Rurala Road railway station is connected with Lahore (via Jaranwala, Sheikhupura) and with Shorkot (via Tandlianwala, Kamalia) by rail.<ref>[http://www.pakistanrail.com/prstations/stn_o_r.htm Railway Route Details]</ref>

==Sports==

===Football=== Usama Football Club is known at the national level.<ref name=UFC>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki-clubs.html Pakistan Clubs] at Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation</ref> The town's other football clubs are Gafari Memorial Football Club. This Town has no proper football ground.

Each year, the Ghafari Memorial Football Tournament is held in the town to commemorate a local footballer.{{citation needed|date=April 2010}}

===Cricket=== Each year, the Sharafat Amjad Waqar Memorial Cricket Tournament is held in the town to commemorate a local cricketer. Various cricket teams from Jaranwala tehsil participate in this tournament, which is well known in the area.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}}

The town's cricket clubs are Ahtisham, Ravi, Young Generation Stars, Young Generation Heroes, Rising Stars Eleven, KS Cricket Eleven<ref>kscricketclub.weebly.com</ref> Young Star

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.tageo.com/index-e-pk-v-04-d-6117266.htm Rurala Road on Tageo.com] *[http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/punjab/faisalabad/mandi-rurala-road/ Rurala Road on MapLandia.com] *[http://www.forumjar.com/forums/Rurala_Road Rurala Road on Forumjar.com] * [https://www.dawn.com/news/1194607 dawn.com]

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