Basirpur
town in Punjab, Pakistan
Basirpur (Punjabi,Urdu: بصيرپور) is a town in Depalpur Tehsil of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located around 151 km (94 miles) south west of Lahore.
Basirpur is part of Depalpur Tehsil and is administratively subdivided into three Union councils.
Demographics
The population of the city in 1972 was 15,872. According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 65,541.
“Basirpur” enters the record as town in Punjab, Pakistan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Basirpur, town and Punjab can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Basirpur” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Basirpur, town and Punjab provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4867547. The first chronological checks are 1972 and 2023.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Basirpur”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Basirpur primary sources, Basirpur archive and Basirpur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Basirpur”?
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- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Basirpur” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.