Kot Radha Kishan

Kot Radha Kishan is a town of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is administratively subdivided into two Union Councils. [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=14&dn=Kasur Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kasur - Government of Pakistan] ] It is part of Kasur Tehsil and is located at 31°10'21N 74°5'59E with an altitude of 193 metres (636 feet). [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Kot_Radha_Kishan.html Location of Kot Radha Kishan - Falling Rain Genomics] ]

The population of Kot Radha Kishan is about 50,000, with an annual growth rate of 2.7%, household size 7.4 and literacy rate is about 58%. The population of the surrounding villages of Kot Radha Kishan is about 60,000, with a literacy rate of about 35%. These surrounding villages are totally depending on Kot Radha Kishan in sense of Railway Station, Bus Stand, Post Office, Banks, Colleges, Girls High Schools, sub-division courts, crops and vegetable market and to buy the house hold items for their daily use.

The educated people of Kot Radha Kishan as well as surrounding villages are mostly depending on government as well as private jobs. Illiterate people of the town are working as workers in nearly industrial zone of Raiwind as well as in Lahore and illiterate from villages are depending on agriculture. Small numbers of people have power looms industries also in their homes. Politically it is divided in different parties and most of them are Pakistan People Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Jamat-e-Islami.

Health facilities are available at the town as there is government run basic health centre and also a private hospital "Noor Hospital"where more than one dozen medical specialists visited from Lahore and provide consultation to the rural area patients on subsidies rates.

There is a Degree College for Girls where they can studied for B.A./B.Sc and MSc. Boys College is for B.A./B.Sc. Government High School, Sardar Muhammad Khan is the main high school of the area where lot of students got the qualification and are serving the nation world-wide. Government Girls High School, Kot Radha Kishen is catering the students of the area from class six to class there, where more than 2,000 girls are studing. Government High School, Kot Radha kishen is also grooming and trying its best to provide the education to the boy students.

The Learning School, Kot Radha Kishen [www.tls.edu.pk] established in 2002 by a group of concerned citizens with the aim to provide quality education on non-profit basis to the students (boys & Girls) of the town and surrounding villages of 25-30 km. More than 1,000 students are getting the quality education and last two results of the 10th class (Matriculate) proved that The Learning School, Kot Radha Kishen is the best school of the area, where all the students appeared in English Medium and with Science subjects in Matriculate exam and got the best positions in the area.

Kahnore Education House is another highly recognized private English Medium educational institute in Kot Radha Kishen & Surrounding area which is established in 2002 by a group of young highly qualified prople with the aim to provide quality education to the childrens of Kot Radha Kishen and surrounding area. With the limited resources, school has produced outstanding results in the external exams conducted by Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Lahore. Now Kahnore Education House is considered as a home for Quality Education in the whole area.

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