Jhang District is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital. In 2009 the tehsil of Chiniot became the separate Chiniot District.Administrative divisionsThe district comprises on four sub-districts : Jhang Athara Hazari Shorkot Ahmad Pur SialDemographicsAccording to the 1998 census, Punjabi was the first language of % of the population in the Jhang and Shorkot Tehsils, while Urdu – of 3.8%.Local education Chenab College, Jhang Faran Model College Cadet College JhangNotable people Sultan Bahoo, a Sufi saint Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner in physics Aleem Dar, cricket player Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a Sufi Scholar, Politician, Founder of Minhaj-Ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek Farooq Butt Kashmiri,A Technologist Ex Ministery of Interior Faisal Saleh Hayat Shrine of Mai Heer Ranja