Renala Khurd

Renala Khurd is a city in Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan, and the administrative headquarters of Renala Khurd Tehsil. It sits at an elevation of roughly 170 metres, about 116 kilometres from Lahore and 18 kilometres from the district capital Okara, along the GT Road and the Karachi-Peshawar railway line. The word Khurd is of Persian origin and means small, while Renala is rendered as Mother of Forests; the town is known for its gardens, forests and fruit orchards. The University of Okara, formerly a campus of the University of Education, stands about a kilometre west of the city and was inaugurated in 2005. The population is more than 99 percent Muslim, with a Sunni majority, a Shia minority and small Christian groups. The 2023 census table counts 100,054 people.