Samundri

Samundri is a city in Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan, and the headquarters of Samundri Tehsil. It is the 58th most populous city in the country by the 2023 census, which counted 186,371 people. The site lay on a major trade route in the time of Sher Shah Suri, and the present town was founded in 1887 as Chak No. 533 G.B. It was later renamed Seh Mundri after three Hindu temples in the area, seh being the Persian word for three. It stands at an altitude of about 168 metres, 45 kilometres from Faisalabad and 30 kilometres from Gojra. Samundri is a major market for grain, corn and sugar, with sugarcane and wheat as the main crops, and it is known for producing many players for Pakistan kabaddi team.