- PROVINCE
- Punjab
- DIVISION
- Faisalabad DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 3
- DISTRICT
- Faisalabad District
- TEHSILS
- 5Faisalabad City · Faisalabad Sadar · Jaranwala · Samundri · Tandlianwala
What 331 tells you
A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 331 was registered in Faisalabad District, Punjab, in Faisalabad Division.
Reading it left to right: 3 is the province digit and is definitive — 3 always means Punjab. 3 selects the division inside that province, here Faisalabad Division. 1 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Faisalabad. The two digits that follow — positions four and five — narrow it further to a local registration zone inside the district.
TEHSILS OF FAISALABAD
Faisalabad District is divided into 5 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.
| # | Tehsil | District | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faisalabad City | Faisalabad | Punjab |
| 2 | Faisalabad Sadar | Faisalabad | Punjab |
| 3 | Jaranwala | Faisalabad | Punjab |
| 4 | Samundri | Faisalabad | Punjab |
| 5 | Tandlianwala | Faisalabad | Punjab |
DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 331
These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Faisalabad District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN FAISALABAD DIVISION
COMMON QUESTIONS
Which district is CNIC code 331?
331 belongs to Faisalabad District in Punjab, within Faisalabad Division.
Digit 1 (3) is the province, digit 2 (3) the division, and digit 3 (1) the district within that division.
Does a 331 CNIC mean the holder lives in Faisalabad?
No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.
It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.
Which tehsils fall under Faisalabad District?
Faisalabad District covers 5 administrative tehsils: Faisalabad City, Faisalabad Sadar, Jaranwala, Samundri, Tandlianwala.
Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.
What comes after 331 in a full CNIC?
A complete CNIC is thirteen digits: the five-digit regional prefix, then a seven-digit family/serial number, then a single check digit that also encodes gender (odd for male, even for female).
For Faisalabad, this register documents 1 local-zone code: 33100.
How reliable is the code 331?
331 is a documented anchor code — it appears consistently in public records and published examples, so the district mapping is solid.
NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.
KEEP LOOKING
Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.