- PROVINCE
- Punjab
- DIVISION
- Lahore DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 5
- DISTRICT
- Lahore District
- LOCAL ZONE
- Lahore — inner city / Ravi beltDigits 4–5 of the prefix — 01
- TEHSILS
- 5Lahore City · Lahore Cantt · Model Town · Raiwind · Shalimar
What 35201 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 35201 was registered in Lahore District, Punjab, in Lahore Division.
Reading it left to right: 3 is the province digit and is definitive — 3 always means Punjab. 5 selects the division inside that province, here Lahore Division. 2 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Lahore. The final pair, 01, is a local registration zone — roughly union-council level, recorded in this register as Lahore — inner city / Ravi belt.
TEHSILS OF LAHORE
Lahore 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 | Lahore City | Lahore | Punjab |
| 2 | Lahore Cantt | Lahore | Punjab |
| 3 | Model Town | Lahore | Punjab |
| 4 | Raiwind | Lahore | Punjab |
| 5 | Shalimar | Lahore | Punjab |
DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 352
These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Lahore District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN LAHORE DIVISION
COMMON QUESTIONS
Which district is CNIC code 35201?
35201 belongs to Lahore District in Punjab, within Lahore Division.
The first three digits (352) identify the district; the last two (01) identify a local registration zone inside it — recorded here as Lahore — inner city / Ravi belt.
Does a 35201 CNIC mean the holder lives in Lahore?
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 Lahore District?
Lahore District covers 5 administrative tehsils: Lahore City, Lahore Cantt, Model Town, Raiwind, Shalimar.
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.
How reliable is the code 35201?
35201 is reconstructed from the standard coding scheme and community lists rather than an official published table. The province digit is definitive; the district mapping should be treated as a strong indication rather than a guarantee.
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.