CNIC REGIONAL CODE · PUNJAB

353 Okara

CNIC numbers beginning 353 were registered in Okara District, Lahore Division, Punjab. See the tehsils it covers, its documented local-zone codes, and what each digit of the prefix stands for.

DERIVED FROM THE STANDARD CODING SCHEME

353
PROVINCE
Punjab
DIVISION
Lahore DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 5
DISTRICT
Okara District
TEHSILS
3Okara · Depalpur · Renala Khurd

What 353 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 353 was registered in Okara 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. 3 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Okara. The two digits that follow — positions four and five — narrow it further to a local registration zone inside the district.

WHAT IT DOES NOT TELL YOUThe prefix is a registration record, not an address. It does not prove where someone lives now, it is not a domicile certificate, and it says nothing about ethnicity or nationality beyond Pakistani citizenship. People who move keep the prefix they were first registered under.

TEHSILS OF OKARA

Okara District is divided into 3 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.

ADMINISTRATIVE TEHSILS · OKARA DISTRICT
#TehsilDistrictProvince
1OkaraOkaraPunjab
2DepalpurOkaraPunjab
3Renala KhurdOkaraPunjab

OTHER DISTRICTS IN LAHORE DIVISION

351KasurDerived code352LahoreDocumented anchor354SheikhupuraDerived code355Nankana SahibDerived code

COMMON QUESTIONS

Which district is CNIC code 353?

353 belongs to Okara District in Punjab, within Lahore Division.

Digit 1 (3) is the province, digit 2 (5) the division, and digit 3 (3) the district within that division.

Does a 353 CNIC mean the holder lives in Okara?

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 Okara District?

Okara District covers 3 administrative tehsils: Okara, Depalpur, Renala Khurd.

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 353 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).

NADRA has never published the full list of local-zone codes, so the last two digits of the prefix cannot be resolved to a named area for this district.

How reliable is the code 353?

353 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.

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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.