 The Rakh and Gogera canals have encouraged the water levels in the district however the belt on the river Ravi has remained narrow.The river bed includes the river channels which have shifted the sand bars and low sandy levees leading to river erosion.As per the Population Census Report of 1998, the town is spread over an area of 1284 Square Kilometers with a total population of 540,802 which was almost 702,733 in 2017, indicating that the growth rate of the city is 3.37 percent per annum.