Attock (district)

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Attock District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Founded : 1904
Seat : Attock
Coordinates : 30 ° 2 '  N , 72 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 2 '0 "  N , 72 ° 21' 0"  E
Area : 6th 857  km²
 
Residents : 1,883,556 (2017)
Population density : 275 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, location of Attock district highlighted

Attock District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Attock . The previous name was Campbellpur .

The district has an area of ​​6,857 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 1,883,556 inhabitants. The population density is 275 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

history

The original name of the district was Attock. It was changed to Campbellpur after the Commander in Chief of the British Forces, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde , rebuilt the city of Campbellpur as part of the Sepoy Uprising of 1857. The name of the district was changed back to Attock in 1978.

geography

The district is located in the north of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. Attock is bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest , Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest and Swabi and Haripur to the north .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.07% annually. About 26% of the population live in urban areas and about 74% in rural areas. 936,811 men, 946,683 women and 62 transgender people live in 306,649 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 98.9 men per 100 women, which is a rare surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population aged 10 and over was 68% (women: 57%, men: 81%).

year population
1972 748.890
1981 876,667
1998 1,274,935
2017 1,883,556

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .