Bahawalnagar (District)

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Bahawalnagar District
بہاولنگر
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Bahawalnagar
Coordinates : 30 ° 0 ′  N , 73 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 73 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 8th 878  km²
 
Residents : 2,981,919 (2017)
Population density : 336 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Bahawalnagar district highlighted

The district Bahawalnagar is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Punjab . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Bahawalnagar .

The district has an area of ​​8878 km² and according to the 2017 census 2,981,919 inhabitants. The population density is 335 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

geography

The borders of Bahawalnagar to the east and south touch Indian territory, while the Bahawalpur district lies to the west and the Sutlej River forms the northern border.

history

The area was formerly part of the Princely State of Bahawalpur , which was dissolved in 1956.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.96% annually. Around 21% of the population live in urban regions and around 79% in rural regions. There are 1,514,866 men, 1,466,876 women and 177 transgender people in 481,276 households , which results in a gender ratio of 103.3 men per 100 women, which is the usual surplus of men in Pakistan.

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 52% (women: 42%, men: 61%).

year population
1972 1,073,891
1981 1,373,747
1998 2,061,447
2017 2,981,919

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 .