Bhakkar (District)

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Bhakkar district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Bhakkar
Coordinates : 31 ° 37 '  N , 71 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 37 '23 "  N , 71 ° 3' 45"  E
Area : 8th 153  km²
 
Residents : 1,650,518 (2017)
Population density : 202 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Bhakkar district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​8153 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,650,518 inhabitants. The population density is 202 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the central west of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. The district of Bhakkar borders on Layyah to the south, Jhang to the southeast , Dera Ismail Khan to the west, Khushab to the northeast and Mianwali to the north .

history

The district was established in 1982 from parts of Mianwali .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew at an annual rate of 2.40% and therefore very quickly. Around 16% of the population live in urban regions and around 84% in rural regions. 844,247 men, 806,235 women and 36 transgender people live in 268,244 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 104.7 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan. The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 54% (women: 38%, men: 70%) and is thus below the Punjab province average of 63%.

year population
1972 500,498
1981 665.884
1998 1,051,456
2017 1,650,518

Web links

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 .