Chiniot (district)

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Chiniot district
ضلع چنیوٹ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Chiniot
Coordinates : 31 ° 43 '  N , 72 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 43 '12 "  N , 72 ° 58' 48"  E
Area : 2 643  km²
 
Residents : 1,495,982 (2017)
Population density : 566 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Chiniot district highlighted

The Chiniot District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Chiniot .

The district has an area of ​​2643 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,495,982 inhabitants. The population density is 566 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the center of the Punjab Province, which is in western Pakistan.

history

The region was an important agricultural region during the Indus civilization . Later the region was u. a. Controlled by the Indo-Aryans , Greeks , Maurya , Kushana , Gupta , Ghaznavids , Mughals , Sikhs and British . The modern district emerged in February 2009 from parts of Jhang .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.71% annually. About 26% of the population live in urban areas and about 74% in rural areas. 724,205 men, 771,744 women and 33 transgender people live in 266,109 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 93.8 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan.

year population
1972 570.775
1981 694.080
1998 965.124
2017 1,495,982

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 .