Dera Ismail Khan (District)

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Dera Ismail Khan district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Dera Ismail Khan
Coordinates : 32 ° 0 ′  N , 70 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 70 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 9 334  km²
 
Residents : 1,627,132 (2017)
Population density : 174 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Dera Ismail Khan district highlighted

Dera Ismail Khan District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Dera Ismail Khan .

The district has an area of ​​9334 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,627,132 inhabitants. The population density is 174 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the south of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is in the north of Pakistan and borders the Punjab Province .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 3.45% annually. Around 22% of the population live in urban regions and around 78% in rural regions. 838,793 men, 788,294 women and 45 transgender people live in 201,301 households , which results in a gender ratio of 106.4 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 44% (women: 28%, men: 60%) and thus below the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 380.229
1981 494,432
1998 852.995
2017 1,627,132

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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 .