Dera Ismail Khan (District)
Dera Ismail Khan district | |
State : | Pakistan |
Province : | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Seat : | Dera Ismail Khan |
Coordinates : | 32 ° 0 ′ N , 70 ° 30 ′ E |
Area : | 9 334 km² |
Residents : | 1,627,132 (2017) |
Population density : | 174 inhabitants per km² |
Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) |
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 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .