Faisalabad (District)

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Faisalabad District
ضلع فیصل آباد
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Faisalabad
Coordinates : 31 ° 25 '  N , 73 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 25 '5 "  N , 73 ° 4' 39"  E
Area : 5 856  km²
 
Residents : 7,873,910 (2017)
Population density : 1,345 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Faisalabad district highlighted

The Faisalabad District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Faisalabad . Faisalabad is an urban district and includes Faisalabad (approx. 3.2 million inhabitants), the third largest city in the country.

The district has an area of ​​5856 km² and according to the census of 2017 7,873,910 inhabitants. The population density is 1345 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.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.97% annually. Around 52% of the population live in urban regions and around 48% in rural regions. There are 4,034,515 men, 3,838,854 women and 541 transgender people living in 1,225,266 households , which results in a gender ratio of 105.1 men per 100 women, which is the usual surplus of men in Pakistan.

year population
1972 3,163,756
1981 3,561,909
1998 5,429,547
2017 7,873,910

education

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 69% (women: 63%, men: 74%) and was thus above the Punjab province average of 63%.

gallery

  • Faisalabad Railway Station

  • Faisalabad city

  • Rural region

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 .