Ghotki (District)

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Ghotki district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Are
Seat : Ghotki
Coordinates : 27 ° 49 '  N , 69 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 27 ° 49 '0 "  N , 69 ° 39' 0"  E
Area : 6th 083  km²
 
Residents : 1,646,318 (2017)
Population density : 271 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Ghotki district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​6083 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,646,318 inhabitants. The population density is 271 inhabitants / km². The Sindhi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the north of Sindh Province, which is located in southeastern Pakistan. The district borders the Punjab Province and India .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into five tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.82% annually. Around 25% of the population live in urban regions and around 75% in rural regions. 849,226 men, 797,051 women and 41 transgender people live in 296,670 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 106.7 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 51% (women: 20%, men: 60%) and thus below the average of the Sindh province of 60%.

year population
1972 401.318
1981 558.058
1998 968.797
2017 1,646,318

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 .