Gujrat (District)

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Gujrat District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Gujrat
Coordinates : 32 ° 35 ′  N , 73 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 73 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 3 192  km²
 
Residents : 2,756,110 (2017)
Population density : 863 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Gujrat district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​3,192 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 2,756,110 inhabitants. The population density is 863 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the north of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. Gujrat is located between the two famous rivers Jhelam and Chanab . The district is bounded to the northeast by Mirpur , to the northwest by the Jhelam River, which separates it from the Jhelam District , to the east and southeast by the Chenab River, which separates it from the Gujranwala and Sialkot districts , and to the west by Mandi Bahauddin .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.57% annually. About 30% of the population live in urban areas and about 70% in rural areas. 1,335,339 men, 1,420,628 women and 143 transgender people live in 442,399 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 94 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 75% (women: 71%, men: 80%) and thus well above the average of the Punjab province of 63%.

year population
1972 1,177,345
1981 1,408,585
1998 2,048,008
2017 2,756,110

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 .