Hafizabad (District)

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Hafizabad District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Hafizabad
Coordinates : 32 ° 4 '  N , 73 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 4 '12 "  N , 73 ° 40' 48"  E
Area : 2 367  km²
 
Residents : 1,156,957 (2017)
Population density : 489 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Hafizabad district highlighted

The district Hafizabad is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Punjab . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Hafizabad .

The district has an area of ​​2367 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 1,156,957 inhabitants. The population density is 796 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

geography

The Chanab River forms the northern and northwestern borders of the district. Hafizabad borders the Sheikhupura and Gujranwala districts in the east, the Mandi Bahauddin district in the north, the Sargodha district in the west, the Faisalabad district and the Chiniot district in the south. Hafizabad is 303 km from the federal capital Islamabad and 109 km from the provincial capital Lahore .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.74% annually. About 26% of the population live in urban areas and about 74% in rural areas. 584,823 men, 572,083 women and 51 transgender people live in 175,180 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 102.2 men per 100 women, which is a frequent male surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age is 60% (women: 53%, men: 67%) and is thus below the average of 63% in the Punjab Province.

year population
1972 444.187
1981 567,572
1998 832.980
2017 1,156,957

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 .