Jafarabad (District)

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Jafarabad District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Dera Allah Yar
Coordinates : 28 ° 25 ′  N , 68 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 68 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 2 445  km²
 
Residents : 513,813 (2017)
Population density : 210 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Jafarabad district highlighted

The district Jafarabad is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Baluchistan . The seat of the district administration is the city of Dera Allah Yar .

The district has an area of ​​2,445 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 513,813 inhabitants. The population density is 210 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located to the east of the Balochistan Province, which is located in the west of Pakistan and borders the much more populous Sindh Province .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 3.02% annually. Around 31% of the population live in urban regions and around 69% in rural regions. 262,336 men, 251,467 women and 10 transgender people live in 79,273 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 104.3 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population aged 10 and over was 36% (women: 15%, men: 55%).

year population
1998 291,290
2017 513.813

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 .