Jhang (District)
Jhang District جھنگ |
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State : | Pakistan |
Province : | Punjab |
Seat : | Jhang |
Coordinates : | 30 ° 35 ' N , 71 ° 39' E |
Area : | 8th 809 km² |
Residents : | 2,743,416 (2017) |
Population density : | 311 inhabitants per km² |
Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) |
Website : | |
Jhang District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Jhang .
The district has an area of 8809 km² and according to the 2017 census 2,743,416 inhabitants. The population density is 311 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 (Pakistan) .
history
In 2009, the Chiniot District was created from parts of Jhang.
Demographics
Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.04% annually. Around 21.8% of the population live in urban regions and around 78.2% in rural regions. 1,396,612 men, 1,346,660 women and 144 transgender people live in 427,390 households , which results in a gender ratio of 103.7 men per 100 women, which is the usual surplus of men in Pakistan.
The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 56% (women: 42%, men: 70%) and thus below the Punjab province average of 63%.
year | population |
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1972 | 983.818 |
1981 | 1,276,864 |
1998 | 1,869,421 |
2017 | 2,743,416 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .