Jhang (District)

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Jhang District
جھنگ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Jhang
Coordinates : 30 ° 35 '  N , 71 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 35 '0 "  N , 71 ° 39' 0"  E
Area : 8th 809  km²
 
Residents : 2,743,416 (2017)
Population density : 311 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Jhang district highlighted

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
1972 983.818
1981 1,276,864
1998 1,869,421
2017 2,743,416

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 .