Khushab (district)

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Khushab district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Jauharabad
Coordinates : 32 ° 18 '  N , 72 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 18 '0 "  N , 72 ° 20' 24"  E
Area : 6th 511  km²
 
Residents : 1,281,299 (2017)
Population density : 197 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Khushab district highlighted
Landscape with lake

The Khushab District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Jauharabad .

The district has an area of ​​6511 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,281,299 inhabitants. The population density is 197 inhabitants / km². The Punjabi 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.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :

history

The modern district emerged in 1982 from parts of the Sargodha district .

On March 21, 2000, an article in the Christian Science Monitor alleged that satellite photos revealed a nuclear reactor and missile base near the town of Khushab.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.84% annually. Around 28% of the population live in urban regions and around 72% in rural regions. 638,071 men, 643,181 women and 47 transgender people live in 211,686 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 99.2 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 59% (women: 44%, men: 75%) and is thus slightly below the Punjab province average of 63%.

year population
1972 543.314
1981 641.366
1998 905.711
2017 1,281,299

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. ↑ Top-Secret Kodak Moment In Space Shakes Global Security, Christian Science Monitor (March 21, 2000).
  4. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .