Malakand (district)

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Malakand district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Batkhela
Coordinates : 34 ° 30 ′  N , 71 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 952 km²
 
Residents : 720,295 (2017)
Population density : 757 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Malakand district highlighted
Landscape in Malakand

Malakand District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Batkhela . The district has the status of a protected tribal area.

The district has an area of ​​952 km² and according to the 2017 census 720,295 inhabitants. The population density is 757 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the north of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is in the north of Pakistan. Malakand is surrounded by high mountains that are rich in natural resources.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.47% annually. About 9% of the population live in urban areas and about 91% in rural areas. 362,089 men, 358,203 women and 3 transgender people live in 91,414 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 101.1 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus of men for Pakistan.

year population
1972 185,872
1981 257.797
1998 452.291
2017 720.295

education

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 62% (women: 46%, men: 77%) and thus above the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

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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 .