Mandi Bahauddin (District)

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Mandi Bahauddin District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Mandi Bahauddin
Coordinates : 32 ° 35 ′  N , 73 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 73 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 2 673  km²
 
Residents : 1,593,292 (2017)
Population density : 596 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Mandi Bahauddin district highlighted

The Mandi Bahauddin District also Mandi Baha ud Din is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Mandi Bahauddin .

The district has an area of ​​2673 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,593,292 inhabitants. The population density is 596 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi 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. It is bordered to the northwest by the Jhelam River , to the southeast by the Chanab River (which separates it from the Gujranwala District and Gujrat District ), and to the southwest by the Sargodha District .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.68% annually. Around 14% of the population live in urban areas and around 86% in rural areas. 776,205 men, 816,971 women and 116 transgender people live in 252,120 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 95 men per 100 women and thus a rare excess of women for Pakistan.

year population
1972 721.833
1981 846.114
1998 1,160,552
2017 1,593,292

education

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 65% (women: 59%, men: 71%) and was thus above the Punjab province average of 63%.

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 .