Mansehra (District)

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Mansehra District
ضِلع مانسہہ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Mansehra
Coordinates : 34 ° 39 ′  N , 73 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 38 ′ 53 "  N , 73 ° 28 ′ 3"  E
Area : 4th 579  km²
 
Residents : 1,556,460 (2017)
Population density : 340 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Mansehra district highlighted

The Mansehra District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Mansehra .

The district has an area of ​​4579 km² and according to the census of 2017 1,556,460 inhabitants. The population density is 340 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the north of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is in the north of Pakistan.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.44% annually. About 9% of the population live in urban areas and about 91% in rural areas. 772,123 men, 784,181 women and 156 transgender people live in 239,275 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 98.5 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 64% (women: 52%, men: 78%) and thus above the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 638.504
1981 631.012
1998 978.157
2017 1,556,460

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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 .