Mianwali (District)

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Mianwali District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Mianwali
Coordinates : 32 ° 0 ′  N , 71 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 5 840  km²
 
Residents : 1,546,094 (2017)
Population density : 265 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Mianwali district highlighted

The district Mianwali is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Punjab . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Mianwali .

The district has an area of ​​5840 km² and according to the census of 2017 1,546,094 inhabitants. The population density is 265 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 three tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.02% annually. Around 21% of the population live in urban regions and around 79% in rural regions. 774,060 men, 771,995 women and 39 transgender people live in 238,006 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 100.3 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

year population
1972 595.134
1981 711,529
1998 1,056,620
2017 1,546,094

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 58% (women: 41%, men: 78%) and is thus below 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 .