Multan (District)

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Multan District
ضِلع مُلتان
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Multan
Coordinates : 29 ° 56 '  N , 71 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 29 ° 56 '0 "  N , 71 ° 22' 0"  E
Area : 3 721  km²
 
Residents : 4,745,109 (2017)
Population density : 1,275 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Multan district highlighted

Multan District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Multan .

The district has an area of ​​3721 km² and according to the 2017 census 4,745,109 inhabitants. The population density is 1275 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

geography

The Multan district is in the north and northeast of Khanewal , in the east of Vehari and south of Lodhran surrounded. The Chenab River forms the western border with Muzaffargarh .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.32% annually. About 43% of the population live in urban areas and about 57% in rural areas. 2,437,412 men, 2,307,504 women and 193 transgender people live in 760,858 households , which results in a gender ratio of 105.6 men per 100 women and thus the usual surplus of men in Pakistan.

year population
1972 1,506,223
1981 1,970,075
1998 3,116,851
2017 4,745,109

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 .