Muzaffargarh (District)

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Muzaffargarh District
ضِلع مُظفّرگڑھ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Muzaffargarh
Coordinates : 30 ° 20 '  N , 71 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 20 '0 "  N , 71 ° 5' 0"  E
Area : 8th 249  km²
 
Residents : 4,322,009 (2017)
Population density : 524 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Muzaffargarh district highlighted
Cotton cultivation in Muzaffargarh

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

The district has an area of ​​8249 km² and according to the 2017 census 4,322,009 inhabitants. The population density is 524 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :

history

The city of Muzaffargarh was founded in 1794 by the governor of Multan , Nawab Muzaffar Khan .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.63% annually. Around 16% of the population live in urban regions and around 84% in rural regions. In 667,515 households there are 2,218,744 men, 2,103,132 women and 133 transgender people , which results in a gender ratio of 105.5 men per 100 women and thus the usual surplus of men in Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 45% (women: 31%, men: 59%) and thus below the average of the Punjab province of 63%.

year population
1972 1,069,358
1981 1,497,736
1998 2,635,903
2017 4,322,009

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 .