Narowal (District)

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Narowal District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Narowal
Coordinates : 32 ° 13 ′  N , 74 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 74 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 2 337  km²
 
Residents : 1,709,757 (2017)
Population density : 732 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Narowal district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​2337 km² and 1,709,757 inhabitants according to the 2017 census. The population density is 730 inhabitants / km². The Punjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the northeast of the Punjab Province, which is in the east of Pakistan. It borders the disputed region of Kashmir and India .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

history

In 1991, the Narowal District was created from parts of Sialkot.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.59% annually. Around 15% of the population live in urban regions and around 85% in rural regions. 841,950 men, 867,712 women and 95 transgender people live in 239,916 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 97 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan.

year population
1972 834.501
1981 908.977
1998 1,265,097
2017 1,709,757

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 .