Pakpattan (district)

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Pakpattan District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Pakpattan
Coordinates : 30 ° 18 ′  N , 73 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 73 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 2 724  km²
 
Residents : 1,823,687 (2017)
Population density : 669 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Pakpattan district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​2724 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,823,687 inhabitants. The population density is 669 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the east of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. The capital Pakpattan is about 169 km from Lahore and 205 km from Multan . The district is bordered in the northwest by Sahiwal , in the north by the Okara , in the southeast by the Satlej River and Bahawalnagar and in the southwest by Vehari .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into two tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.85% annually. Around 16% of the population live in urban regions and around 84% in rural regions. 927,881 men, 895,656 women and 150 transgender people live in 304,405 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 103.6 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan. The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 51% (women: 40%, men: 63%) and is thus below the Punjab province average of 63%.

year population
1972 615.742
1981 843,623
1998 1,286,680
2017 1,823,687

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 .