Rahimyar Khan (District)

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Rahimyar Khan District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Rahimyar Khan
Coordinates : 28 ° 25 ′  N , 70 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 25 ′ 12 ″  N , 70 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 11,880 km²
 
Residents : 4,814,006 (2017)
Population density : 405 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Rahimyar Khan district highlighted

The Rahimyar Khan District or Rahim Yar Khan is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Rahimyar Khan .

The district has an area of ​​11,880 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 4,814,006 inhabitants. The population density is 405 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

geography

The district's river basin is located near the eastern bank of the Indus and Panjnad Rivers . The Rahimyar Khan District borders in the north on Muzaffargarh , in the east on the Bahawalpur , in the south on Jaisalmer ( India ) and Ghotki in the Sindh province and in the west on the Rajanpur .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.27% annually. Around 21% of the population live in urban regions and around 79% in rural regions. 2,467,840 men, 2,345,938 women and 228 transgender people live in 701,520 households , which results in a gender ratio of 105.2 men per 100 women and thus a male surplus typical for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age is 45% (women: 33%, men: 57%) and is thus below the average of 63% in the Punjab Province.

year population
1972 1,398,879
1981 1,841,451
1998 3,141,053
2017 4,814,006

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 .