Rajanpur (District)

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Rajanpur District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Rajanpur
Coordinates : 29 ° 6 ′  N , 70 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 29 ° 6 ′ 17 ″  N , 70 ° 19 ′ 32 ″  E
Area : 12,319 km²
 
Residents : 1,995,958 (2017)
Population density : 162 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Rajanpur district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​12,319 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,995,958 inhabitants. The population density is 162 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

The district is known for growing cotton .

location

The district is located in the south of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. The Indus flows through the district.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

history

The district was created in 1982 from parts of Dera Ghazi Khan .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew at an annual rate of 3.16% and therefore very quickly. Around 17% of the population live in urban regions and around 83% in rural regions. 1,028,015 men, 967,878 women and 65 transgender people live in 262,490 households , which results in a gender ratio of 106.2 men per 100 women, which is a frequent male surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 38% (women: 25%, men: 51%), making it the lowest in the Punjab Province.

year population
1972 456.391
1981 638.921
1998 1,103,618
2017 1,995,958

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 .