Sialkot (District)

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Sialkot District
ضِلع سيالكوٹ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Sialkot
Coordinates : 32 ° 31 '  N , 74 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 31 '12 "  N , 74 ° 33' 0"  E
Area : 3 016  km²
 
Residents : 3,893,672 (2017)
Population density : 1,291 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Sialkot district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​3,016 km² and according to the 2017 census of 3,893,672 inhabitants. The population density is 1291 inhabitants / km². The Panjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the north of the Punjab Province (Pakistan) and borders the disputed Kashmir region .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.89% annually. Around 52% of the population live in urban regions and around 48% in rural regions. 1,921,643 men, 1,971,746 women and 283 transgender people live in 574,143 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 97.5 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan. The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 77% (women: 75%, men: 81%) and thus above the Punjab province average of 63%.

year population
1972 1,509,424
1981 1,802,505
1998 2,723,481
2017 3,893,672

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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 .