Tank (district)

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District tank
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : tank
Coordinates : 32 ° 8 '  N , 70 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 7 '48 "  N , 70 ° 13' 48"  E
Area : 1 679  km²
 
Residents : 391,885 (2017)
Population density : 233 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Tank District highlighted

Tank District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . Seat of the district administration is the city tank .

The district has an area of ​​1679 km² and according to the 2017 census 391,885 inhabitants. The population density is 233 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the south of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

history

The district was created in 1992 from parts of Dera Ismail Khan .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.65% annually. Around 12% of the population live in urban regions and around 88% in rural regions. 200,687 men, 191,194 women and 4 transgender people live in 43,071 households , which results in a gender ratio of 105 men per 100 women and thus a frequent surplus of men for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 43% (women: 22%, men: 64%) and thus below the average of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 93,389
1981 141,062
1998 238.216
2017 391.885

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 .