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Narowal District

Coordinates: 32°13′N 74°57′E / 32.217°N 74.950°E / 32.217; 74.950
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Narowal District
ضِلع نارووال
District of Punjab
Gurudwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur
Gurudwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur
Map of Narowal in Punjab
Map of Narowal in Punjab
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionGujranwala
HeadquartersNarowal
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerMuhammad Shahrukh
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Punjab
2,337 km2 (902 sq mi)
 • Rank113th in Pakistan
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Punjab
1,950,954
 • Rank42nd in Pakistan
 • Density830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
  • Rank29th in Pakistan
 • Urban
349,095 (17.89%)
 • Rural
1,601,859
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (75.28%)
  • Male:
    (79.89%)
  • Female:
    (70.49%)
Current constituencies
 • Constituencies
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0542
Number of Tehsils3
Number of Universities4
Number of Medical Colleges1
Websitenarowal.punjab.gov.pk

Narowal District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضِلع نارووال), located in upper punjab, is a district in the province of Punjab of Pakistan. Narowal city is the capital of the district. During the British rule, Narowal was the town of Raya Khas tehsil of Sialkot District. Narowal District formed in 1991, when the two tehsils of Narowal and Shakargarh were split off from Sialkot District.[3]

Administration

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The district is administratively divided into the following three tehsils (subdivisions), which contain a total of 74 Union Councils:[4]

Tehsil[5] Area

(km²)[6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[7]

Union Councils
Shakargarh 835 769,339 921.36 76.28% 28
Narowal 1,065 680,402 638.88 76.78% 28
Zafarwal 437 501,213 1,146.94 71.72% 26

Urban areas

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The district has six urban areas.

City Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Narowal 200 130,692 ... ...
Shakargarh ... 126,742 ... ...
Zafarwal 10 52,639 ... ...
Qila Sobha Singh ... 19,671 ... ...
Baddomalhi ... 19,351 ... ...
Talwandi Bhindran ... 13,000 ... ...

Geography

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The district is bounded by on the northwest by Sialkot, by India on the north by Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, on the southeast by the Gurdaspur district and Pathankot district, on the south by Amritsar district, and on the southwest by Sheikhupura district in Pakistan.

The total area of the district is approximately 2,337 square kilometres. Prior to the creation of Zafarwal Tehsil in July 2009,[8] Narowal Tehsil occupied 1,065 square kilometres while the remaining area (1,272 square kilometres) fell in Shakargarh Tehsil. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097, of which only 12.11% were urbans.[9] According to the 2017 census, total population of District Narowal is 1.709 million. Male population is 0.853 m (49.96%) and Female population is 0.855 m (50.04%).[1]

Demography

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 512,475—    
1961 550,425+0.72%
1972 834,501+3.86%
1981 908,977+0.95%
1998 1,265,097+1.96%
2017 1,707,575+1.59%
2023 1,950,954+2.25%
Sources:[10]

At the time of the 2017 census, Narowal had a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 73.51% - 79.40% for males and 67.97% for females. 256,657 (15.03%) lived in urban areas. 461,876 (27.05%) were under 10 years of age.[11] In 2023, the district had 281,628 households and a population of 1,950,954.[1] Population is growing at the rate of 2.25% annually. Total urban population stands at 17.89% whereas rural population stands at 82.11%.

Religion

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Religion in Narowal district (2023) [12]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 97.48%
Christianity
 
 2.22%
Other or not stated
 
 0.3%

In 2023, 97.48% of population adheres to Islam whereas 2.22% adheres of Christianity.

Religion in Narowal District[a]
Religion Population (1941)[13]: 60  Percentage (1941) Population (2023)[12] Percentage (2023)
Islam 296,582 53.05% 1,901,645 97.48%
Hinduism 170,883 30.56% 833 0.04%
Sikhism 67,267 12.03% 125 0%
Christianity 24,127 4.32% 43,421 2.22%
Ahmadi — — 4,491 0.2%
Others 244 0.04% 379 0%
Total Population 559,103 52.14% 1,950,769 100%

Language

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Languages of Narowal district (2023) [12]

  Punjabi (94.29%)
  Urdu (3.05%)
  Mewati (2.28%)
  Others (0.38%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 94.29% of the population spoke Punjabi, 3.05% Urdu, and 2.28% Mewati as their first language.[14]

Education

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List of Universities in Narowal:

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Narowal - Punjab Portal". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Narowal". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008.
  5. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  6. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Zafarwal to become tehsil on July 1". Dawn. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  9. ^ Urban Resource Centre - Population table Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ^ a b c "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Cite error: The named reference "2023 census" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  13. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  15. ^ "His family". Dawn. Pakistan. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  1. ^ 1941 figures are for Narowal tehsil of Sialkot district and Shakargarh tehsil of Gurdaspur district, which roughly matches present-day district borders. District was incorporated to take into account population increases during the post-independence era, which has resulted in various bifurcations of districts and tehsils across the historic Punjab Province region.
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32°13′N 74°57′E / 32.217°N 74.950°E / 32.217; 74.950

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