Shakargarh
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Shakargarh
شکَرگڑھ | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s): Gateway of Mughals entering Gurdaspur and going to Delhi / City of the Braves | |
  Shakargarh  Shakargarh | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′46″N 75°9′30″E / 32.26278°N 75.15833°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Narowal District |
| Established | 1912 |
| Incorporated | 1912 |
| Population | |
• Total | 126,742 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area code | 0542 |
| Website | www |
Shakargarh (Urdu: شکَرگڑھ), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Jammu to the north and Sialkot to the west[2] Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise.[3] The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E and is situated at the west bank of the Ravi River.[4] The Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 Union Councils, three of which form the Tehsil capital Shakargarh.
Demographics
[edit]The total area of Shakargarh Tehsil is about 1,272 square kilometres. According to the 1998 census, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097 of which only 12.11% were urban. The Tehsil's population is 80 percent Gujjar and 20 percent others.[5]
Schools
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Shakargarh
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Narowal - Government of Pakistan Archived 1 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ .[1]
- ^ .Location of Shakargarr - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Urban Resource Center (1998 Census details) Archived 13 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Shakargarh Official Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/Shakargarh.net.official
- Shakargarh Official Website : https://shakargarh.net
- "Shakargarh" (bbs). Google Maps. 17 November 2015.