Pakpattan District ضلع پاکپتّن | |
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  Top: Mosque at shrine ofFariduddin Ganjshakar Bottom: Tibbi Lal Baig | |
 Location of Pakpattan in Punjab. | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sahiwal |
| Headquarters | Pakpattan |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| 2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi) | |
| Population | |
| 2,136,170 | |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 472,575 |
| • Rural | 1,663,595 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0457 |
| Number ofTehsils | 2 |
| Website | pakpattan |
Pakpattan District (Punjabi andPunjabi:ضلع پاکپتّن), is adistrict ofPunjab province inPakistan,Pakpattan city is the district capital.
The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63Union Councils:[3]
| Tehsil[4] | Area (km²)[5] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate (2023)[6] | Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arifwala[3] | 1,241 | 999,278 | 805.22 | 58.24% | 33 |
| Pakpattan[3] | 1,483 | 1,136,892 | 766.62 | 56.11% | 30 |
The capital Pakpattan is located about 169 km fromLahore and 205 km fromMultan. The district is bounded to the northwest bySahiwal District, to the north byOkara District, to the southeast by theSutlej River andBahawalnagar District, and to the southwest byVehari District.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 380,678 | — |
| 1961 | 440,091 | +1.46% |
| 1972 | 615,742 | +3.10% |
| 1981 | 843,623 | +3.56% |
| 1998 | 1,286,680 | +2.51% |
| 2017 | 1,824,228 | +1.85% |
| 2023 | 2,136,170 | +2.67% |
| Sources:[7] | ||
As of the2023 census, Pakpattan district has 344,546 households and a population of 2,136,170. The district has a sex ratio of 103.30 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.13%: 64.70% for males and 49.27% for females.[1][8] 613,557 (28.73% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[9] 472,575 (22.12%) live in urban areas.[1]
| Religion in Pakpattan district (2023)[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 99.49% | |||
| Christianity | 0.50% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.01% | |||
| Religion | 1941[11]: 42 [a] | 2017[12] | 2023[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 214,966 | 64.46% | 1,818,324 | 99.68% | 2,124,641 | 99.49% |
Hinduism [b] | 61,197 | 18.35% | 97 | 0.01% | 61 | 0% |
Sikhism | 54,047 | 16.21% | — | — | 22 | 0% |
Christianity | 3,234 | 0.97% | 5,741 | 0.31% | 10,655 | 0.50% |
| Ahmadi | — | — | 58 | 0% | 51 | 0% |
| Others[c] | 31 | 0.01% | 8 | 0% | 81 | 0% |
| Total Population | 333,475 | 100% | 1,824,228 | 100% | 2,135,511 | 100% |
At the time of the 2023 census, 95.42% of the population spokePunjabi and 3.50%Urdu as their first language.[13]
According to the 1998 census, the predominant first language[14] isPunjabi, spoken by 95.9% of the population, followed byUrdu with 3.7%.[15]: 17 Haryanvi, also calledRangari, is spoken amongRanghar,Rajput, while theMeo have their own language which is calledMewati.
Provincial capital:Lahore | ||
| Bahawalpur |  | |
| Dera Ghazi Khan | ||
| Faisalabad | ||
| Gujranwala | ||
| Gujrat | ||
| Lahore | ||
| Mianwali | ||
| Multan | ||
| Rawalpindi | ||
| Sahiwal | ||
| Sargodha | ||
30°18′N73°16′E / 30.300°N 73.267°E /30.300; 73.267
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