- Narowal District
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Narowal District — District — Location of Narowal in Punjab.
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PakistanProvince Punjab Capital Narowal Established Government – Chairman District Public Safety Commission, Narowal Chaudhary Irfan Abid Area – Total 2,337 km2 (902.3 sq mi) Population (1998) – Total 1,156,097 – Density 538/km2 (1,393.4/sq mi) Time zone PST (UTC+5) District Council Number of Tehsils 3 Narowal District (Urdu: ضلع نارووال) is a district in the province of Punjab of Pakistan. Narowal city is the capital of the district. Narowal District is divided into three tehsils: Narowal, Shakargarh and Zafarwal. Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Shakargarh town was the headquarters of Shakargarh Tehsil, which was a subdivision of the Gurdaspur District of British India. Under the Radcliffe Award, the tehsil of Shakargarh was transferred to Pakistan and attached to Sialkot District. On July 1, 1991, Narowal and Shakargarh were removed from Sialkot District to form Narowal District.
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Boundaries
The district is bounded on the northwest by Sialkot District, on the north by Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, on the southeast by the contested Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district (Republic of India), on the south by Amritsar district (Republic of India) and on the southwest by Sheikhupura District in Pakistan.
Demography
The total area of the district is approximately 2,337 square kilometres. Prior to the creation of Zafarwal Tehsil in July 2009,[1] 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 urban.[2]
Notable Residents
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Urdu poet from the village of Kala Qadir
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Longest serving Parliamentarian from 1951 to 1999.
- Dr. Tahir Ali Javed, Ex Health Minister and Special Education Minister (Punjab)
- ^ "Zafarwal to become tehsil on July 1". Dawn. Feb 2, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Urban Resource Centre - Population table
- , Head of Unification Bloc, MPA
- Dr. Naimat Ali Javed, Ex District Nazim Narowal, Heavy Water Nuclear Scientist, N.A. Javed, Director of Directorate of Quality Assurance (DQA).
- Ahsan Iqbal, MNA Narowal.
Basic Statistics of the District Narowal
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Population:
1.4 million 02
Urban:
22% 03
Rural:
78% 04
Population Density:
541 per sq km 05
No. House holds:
206,000 06
No. of Union Councils:
74 07
No. of villages:
1250 08
Literacy Rate:
62% 09
Lit. Rate (male)
72% 10
Lit. Rate (female)
41% 11
Tehsils
3 12
National Assembly Constituencies
3+1 = 4 13
Provincial Assembly Constituencies
5 14
Union Councils
74 15
Zila Council Members
108 16
Elected Representatives
1031 17
Villages
1316 18
Literacy Rate
70% 19
Population (Million)
1.265 20
Rural / Urban Ratio
88:12
References
N.A. Javed, Director of Directorate of Quality Assurance (DQA).
External links
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Coordinates: 32°13′N 74°57′E / 32.217°N 74.95°ECategories:- Narowal District
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