Narowal Tehsil
Narowal Tehsil
تحصیل نارووال | |
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 Tehsil Municipal Administration logo | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Narowal |
| Capital | Narowal |
| Union councils | 39 |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,065 km2 (411 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 680,402 |
| • Density | 638.88/km2 (1,654.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 169,714 (24.94%) |
| • Rural | 510,688 (75.06%) |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Area code | 0542 |
| Number of Universities | 4 |
| Number of Medical Colleges | 2 |
Narowal (Urdu: تحصیل نارووال) is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 39 Union Councils, four of which form the tehsil capital Narowal.[3]
Demography
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 251,732 | — |
| 1961 | 266,153 | +0.56% |
| 1972 | 385,878 | +3.43% |
| 1981 | 443,374 | +1.56% |
| 1998 | 425,879 | −0.24% |
| 2017 | 596,539 | +1.79% |
| 2023 | 680,402 | +2.22% |
| Sources:[4] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Narowal tehsil has population of 680,402. Out of which, Urban population is 169,714 which is nearly 25% and rural population is 510,588.
As of the 2023 census, Narowal Tehsil has a total literacy rate of 76.78%, with male literacy at 80.61% and female literacy at 72.78%.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2024-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Narowal - Government of Pakistan Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.