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'''Shakargarh''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|تحصیل شکر گڑھ}}}}), is a [[tehsil]] located in [[Narowal District]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214003046/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat |date=2009-02-14 }}</ref> Shakargarh was only tehsil of district Gurdaspur which was included in Pakistan at the time of the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947. The '''literacy rate''' of Shakargarh is more than ''' |
'''Shakargarh''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|تحصیل شکر گڑھ}}}}), is a [[tehsil]] located in [[Narowal District]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214003046/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=10&dn=Gujrat |date=2009-02-14 }}</ref> Shakargarh was only tehsil of district Gurdaspur which was included in Pakistan at the time of the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] in 1947. The '''literacy rate''' of Shakargarh is more than '''97.6%'''. The literacy rate of this tehsil is '''highest''' in all over the Pakistan. |
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Revision as of 18:27, 4 November 2020
Shakargarh Tehsil
تحصیل شکر گڑھ | |
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Coordinates: 32°15′N 74°54′E / 32.25°N 74.90°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
District | Narowal |
Elevation | 268 m (879 ft) |
Population | |
• Tehsil | 674,223 |
• Urban | 82,294 |
• Rural | 591,929 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Calling code | +92542 |
Ghulam Haider (November 17, 2015). "Shakargarh" (bbs). Google Maps. |
Shakargarh (Urdu: تحصیل شکر گڑھ), is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.[2] Shakargarh was only tehsil of district Gurdaspur which was included in Pakistan at the time of the independence of Pakistan in 1947. The literacy rate of Shakargarh is more than 97.6%. The literacy rate of this tehsil is highest in all over the Pakistan.
Administration
The tehsil of Shakargarh is administratively subdivided into Union Councils, three of which form the tehsil capital Shakargarh. These are:[3]
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History
Sialkot was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of Sialkot District was transferred to Gurdaspur District [4] and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur District until Partition in 1947. Under Radcliffe Award, three of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of the Ujh river (which joined the Ravi a little further down) – the tahsils of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot – were awarded to India and only one, Shakargarh, was assigned to Pakistan.[5] After the creation of Pakistan, Shakargarh became a part of Sialkot District once again. In July 1991, two tehsils (Narowal and Shakargarh) were split off from Sialkot District[6] and Shakargarh became a tehsil of the newly formed Narowal District.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India, written over a hundred years ago during British rule, describes Shakargarh as follows:
Tahsīl of Gurdāspur District, Punjab, lying between 32°2' and 32° 30' N. and 74° 57' and 75° 23' E., with an area of 485 square miles (1,260 km2). The Ravi divides it from the rest of the District to the south, while on the north it touches Jammu territory. West of the narrow lowlands along the Ravi, the country is an arid expanse of rolling downs intersected by torrent beds. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. It contains 703 villages, of which Shakargarh is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,29,000.[7]
Famous People
- Nek Chand: Famous Indian Sculptor and creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh
- Dev Anand Famous Indian Bollywood Actor
- S M Zafar Former Minister Human Rights Lawyer in Pakistan
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi Famous Punjabi poet
References
- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 12, page 394 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library".
- ^ "Splitting India VII".
- ^ "Narowal - Punjab Portal". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 228 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". Retrieved 9 January 2017.