Narowal District
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Narowal District
ضِلع نارووال | |
|---|---|
 Location of Narowal in Punjab. | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Gujranwala Division |
| Headquarters | Narowal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,337 km2 (902 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,709,757 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Narowal District (Punjabi and Template:Lang-ur), is a district in the province of Punjab of Pakistan. Narowal city is the capital of the district. During the British rule, Narowal was the town of Raya Khas tehsil of Sialkot District. Narowal District formed in 1991, when the two tehsils of Narowal and Shakargarh were split off from Sialkot District.[2]
Administration
The district is administratively divided into the following three tehsils (subdivisions), which contain a total of 74 Union Councils:[3]
| Tehsil | No. of Unions |
|---|---|
| Narowal | 28 |
| Shakargarh | 28 |
| Zafarwal | 26 |
| Total | 82 |
Geography
The district is bounded by on the northwest by Sialkot, by India on the north by Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, on the southeast by the Gurdaspur district and Pathankot district, on the south by Amritsar district, and on the southwest by Sheikhupura district in Pakistan.
The total area of the district is approximately 2,337 square kilometres. Prior to the creation of Zafarwal Tehsil in July 2009,[4] 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 urbans.[5]
Demography
According to the 1998 census, the district has a population of 1,265,000, 12% of which is urban.[6]: 19 The predominant language is Punjabi, which was the first language[7] of 98% of the population, while Urdu accounted for 1.2%.[6]: 24
Notable people from Narowal District
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet.[8]
- Ahsan Iqbal, Interior Minister of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi, One of the founding fathers of Pakistan and the first education minister of Pakistan
- Dev Anand, Bollywood actor, director & producer
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi poet
- Abrar-ul-Haq, Singer-songwriter, Philanthropist, Politician
- Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, writer
- Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, politician
- Daniyal Aziz, State Minister of Broadcasting
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving Parliamentarian in the history of Pakistan.
- Z. A. Suleri, political journalist
- Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed, justice
- Adnan Ilyas Sulehri, cricketer
- Des Raj, cricket umpire
- Gurbachan Singh Salaria, Indian Army Officer
See also
References
- ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Narowal - Punjab Portal". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Narowal". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Zafarwal to become tehsil on July 1". Dawn. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Urban Resource Centre - Population table Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 1998 District Census report of Narowal. Census publication. Vol. 58. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
- ^ "Mother tongue": defined as the language of communication between parents and children and recorded of each individual.
- ^ "His family". Dawn. Pakistan. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
