Marot

Marot

مروٹ
Marot مروٹ
City
	Fort Marot
	Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan
	Marot
	Coordinates: 28°31′N 71°30′E / 28.51°N 71.50°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Bahawalnagar
Tehsil	Fort Abbas
Population
• Total	280,000
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	62000
Dialling code	063
Number of Union councils	4
	Marot Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement.

Marot (Punjabi, Urdu: مروٹ) is a city in Bahawalnagar District in Punjab, Pakistan. This city is situated at the border with India. This city is situated 50 km from Fort Abbas, 160 km from Bahawalnagar and 100 km from Bahawalpur. The population of the city is estimated 20,000, with some 280,000 in the entire district. It contains some notable forts such as Marot Fort, Jaamgarh, Mojgarh and Meergarh.

Local people are largely associated with farming and major crops are wheat, cotton, mustard and sugarcane.

The spoken languages are Punjabi and Urdu.