Narowal Tehsil

Narowal (Urdu: تحصیل نارووال) is a tehsil (sub-division) of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 39 union councils, four of which form the tehsil capital Narowal.^[3]

Narowal Tehsil تحصیل نارووال
Tehsil
Tehsil Municipal Administration logo
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Narowal
Capital	Narowal
Union councils	39
Area
• Tehsil	1,065 km2 (411 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Tehsil	680,402
• Density	638.88/km2 (1,654.7/sq mi)
• Urban	169,714 (24.94%)
• Rural	510,688 (75.06%)
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (76.78%) Male: (80.61%) Female: (72.78%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code	0542
Number of Universities	4
Number of Medical Colleges	2

Demographics

Population

Historical population

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][5]

As of the 2023 census, Narowal tehsil has a population of 680,402, of which urban population is 169,714 and rural population 510,588.^[6]

As of the 2023 census, Narowal Tehsil has overall literacy rate of 76.78%, with male literacy at 80.61% and female literacy at 72.78%.^[7]

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan
  • Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Tehsils of Sindh
  • Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
  • Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan