Pakpattan District

Pakpattan District (Punjabi and Punjabi: ضلع پاکپتّن), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan city is the district capital.

Pakpattan District ضلع پاکپتّن
District of Punjab
Top: Mosque at shrine of Fariduddin Ganjshakar Bottom: Tibbi Lal Baig
Location of Pakpattan in Punjab.
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Sahiwal
Headquarters	Pakpattan
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Punjab	2,724 km2 (1,052 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District of Punjab	2,136,170
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Urban	472,575
• Rural	1,663,595
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (57.13%) Male: (64.70%) Female: (49.27%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	0457
Number of Tehsils	2
Website	pakpattan.punjab.gov.pk

Administrative division

The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils:^[3]

Tehsil[4]	Area (km²)[5]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)[6]	Union Councils
Arifwala[3]	1,641	1,999,278	805.22	58.24%	33
Pakpattan[3]	1,483	1,136,892	766.62	56.11%	30
Qabola[3]	483	136,892	766.62	56.11%	23

Location

The capital Pakpattan is located about 169 km from Lahore and 205 km from Multan. The district is bounded to the northwest by Sahiwal District, to the north by Okara District, to the southeast by the Sutlej River and Bahawalnagar District, and to the southwest by Vehari District.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	380,678	—
1961	440,091	+1.46%
1972	615,742	+3.10%
1981	843,623	+3.56%
1998	1,286,680	+2.51%
2017	1,824,228	+1.85%
2023	2,136,170	+2.67%
Sources:[7]

As of the 2023 census, Pakpattan district has 344,546 households and a population of 2,136,170. The district has a sex ratio of 103.30 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.13%: 64.70% for males and 49.27% for females.^[1][8] 613,557 (28.73% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[9] 472,575 (22.12%) live in urban areas.^[1]

Religion in Pakpattan district (2023)[10]
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.49%
Christianity			0.50%
Other or not stated			0.01%

Religion in contemporary Pakpattan District

Religious group	1941[11]: 42		2017[12]		2023[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	214,966	64.46%	1,818,324	99.68%	2,124,641	99.49%
Hinduism [a]	61,197	18.35%	97	0.01%	61	0%
Sikhism	54,047	16.21%	—	—	22	0%
Christianity	3,234	0.97%	5,741	0.31%	10,655	0.5%
Ahmadi	—	—	58	0%	51	0%
Others[b]	31	0.01%	8	0%	81	0%
Total Population	333,475	100%	1,824,228	100%	2,135,511	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Pakpattan tehsil of the former Montgomery District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Pakpattan district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Languages of Pakpattan district (2023)^[13]

1. Punjabi (95.4%)
2. Urdu (3.50%)
3. Others (1.08%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 95.42% of the population spoke Punjabi and 3.50% Urdu as their first language.^[13]

According to the 1998 census, the predominant first language^[14] is Punjabi, spoken by 95.9% of the population, followed by Urdu with 3.7%.^[15]: 17Haryanvi, also called Rangari, is spoken among Ranghar, Rajput, while the Meo have their own language which is called Mewati.

Villages

• Chak 87 EB
• Chak Shafi
• Chak Kalyana

See also

• Pakpattan Canal

Notes

1. 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
2. Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated