Narowal District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضِلع نارووال), 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]
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Narowal District
ضِلع نارووال | |
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District of Punjab | |
![]() Gurudwara Darbar Singh, Kartarpur | |
![]() Map of Narowal in Punjab | |
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Province | ![]() |
Division | Gujranwala |
Headquarters | Narowal |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 2,337 km2 (902 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,707,575 |
• Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Website | narowal |
The district is administratively divided into the following three tehsils (subdivisions), which contain a total of 74 Union Councils:[3]
Tehsil | No. of Unions |
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Narowal | 28 |
Shakargarh | 28 |
Zafarwal | 26 |
Total | 82 |
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 4,623 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] According to the 2017 census, total population of District Narowal is 1.709 million. Male population is 0.853 m (49.96%) and Female population is 0.855 m (50.04%).
According to the 2017 census, the population was 1,707,575 of which 1,450,918 (84.97%) was rural and 256,657 (15.03%) was urban. Muslims made up 97.42% of the population while Christians were 2.22% of the population.[1]
At the time of the 2017 census, 97.24% of the population spoke Punjabi and 1.66% Urdu as their first language.[1]
Religion | Population (1941)[6]: 60 | Percentage (1941) |
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Islam ![]() |
149,600 | 51.32% |
Hinduism ![]() |
116,553 | 39.98% |
Sikhism ![]() |
20,573 | 7.06% |
Christianity ![]() |
4,779 | 1.64% |
Total Population | 291,505 | 100% |
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Districts of Punjab, Pakistan | ||
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Provincial capital: Lahore | ||
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Rawalpindi |
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Administrations: Narowal District and Gujranwala Division | |
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