Shakargarh (Urdu: تحصیل شکر گڑھ), is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.[2] Shakargarh was only tehsil of district Gurdaspur which was included in Pakistan at the time of the independence of Pakistan in 1947. The literacy rate of Shakargarh is more than 97.6%, the highest in Pakistan. Pakistan Standard Time is also referenced from Shakargarh.

Shakargarh Tehsil تحصیل شکر گڑھ
Tehsil
Shakargarh Tehsil
Coordinates: 32.25°N 74.90°E / 32.25; 74.90
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Narowal
Elevation	268 m (879 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Tehsil	674,223
• Urban	82,294
• Rural	591,929
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	+92542
Website	https://shakargarh.net
Ghulam Haider (November 17, 2015). "Shakargarh" (bbs). Google Maps.

Administration

The tehsil of Shakargarh is administratively subdivided into Union Councils, three of which form the tehsil capital Shakargarh. These are:[3]

History

Sialkot was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of Sialkot District was transferred to Gurdaspur District[4] and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur District until Partition in 1947. Under Radcliffe Award, three of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of the Ujh river (which joined the Ravi a little further down) – the tahsils of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot – were awarded to India and only one, Shakargarh, was assigned to Pakistan.[5] After the creation of Pakistan, Shakargarh became a part of Sialkot District once again. In July 1991, two tehsils (Narowal and Shakargarh) were split off from Sialkot District[6] and Shakargarh became a tehsil of the newly formed Narowal District.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, written over a hundred years ago during British rule, describes Shakargarh as follows:

Tahsīl of Gurdāspur District, Punjab, lying between 32°2' and 32° 30' N. and 74° 57' and 75° 23' E., with an area of 485 square miles (1,260 km²). The Ravi divides it from the rest of the District to the south, while on the north it touches Jammu territory. West of the narrow lowlands along the Ravi, the country is an arid expanse of rolling downs intersected by torrent beds. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. It contains 703 villages, of which Shakargarh is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,29,000.[7]

Demographics

Religion in Shakargarh Tehsil (1941)[lower-alpha 1]

Religion	Population (1941)[8]: 60	Percentage (1941)
Islam	149,600	51.32%
Hinduism [lower-alpha 2]	116,553	39.98%
Sikhism	20,573	7.06%
Christianity	4,779	1.64%
Total Population	291,505	100%

Famous People

• Danyal Aziz : Former member of National Assembly of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• Nek Chand: Famous Indian Sculptor and creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh
• Dev Anand Famous Indian Bollywood Actor
• S M Zafar Former Minister Human Rights Lawyer in Pakistan
• Shiv Kumar Batalvi Famous Punjabi poet
• Ch Amir Ahmed

Philanthropist in گھروٹہ

References

External links

• Shakargarh Official Website : https://shakargarh.net