Narowal District


Narowal District , 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.

Administration

The district is administratively divided into the following three tehsils, which contain a total of 74 Union Councils:
TehsilNo. of Unions
Narowal28
Shakargarh28
Zafarwal26
Total82

Geography

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 2,337 square kilometres. Prior to the creation of Zafarwal Tehsil in July 2009, Narowal Tehsil occupied 1,065 square kilometres while the remaining area 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.

Demography

According to the 1998 census, the district has a population of, % of which is urban. The predominant language is Punjabi, which was the first language of 98% of the population, while Urdu accounted for 1.2%.

Notable people from Narowal District