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Shakargarh
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Shakargarh (Punjabi, ), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District in Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Kathua District to the east and Zafarwal Tehsil to the west. Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise. The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E on the west bank of the Ravi River. The Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of which form the Tehsil capital Shakargarh.
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- Settlement.name
- Shakargarh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Narowal
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Shakargarh
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1912
- Settlement.established_title2
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1912
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 126742
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Shakargarh Tehsil
- Population
- 73160
- Area
- 1272
- Capital of
- Shakargarh Tehsil
- Image
- Shakargarh.jpeg
- Dialing code
- 0542
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- inception
- 1912-01-01
- Commons category
- Shakar Garh, Pakistan
- P12749
- Dalnegorsk
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Shakargarh (Punjabi, ), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District in Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Kathua District to the east and Zafarwal Tehsil to the west. Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise. The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E on the west bank of the Ravi River. The Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of which form the Tehsil capital Shakargarh.
==Demographics== The total area of Shakargarh Tehsil is about 1,272 square kilometres. According to the 1998 census, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097 of which only 12.11% were urban. The Tehsil's population is 80 percent Gujars and 20 percent others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shakargarh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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