Shakargarh ( ur, ), the capital of

Shakargarh Tehsil Shakargarh ( ur, ), is a ''tehsil'' located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. Shakargarh was the only ''tehsil'' of Gurdaspur district which was included in Pakistan at the time of the independence in 1947. The literacy rate of Shakargarh i ...

, is a city in the north-eastern part of

Narowal District Narowal District (Punjabi and ur, ), 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 ...

in the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

province of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It borders

Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of ...

, India to the north and

Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka ...

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 and is situated at the west bank of the

Ravi River The Ravi River () is a transboundary river crossing northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of five rivers associated with the Punjab region. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two other rivers were ...

. The Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 Union Councils, three of which form the Tehsil capital Shakargarh.

Demographics

The total area of Shakargarh is approximately 1,272 square kilometres. According to the 1998

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097 of which only 12.11% were urban. The Tehsil's population is 80 percent

Gujjar Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were tradi ...

and 20 percent others.Urban Resource Center (1998 Census details)

References

External links

* Shakargarh Official Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/Shakargarh.net.official * Shakargarh Official Website : https://shakargarh.net * {{cite web, url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shakar+Garh,+Pakistan/@32.258917,75.142418,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x391c08a02487f46f:0x8c8736f222ef126f, title=Shakargarh, publisher=Google Maps, format=bbs, date= November 17, 2015 Populated places in Narowal District Cities in Punjab (Pakistan) ur:شکرگڑھ