Okara District
ضلع اوكاڑہ | |
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 Location of Okara in Punjab. | |
| Coordinates: 30°48′05″N 73°26′54″E / 30.801380°N 73.448334°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sahiwal |
| Headquarters | Okara |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Doctor Zeeshan Hanif[1] |
| • District Police Officer | Mansoor Aman |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • District of Punjab | 4,377 km2 (1,690 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • District of Punjab | 3,515,490 |
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,187,504 |
| • Rural | 2,327,986 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 044 |
| Tehsils | Depalpur Okara Renala Khurd |
| Number of Union councils | 10 |
| Website | okara |
Okara District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع اوكاڑہ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. It became a separate district in 1982, prior to that it was part of Sahiwal District.[4] The Multan Road connects the district capital, Okara with Lahore 110 km away and Faisalabad is 100 km.
- ^ "Punjab CM appoints juniors as DCs in 22 districts". Pakistan Observer (newspaper). February 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ History of Okara District on Cantonment Board Okara website Government of Pakistan website, Retrieved 12 April 2021