Shakargarh Tehsil

Shakargarh Tehsil

تحصیل شکرگڑھ
Tehsil
Nickname(s): 
Gateway of Mughals entering Gurdaspur and going to Delhi / City of the Braves
Shakargarh Tehsil is located in Pakistan
Shakargarh Tehsil
Shakargarh Tehsil
Coordinates: 32°15′N 74°54′E / 32.25°N 74.90°E / 32.25; 74.90
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionGujranwala
DistrictNarowal
Area
 • Tehsil835 km2 (322 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Tehsil769,339
 • Density921.36/km2 (2,386.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
126,742 (16.47%)
 • Rural
642,597
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (76.28%)
  • Male:
    (81.38%)
  • Female:
    (70.95%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code+92542
Websiteshakargarh.net
Ghulam Haider (November 17, 2015). "Shakargarh" (bbs). Google Maps.

Shakargarh (Punjabi: تحصیل شکر گڑھ), is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.[3] 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 is more than 97.6%, the highest in Pakistan. Pakistan Standard Time is referenced from Shakargarh.

  1. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2024-10-05. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine