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Khanewal District

Khanewal District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع خانیوال Zilā khānēvāla) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 2,068,490, of which 17.42% was urban. Khanewal is located at latitude and longitude 30°18' and 71°55'0E respectively with an altitude of 128 metres.

For the purpose of administration, District Khanewal is divided into 4 tehsils i.e. Khanewal, Mian Channu, Jahanian and Kabirwala and 168 union councils including 114 rural and 54 urban whose elected representatives formulate the district and Tehsil councils.

The district comprises 4 constituencies of the National Assembly and 7 of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. The district contains four tehsils which are as following:

Khanewal district is located at an average elevation of 130 metres above sea level with highest elevation of 252 metres at the town of Attari. This district is situated in the center of the country at an almost equal distance from Karachi and Peshawar and on the main routes of the railway and the Grand Trunk Road. It is also connected to Lahore Multan motorway. The district is bounded on the north by Jhang District and Toba Tek Singh District; on the south by Vehari District; on the east by Sahiwal District and on the west by Multan.

As of the 2023 census, Khanewal district has 526,196 households and a population of 3,364,077. The district has a sex ratio of 106.48 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 60.97%: 69.26% for males and 52.18% for females. 907,441 (26.98% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 716,786 (21.31%) live in urban areas.

At the time of the 2023 census, 70.41% of the population spoke Punjabi, 19.41% Saraiki, 8.05% Urdu and 1.09% Pashto as their first language.

According to the census of 1998, Punjabi is the most widely spoken first language, accounting for 81% of the population. Urdu was the native language of 7.8% (although almost all of the inhabitants of the district use it as a second language), Saraiki is native to 5.8% and Pashto – to 1.1%.

The main tribes and clans include: Niazi Afghans, Daduana, Khichi, Kamboh, Matyana, Gujjar, Doltana, Sahu, Rajputs (Rana), Rajpoot Dhudhi, Awan, Sheikh, Jatt, Bucha, Nikyana Sial, Siyal, Arain, Bhati, Baloch, Khokhars Mayo Solgi (Jutt) and Toru.

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