Pakpattan District
Pakpattan District, is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan city is the district capital.
Administrative division
The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils:| Tehsil | Area | Pop. | Density | Literacy rate | Union Councils |
| Arifwala | 1,641 | 1,999,278 | 805.22 | 58.24% | 33 |
| Pakpattan | 1,483 | 1,136,892 | 766.62 | 56.11% | 30 |
| Qabola | 483 | 136,892 | 766.62 | 56.11% | 23 |
Location
The capital Pakpattan is located about 169 km from Lahore and 205 km from Multan. The district is bounded to the northwest by Sahiwal District, to the north by Okara District, to the southeast by the Sutlej River and Bahawalnagar District, and to the southwest by Vehari District.Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Pakpattan district has 344,546 households and a population of 2,136,170. The district has a sex ratio of 103.30 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.13%: 64.70% for males and 49.27% for females. 613,557 are under 10 years of age. 472,575 live in urban areas.At the time of the 2023 census, 95.42% of the population spoke Punjabi and 3.50% Urdu as their first language.
According to the 1998 census, the predominant first language is Punjabi, spoken by 95.9% of the population, followed by Urdu with 3.7%.Haryanvi, also called Rangari, is spoken among Ranghar, Rajput, while the Meo have their own language which is called Mewati.