Shakargarh Tehsil

Shakargarh () is a tehsil located in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Gujrat - Government of Pakistan Shakargarh was the only one of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur district which was included in Pakistan at the time of the independence in 1947.

History Shakargarh became a tehsil in 1853. Its literacy rate is 97 percent. Sialkot was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of Sialkot district was transferred to Gurdaspur District and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur district until the Partition in 1947. Under the Radcliffe Award, three of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of the Ujh river (which joined the Ravi a little further down) – Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot – were awarded to India and only one, Shakargarh, was assigned to Pakistan. After the creation of Pakistan, Shakargarh became a part of Sialkot district once again. In July 1991, two tehsils (Narowal and Shakargarh) were split off from Sialkot district and Shakargarh became a tehsil of the newly formed Narowal district.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, written over a hundred years ago during British rule, describes Shakargarh as follows:

Tahsīl of Gurdāspur District, Punjab, lying between 32°2' and 32° 30' N. and 74° 57' and 75° 23' E., with an area of . The Ravi divides it from the rest of the District to the south, while on the north it touches Jammu territory. West of the narrow lowlands along the Ravi, the country is an arid expanse of rolling downs intersected by torrent beds. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. It contains 703 villages, of which Shakargarh is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,29,000.

Administration The tehsil of Shakargarh is administratively subdivided into union councils, three of which form the tehsil capital Shakargarh. These are:

Mallah Achli Akhlaspur Babral Bara Manga Chak Fatehpur Afghana Bhati Bua Shakargarh Badwal Bajjar Chak Chandwal Chatrana Darapur, Shakargarh|Darapur Darman, Shakargarh|Darman Dinga Dinga Narainpur Fatwal Gamrola Jamwal Kanjrur Mangri, Shakargarh|Mangri Masrur Nagwal Nurkot Rambari Shakargarh-I Shakargarh-II Shakargarh-III Shahpur

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Shakargarh Tehsil in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan, has a total population of 769,339, with 642,597 residing in rural areas and 126,742 in urban areas. The tehsil covers an area of 835 square kilometers, resulting in a population density of approximately 921.36 people per square kilometer. The literacy rate in Shakargarh Tehsil is 76.28%, with male literacy at 81.38% and female literacy at 70.95%. The average annual growth rate is 1.35.

Shakargarh city, the administrative center of the tehsil, has a population of 126,742 as of 2023.

Religion An overwhelming majority (99%) are Muslims with a small minority adhering to Christianity. Local Sikhs and Hindus.

+ Religion in Shakargarh Tehsil (1881–1941)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Hinduism 109,241 119,750 111,819 93,052 90,645 101,318 116,553 Islam 105,176 122,391 115,189 103,356 106,168 125,828 149,600 Sikhism 5,090 7,252 6,557 10,553 12,303 15,730 20,573 Christianity 4 943 900 3,486 3,733 4,487 4,779 Total Population 219,511 250,336 234,465 210,447 212,849 247,363 291,505

Tribes Gujjar and Jats are the predominant caste followed in order by Ansaris, Pathans, and Rajputs. The tehsil has one of the highest literacy rates in Pakistan at over 87%.

Notable people

Dev Anand : Indian Bollywood actor Anwar Aziz Chaudhry : Former member of the National Assembly and federal minister. Muhammad Tariq Anis : Ex Minister, MNA and MPA. Daniyal Aziz : Ex MNA Shiv Kumar Batalvi : Punjabi poet. Nek Chand : Indian sculptor and creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh Chaudhry Abdul Rahim : Ex MLA and MNA. He was given title of khan bahadur by British Raj. Gurbachan Singh Salaria : Captain of British Indian Army, he was awarded by Param Vir Chakra. S. M. Zafar : former minister, human rights lawyer in Pakistan

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