Mandi Bahauddin District

Mandi Bahauddin (Punjabi and ) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Located in central Punjab, the district is bordered on the northwest by the Jhelum River, on the southeast by the Chenab River (which separates it from Gujranwala and Gujrat districts), and on the southwest by Sargodha District. The district has an area of . Mandi district currently has a population of 1.5 million people, according to the 2023 census. In 1998, it had a population of 1.16 million people.

Administration Mandi Bahauddin is subdivided into three tehsils and 80 union councils: #TehsilsArea (km2)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km2)

(2023)Lit. rate (2023)Union Councils1Mandi Bahauddin759764,5321,007.2972.69%302Malakwal759429,303565.6266.28%203Phalia1,155635,651550.3570.11%30

Geography The district forms a central portion of the Chaj Doab lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies from 30° 8' to 32° 40' N and 73° 36' to 73° 37' E. The tehsil headquarters towns of Phalia and Malikwal are from Mandi Bahauddin, respectively. It is bounded in the north by the Jhelum river, which separates it from Jhelum district; on the west by Sargodha district, on the south by the river Chenab (which separates it from the Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts); and on the east by Gujrat district. The total area of the district is . The district comprises the Mandi Bahauddin, Phalia, and Malakwal tehsils.History and District Overview on District Police Office, Mandi Bahauddin website Retrieved 21 January 2023

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Mandi Bahauddin district has 285,989 households and a population of 1,829,486. The district has a sex ratio of 100.54 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 70.27%: 74.89% for males and 65.70% for females. 457,547 (25.01% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 346,141 (18.92%) live in urban areas.

+ Religion in contemporary Mandi Bahauddin DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023 Islam 322,70781.06%1,587,24899.57%1,818,18899.40% Hinduism 38,8439.76%3570.02%3260.02%Sikhism 34,1788.59%15~0% Christianity 2,3210.58%4,9390.31%9,4670.52%Ahmadi1,4380.09%1,1230.06% Others380.01%570.01%33~0%Total Population398,087100%1,594,0391,829,152100%

At the time of the 2023 census 93.2% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.57% Urdu and 1.77% Pashto as their first language. The dialect of Punjabi spoken here is Jatki which is close to the standard language.

According to the 1998 Pakistan census, the population of the district was 1,160,552, 14.93% of whom lived in urban environments.

Climate This district has a moderate climate, hot in summer and cold in winter. During the peak of summer the temperature may rise to during the day, but in the winter months the minimum temperature may fall below . The average rainfall in the district is . This mainly resonates with weather from Islamabad.Mandi Bahauddin weather on Fallingrain.com website Retrieved 21 January 2023

Notable people

Hasan Ali, cricketer, Pakistan National Cricket team Shaukat Ali, folk singer Naved Arif, Pakistani cricketer Asif Bashir Bhagat, former Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab (MPA). Muhammad Khan Bhatti, former Provincial Secretary Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Imdad Ullah Bosal, Federal Secretary Finance of Pakistan Nasir Iqbal Bosal, member National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA) Nadeem Afzal Chan, former MNA Member National Assembly of Pakistan (PPP, Ex PTI) Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary, MNA PTI Basma Riaz Choudhry, MPA Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab (PTI)(Ex-PML-Q) Nazar Muhammad Gondal, MNA former Federal Minister for Capital Administration & Development Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi, former Chief of Pakistan Air Force Khalid Mahmood Ranjha, MPA Parliamentary secretary for Law & Parliamentary Affairs (PMLN), Ranjha family of Kot Sher Muhammad Hasan Askari Rizvi, Chief Minister Punjab (Caretaker) Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi, former Minister of Social Welfare, Women Development and Bait-ul-Maal. Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab. Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab (MPA) Syed Tariq Yaqoob Rizvi, former Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (MPA), former Chief Officer and Deputy Director in Local Government & Community Development Department Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, religious scholar, former (MPA) Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab Muhammad Tariq Tarar, former M.N.A (PTI, Ex PPP) Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar, former MNA Federal Minister of Human Rights (PML-N, Ex PPP) Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani novelist, columnist, travel writer and TV host Hameeda Waheeduddin, MPA Minister of Women Development Punjab (PML-N, Ex PLM-Q)

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