Shakargarh

{{Short description|Pakistani town}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2015}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Shakargarh

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| native_name = {{Nastaliq|شکَرگڑھ}}

| settlement_type = City

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| pushpin_map = Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan

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| coordinates = {{Coord|32|15|46|N|75|9|30|E|type:city_region:PK|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Punjab

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Narowal District

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1912

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = 1912

| unit_pref = Metric

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| website = {{URL|https://www.shakargarh.net}}

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| population_footnotes = [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/punjab/narowal/7230208__shakargarh/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Shakargarh

| population_total = 126742

| population_as_of = 2023 census

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| timezone = PST

| utc_offset = +5

| postal_code_type = Postal code span

| postal_code = 51800

| area_code = 0542

| nickname = Gateway of Mughals entering Gurdaspur and going to Delhi / City of the Braves

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Shakargarh ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شکَرگڑھ}}}}), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Jammu to the north and Sialkot to the west[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=23&dn=Narowal Tehsils & Unions in the District of Narowal - Government of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401143608/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=23&dn=Narowal |date=1 April 2008 }} Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise..[https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/1234567ses/nadeem-zafarwal-barapind-jarpal] The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E and is situated at the west bank of the Ravi River..[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Shakargarr.html Location of Shakargarr - Falling Rain Genomics] The Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 Union Councils, three of which form the Tehsil capital Shakargarh.

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|9104|1972|20,201|1981|25,484|1998|50,747|2017|81,643|2023|126,742|align=left|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}The total area of Shakargarh Tehsil is about 1,272 square kilometres. According to the 1998 census, Narowal District's population was 1,256,097 of which only 12.11% were urban. The Tehsil's population is 80 percent Gujjar and 20 percent others.[http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm Urban Resource Center (1998 Census details)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513113007/http://www.urckarachi.org/Population%20Table-5.htm |date=13 May 2006 }}

Schools

See also

References

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http://www.schools.punjab.gov.pk/