Narowal District

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Narowal District (Urdu/Punjabi: نارووال) is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.

[edit] Introduction

Narowal District takes its name from its headquarters town. It is divided into two tehsils viz Narowal and Shakargarh. Before coming into being the district, both Narowal and Shakargarh were the tehsils of the district Sialkot. In 1991, Narowal district was created comprising Narowal and shakargarh tehsils.

Before independence of Pakistan, Shakargarh town was the headquarters of tehsil Shakargarh, which formed part of Gurdaspur district. Under the Radcliffe Award, Shakargarh tehsil was transferred to Pakistan and attached with Sialkot district. Then in 1991, Shakargarh was attached with Narowal district. Now Shakargarh is functioning as tehsil in District Narowal. Narowal is functioning as a separate administrative district with effect from July 1, 1991.

[edit] Boundaries

The district is bounded on the northwest by Sialkot district, on the north by Jammu and Kashmir (India), on the east by Gurdaspur district(India) and on the south by Amritsar district(India) and Sheikhupura district.

[edit] Area and population

The total area of the district is approximately 2,337 square kilometers. Narowal tehsil occupies 1,065 square kilometers while remaining area 1,272 square kilometers falls in Shakargarh tehsil.

According to 1998 census, Narowal Dstrict's population is 1,256,097 of which only 12.11% were urban. [1]

Administrative Divisions of Punjab (Pakistan)
Capital	Lahore
Districts	Attock | Bahawalnagar | Bahawalpur | Bhakkar | Chakwal | Dera Ghazi Khan | Faisalabad | Gujranwala | Gujrat | Hafizabad | Jhang | Jhelum | Kasur | Khanewal | Khushab | Lahore | Layyah | Lodhran | Mandi Bahauddin | Mianwali | Multan | Muzaffargarh | Nankana Sahib | Narowal | Okara | Pakpattan | Rahim Yar Khan | Rajanpur | Rawalpindi | Sahiwal | Sargodha | Sheikhupura | Sialkot | Toba Tek Singh | Vehari