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Talagang District

Coordinates: 32°55′40″N 72°24′40″E / 32.92778°N 72.41111°E / 32.92778; 72.41111
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Talagang District
ضلع تلہ گنگ
District of Punjab
Sassi da Kallar, ruined Hindu temple
Sassi da Kallar, ruined Hindu temple
Location of Talagang District
Coordinates: 32°55′40″N 72°24′40″E / 32.92778°N 72.41111°E / 32.92778; 72.41111
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionRawalpindi
Established14 October 2022
HeadquartersTalagang
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerMossawer Ahmad Khan Niazi
 • District Police OfficerHasam Bin Iqbal
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Punjab
2,932 km2 (1,132 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 Census of Pakistan)[1]
 • District of Punjab
602,246
 • Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
 • Urban
100,050 (16.61%)
 • Rural
502,196 (83.39%)
 (old Talagang Tehsil & Lawa Tehsil was made Talagang District in October 2022)[2]
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)
Number of Tehsils3

Talagang District (Urdu/Punjabi: ضلع تلہ گنگ) is an administrative district of Punjab province of Pakistan. Formerly it was Talagang Tehsil within the Chakwal District; its status was raised to District in October 2022 by the government.[2][3]

It is part of the Potohar plateau and lies on the north of Salt Range and east of the Kala Chitta range. Talagang is 45 km from Chakwal. The motorway M2 is located 30 km from Talagang. It is bordered by Khushab to its South, Attock to its North, Chakwal to its East, and Mianwali to its West.[2]

History

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It was declared as District on 14 October 2022 by Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi on the request of former Provincial Minister and MPA Hafiz Ammar Yasir.[4][5] Former Talagang Tehsil was part of District Campbellpur (now Attock District) until 1985, when District Chakwal was created. Tehsil Talagang was merged with Chakwal. There are two Municipal Committees (Lawa, Talagang) in District Talagang . District Council Talagang has also been notified in the official Gazzette of the Punjab. In the over 150 families of Talagang pottery manufacturing is the primary source of income, continuing the centuries-old tradition of creating handmade clay wares.[6]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
1998401,607—    
2017527,756+1.45%
2023602,246+2.22%
Sources:[7]

Population

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As of the 2023 census, Talagang district has 101,362 households and a population of 602,246.[8] The district has a sex ratio of 100.53 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 74.63%: 86.34% for males and 63.02% for females.[1][9] 131,597 (21.85% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[10] 100,050 (16.61%) live in urban areas.[1]

Religion in Talagang District
Religious
group 		1941[11][a] 2017[12] 2023[13]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 125,512 91.94% 526,926 99.84% 599,865 99.60%
Hinduism [b] 7,616 5.58% 55 0.01% 25 ~0%
Sikhism 3,380 2.48% — — 2 ~0%
Christianity 4 ~0% 690 0.13% 2,266 0.38%
Others 4 ~0% 85 0.02% 88 0.02%
Total Population 136,516 100% 527,756 100% 602,246 100%

Language

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Languages of Talagang district (2023)[14]

  Punjabi (95.99%)
  Pashto (2.58%)
  Others (1.43%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 95.99% of the population spoke Punjabi and 2.58% Pashto as their first language.[14]

Administration

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Tehsil[15] Area

(km²)[16]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[17]

Union Councils No. of villages No. of public schools No. of police stations No. of post offices
Talagang 2,022 457,635 226.33 75.63% 19 75 300 1 12
Lawa 910 144,611 158.91 71.37% 5 5 116 1 3
Multan Khurd ... ... ... 75.63% ... ... ... ... ...

Villages

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Main article: List of villages in Talagang District
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Hindu temple in Talagang District
Chinji National Park in Talagang District
I love Talagang Board in Kalma Chowk in Talagang City.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ a b c "Two new districts carved out of Pindi Division". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Two new districts carved out of Pindi Division". The Express Tribune. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Punjab CM approves establishment of four new districts in province". Daily Times. 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Punjab CM Pervaiz Elahi announces to form five new districts". The Nation. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ "A village in Pakistan keeps business and tradition of pottery alive". Arab News PK. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  12. ^ "District census: Chakwal". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
  13. ^ "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  15. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  16. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  17. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).


  1. ^ 1941 figures are for Talagang tehsil of Attock district, which roughly corresponds to the present district.
  2. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
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