Jhelum District

**Jhelum District** () is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census, the district had 936,957 people, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing many soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as **city of soldiers** or **land of martyrs and warriors**. The district of Jhelum stretches from the Jhelum River almost to the Indus. Salt is quarried at the Mayo mine in the Salt Range. There are two coal-mines, the only ones worked in the province, from which the North-Western railway gets some of coal. The chief centre of the salt trade is Pind Dadan Khan. The district is crossed by the main line of the North-Western railway, and also traversed along the south by a branch line. It is in the north of the Punjab province, Jhelum district is bordered by Sargodha to its south, Gujrat and the Jhelum River to its south and east, Chakwal to its west, Mirpur to its east, and Rawalpindi to its north.

## Administration

The district of Jhelum, which covers an area of 3,587 km<sup>2</sup>, is administratively divided into four tehsils: Jhelum, Sohawa, Pind Dadan Khan and Dina, - which are divided into 53 Union Councils. It also contains the city of Jhelum.

## Demographics

According to census 2017 total population of District Jhelum is 1222650 . In Total population males are 601964 , female are 620636 and Transgender are 50 . Average annual growth rate is 1.41 from 1998 to 2017.

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, 936,957 people lived in Jhelum District. There were 261 people per square kilometre. According the Punjab Education Department's annual literacy statistics for 2006, Jhelum had a literacy rate of 79% which is among the highest in Pakistan. Human Development Index of Jhelum is 0.770, which highest in Pakistan after Karachi.

## Language

People of Jhelum District speak Punjabi. The written language is Urdu. Many also speak Pothwari.

## Climate

The climate of the tract is extreme. In winter it is very cold and summer is very hot. The average rainfall varies from 48 to 69 mm each year.

## Colleges and schools

- Army Public School and College
- FG Intermediat College
- Fauji Foundation Model School & College
- Govt. Degree College
- Govt. College. G.T. Road
- Govt. College for Women
- Govt. College of Commerce
- Research Girls College Kala Gujran
- Jinnah Law College
- M.A. Jinnah College of Commerce & Computer Science
- PICS
- Presentation Convent School
- Jhelum Homeopathic Medical College
- SLS College

## Landmarks

- Lehri Nature Park

## Notable people

- Muhammad Akram, Nishan-e-Haider, of Nakka Kalan, Tehsil & District Jhelum.
- Asif Nawaz (Late), (former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan.
- Ghazanfar Ali Khan, (Leader In Pakistan Movement)
- Ch. Altaf Hussain (Late), former Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Ex-MNA and President Lahore High Court Bar Association

## Other websites

- Jhelum District
- Jhelum Post

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Jhelum
- **nickname**: Land of Martyrs and Warriors
- **settlement type**: Districts of Pakistan, District
- **image skyline**: Rohtas Fort Zohal Gate.jpg
- **mapsize**: 200px
- **map caption**: Map of Punjab with Jhelum highlighted
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Pakistan, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Punjab (Pakistani province), Punjab
- **subdivision type2**: Capital
- **subdivision name2**: Jhelum, Jhelum city
- **area total km2**: 3587
- **population as of**: 2006
- **population total**: 1103000
- **population density km2**: 261
- **timezone1**: Pakistan Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset1**: +5
- **established title**: Established
- **leader title**: District Nazim
- **leader name**: Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf
- **leader title1**: District Naib Nazim
- **leader name1**: Intsar Ahmad Khan
- **blank info sec1**: seats
- **blank1 info sec1**: 4
- **demographics1 title1**: Main language(s)
- **demographics1 info1**: Punjabi