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.BBC NEWS - City of Soldiers 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 km2, 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.1998 Census of Pakistan 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.Punjab Education Department's annual literacy statistics for 2006 Daily TimesLiteracy rate figures still not updated - Daily Times 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

References

Other websites
 Jhelum District 
 Jhelum Post 

Category:Rawalpindi Division