Shakargarh

{{Short description|City in Punjab, Pakistan}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Shakargarh | official_name = | native_name = {{Nastaliq|شکرگڑھ}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = {{Coord|32|15|46|N|75|9|30|E|type:city_region:PK|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Punjab, Pakistan}} Punjab | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Narowal | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Shakargarh | established_title = Established | established_date = 1912 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1912 | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | website = {{URL|https://www.shakargarh.net}} | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/punjab/narowal/7230208__shakargarh/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Shakargarh</ref> | population_total = 126742 | population_as_of = 2023 census | population_density_km2 = | population_note = | timezone = PST | utc_offset = +5 | postal_code_type = Postal code span | postal_code = 51800 | area_code = 0542 | nicknames = }} '''Shakargarh''' (Punjabi, {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شکرگڑھ}}}}), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District in Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Kathua District to the east and Zafarwal Tehsil to the west.<ref>[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 }}</ref> Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise.<ref>.[https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/1234567ses/nadeem-zafarwal-barapind-jarpal]</ref> The city is located at 32°16'0N 75°10'0E on the west bank of the Ravi River.<ref>.[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/04/Shakargarh.html Location of Shakargarh - Falling Rain Genomics]</ref> 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:<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}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 Gujars and 20 percent others.<ref>[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 }}</ref>

== Colleges/Schools == * Government Graduate College Shakargarh * Government Muslim Model High School Shakargarh * Government High School Shakargarh * Ghazali School & College Shakargarh

== References == {{reflist}} http://www.schools.punjab.gov.pk/

== External links == * Shakargarh Official Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/Shakargarh.net.official * {{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shakar+Garh,+Pakistan/@32.258917,75.142418,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x391c08a02487f46f:0x8c8736f222ef126f|title=Shakargarh|publisher=Google Maps|format=bbs|date= 17 November 2015 }}

Category:Populated places in Narowal District