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      The density of population in country means How many people reside in one per square Kilometer are living in a particular area. The progress and development of a country and distribution of population. Although there are number of causes for the difference of density in a country. In the light of following figures, we shall analyses, the causes for the differences of density in various parts of Pakistan.

      According to present census, Karachi Division is the most densely populated division in Pakistan. Its density of population is more than 2000 persons per square kilometer. This density is for only the Urban areas (including Karachi city and Cantt and others) of Karachi division. Besides this in Punjab, Lahore division is more densely populated than other divisions, such as Lahore district has density of 984 persons per Kilometer) , Sialkot district (505 persons per KM.) is more densely populated than the districts of Kasur and Sheikhupura. Similarly in Sargodha and Faisalabad Divisions, Faisalabad (511) is more dense than Sargodha. In Multan division, Multan District (375 persons per KM) has more density than Sahiwal (329 persons per KM) and Vehari. In Punjab there are some districts, which have low density and are very thinly populated. Such as district of Bahawalpur division, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim yar-khan. In Sargodha Divison, district of Mainwali, Khushab, Bakkar. In Faislabad Division, Jhang District. In D.G.Khan division, district of Muzaffarghar, Leiah, Rajanpur and in Rawalpindi Division, district of Attock and Jhelum are thinly populated than other areas. In Sindh Karachi division is more densely populated than Hyderabad and Sukkur division. But in Hydrabad Division, Hyderabd district, (178 persons per KM) and in Sukkur division, Larkana district (153 person per KM) are more densely populated than other district, but Khairpur, Mirpur (Thararker) Thatta, Sanghar district are thinly popoulated in Sindh.

      In NWFP Peshawar Division ranks first in density, while Dera Ismail Khan Division has second position and Malakand has got third position according to density. In this province, Peshawar district (561 persons per KM) and Mardan district (453 persons per Km) are most densely populated, amoung all the districts of NWFP . while D.I.Khan , Chitral, swat, Dir districts are comparatively thinly populated.

      Baluchistan province is the largest according to area, but it is thinnest according to population. In this province, Queta Division is more densely populated than Kalat and Makran Division. Quetta district (27 persons per kilometer) and Kachhi District of Baluchistan . while Chaghal district (2 persons per Km) and Kharan district are thinly populated areas of Baluchistan.


SINDH
Karachi 1517
Sukkur 130
Hyderabad 81




PUNJAB
Lahore 542
Rawalpindi 237
Sargodha 209
Multan 198
Bahawalpur 105




NWFP
Peshawar 158
D.I.Khan 95
Malakand 73




BALUCHISTAN
Quetta 11
Makran 10
Kalat 2




The following map shows the density of population in Pakistan. It also shows the density of persons per sq.km.



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