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Jhelum
Jhelum
District
	Nickname(s): Land of Martyrs and Warriors
	Coordinates: 32°56′0″N 73°43′14″E / 32.93333°N 73.72056°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Capital	Jhelum city
Government
• District Nazim	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf
• District Naib Nazim	Intsar Ahmad Khan
Area
• Total	3,587 km2 (1,385 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	1,103,000
• Density	261/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Website	www.jhelum.gop.pk

Jhelum District (Urdu: ضلع جہلم) is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census, the district had 936,957 people, of which 31.48% were urban.^[1] 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.^[2] 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,^[3] is administratively divided into four tehsils: Jhelum, Sohawa, Pind Dadan Khan and Dina,^[4] - which are divided into 53 Union Councils.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8]^[9] 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.

Climate data for Jhelum, Pakistan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	20 (68)	22 (72)	27 (81)	33 (91)	38 (100)	40 (104)	36 (97)	34 (93)	35 (95)	33 (91)	28 (82)	21 (70)	31 (87)
Average low °C (°F)	5 (41)	8 (46)	12 (54)	18 (64)	22 (72)	26 (79)	26 (79)	25 (77)	23 (73)	17 (63)	10 (50)	6 (43)	16 (62)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	34 (1.3)	50 (2)	60 (2.4)	36 (1.4)	32 (1.3)	52 (2)	237 (9.3)	221 (8.7)	78 (3.1)	12 (0.5)	10 (0.4)	30 (1.2)	85.2 (32.2)
Source: Weatherbase^[10]