Adamwahan

Coordinates: 29°28′05″N 71°38′59″E / 29.46803°N 71.64973°E / 29.46803; 71.64973
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Ādamwāhan
Village
Ādamwāhan is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Ādamwāhan
Ādamwāhan
Location in Punjab
Ādamwāhan is located in Pakistan
Ādamwāhan
Ādamwāhan
Ādamwāhan (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 29°28′05″N 71°38′59″E / 29.46803°N 71.64973°E / 29.46803; 71.64973[1]
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DistrictLodhran
TehsilLodhran
Population
 • Total9,869
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)
Websitewww.tmadunyapur.com

Adamwahan is a village in Lodhran Tehsil of Lodhran District in Punjab, Pakistan. It was the seat of a pargana in the late 16th century.

History[edit]

Ādamwāhan was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana in sarkar Multan, counted as part of the Bet Jalandhar Doab.[3]: 328  It was assessed at 369,445 dams in revenue and supplied a force of 30 cavalry and 700 infantry.[3]: 328 

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, Adamwahan had a population of 9,869 (5,060 male, 4,804 female, and 5 other).[2] The average household size was 7.22 people.[4] In terms of age distribution, 32.1% of Adamwahan residents were under age 10 in 2017 (3,167 in total); 18.9% were between 10 and 18 (1,870 in total); 43.8% were between 18 and 60 (4,327 in total); and 5.1% were over the age of 60 (505 in total).[2] The village's working population was 694 (not counting children under the age of 10).[2] In terms of religion, all 9,869 residents were Muslim.[2]

The overall literacy rate in the village was 39.88% (49.64% among males and 29.68% among females).[2] In terms of education, a total of 814 males and 506 females had completed primary school but had not completed matriculation exams; 251 males and 133 females had completed matriculation but not university, and 60 males and 32 females had completed university.[2]

The village had 1,260 houses as of 2017; 942 were pakka, 114 were semi-pakka, and 204 were kachcha.[4] 1,210 houses (96.0%) had potable water, 1,163 (92.3%) had access to electricity, 369 (29.3%) had access to gas, 365 (29.0%) had a kitchen, 866 (68.7%) had a bathroom, and 765 (60.1%) had a latrine.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Census 2017 District Wise Results: District Lodhran: Selected population statistics of rural localities (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Census 2017 District Wise Results: District Lodhran: Selected housing characteristics of rural localities (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2023.