THE DENSITY OF POPULATION SITUATION IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF PAKISTAN.

The concept of Density of Population expresess
functional relationship between population and available
resources. Geographists use the term 'Density of Population for measuring this mutual relationship and for this mutual relationship and for this purpose they use the foHiwng formula:
                                    Total existing populatic
Density of population =-------------------------------
                                     Total area of the regior

Density increases and decreases with the' increase and decrease of population in a particular area.
CLASSIFICATION OF DESNSITY:
The density of population in the different district

Pakistan can be classified into the following kinds:
1. MOST THICKLY POPULATED DISTRICTS:
Three districts in Pakistan are mostly thickly populated first Karachi, second Lahore and third Peshawar
and CharSadda. District Karachi is mostly densly populated due to industrial center and the only international port. Density of Karachi Centera! is 33013.5 persons per sqr. Km. Karachi East 19755.5, Karachi South 14303.6 and density of Karachi West is 2266.9 people per sqr. Km. 3566 persons live on .1 sqr. Km in Lahore while the density of population of  Peshawar and Char Sadda is 1606 and 1025 per sqr. Km. In other words, the density of of thes areas is
1000 or above per sqr. km.
2. VERY THICKLY POPULATED DISTRICTS:
There are 11 very thickly populated districts in Punjab Density of South East district of Sialkot is 903 person
sqr.Km. Districts Narowal (541), Gujrat (642), Rawalpindi (636), Gujranwala (939), Shaikhu Pura (557), Faisalabad (927 Kusur (595), Okara (510), Sahiwal (576) and the density of Mu!tan district is 938 persons per sqr. Km. These districts are verY thickly populated because agriculture has promoted at the peak by the fertile soil brought by the rivers and the canals generated from them. Moreover,industrialization is rapidly being taken place in the cities of Sialkot, Gujrat,
Gujranwala, Multan and Shikhupura.

Hyderabad is the only very thickly populated district in Sindh where density is 523.9 per sqr. Km. Since Hyderabad is located in the vicinity of River Indus and it is the second industriai city of Sindh after Karachi. In Khaber Pakhton Khawa, districts of Mardan (895, Sawabi (665), Naushera (500) and lU where density is 552 people per sqr. Km. Like Punjab, these districts of NWFP have also fertile soil as well irrigation facilities have been provided by river Kabul. The density of these areas is 500 to 999 per sons per sqr. Km.
THICKL Y POPULATED DISTRICTS:
Thickly populated areas are those where 200 to 299 persons live on one sqr. km. Thickly populated areas in Punjab are those which have the irrigation facilities and fertile lands like the density of Mandi Bahauddin is 434,Sargodha (455),

Hafizabad (352), ,Jehlum (261), Jhang (322), Toba Tek Singh (499), Lodhran (422), Muzaffar Garh (319) , Rahim Yar Khan and
 Bahawalnagar etc.
Wheat and cotton is cultivated in these regions on the large , scale because of fertile land therefore, these factors
Motivate the people to settle here.
Thickly populated districts of Khaber Pakhton Khawa (NWFP) include Kohat (221), Mansehara (252), Mala Kand (475), Batgram (236),
 Sangla (274), Sawat (236), Bunair (271) and Lower Dir. Fertility of soil in these areas motivate the people to settle specially in the rural areas. These districts are , centuries old therefore, with the passage of time population increased. The areas which are densely populated in the province Sindh include jacobabad (270), Shikarpur (350), Larkana (260), Nawab Shah (238), Noshero Feroz (369), Mir Pur Khas (310) and Malir (433). These districts are thickly populated because comprise of large plain areas and irrigation facilities from rivers and canals. Baior Agency (463) and Khyber Agency (207) are also thickly populated regions in FATA. Baluchistan is the biggest province of Pakistan in area but it is most thinly populatE nevertheless, capital city of Baluchistan Quetta is included thickly populated region where 286 people Iive on or" squire Km. .
4. MODESTLY POPULATED DISTRICTS:
The biggest modestly populated region of Pakistan West Punjab. The dominant part of West Punjab comprises  desert nevertheless, districts of Attock and Chakwe Southern part of Khushab, D.G. Khan and Rajanpur and surrounded by mountains. Irrigation facilities are limited therefore, people do not have any attraction to live ih these regions.The proportion of population in Modestly Populat~ Areas is 100 to 199. The areas which are modes populated in this region include Attock (186), Chakwal (16; Mianwali (181), Khushab (139), Bhakkar (129),  Layya (1and D.G Khan where 138 people live on one Km.
There are 5 districts in Khaber Pakhton Khawa(NWFP) D.l.Khan (110), Tank' (142), Lucky Marwat (155), Kurk (128) and Upper Dir 156 are modestly populated.
Modestly populated areas in Sindh include the districts of Umar Kot (118.2), Sangarh (135.4), Badin (169), Grc (159.6) and Sukhar where 176 persons five on one sqr. Km. As the eastern part of these districts is deserted, Severe shortage of water does not attract the people to settle here The districts of Jafarabad and aila Abdullar ' Baluchistan are modestly populated where density is 172, and 119 people respectively.