Attock

Attock district, Punjab — 2,170,423 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	876,667	1,274,935	1,886,378	2,170,423
Urban population		271,092	490,908	623,984
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.23%	2.08%	2.37%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		49.3%		70.2%
Female literacy rate		32.0%		60.7%
Average household size		6.20	6.09	6.10
Males per 100 females		99.6	99.1	100.8
Urban share		21.3%	26.0%	28.8%
People per km²		186	275	317
Area		6,857 km²	6,857 km²	6,857 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	64.0%	66.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	86.0%	82.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		11.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		19.1%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		51.2%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		36.0%	34.4%
Households with tap water	34.0%	18.0%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	84.0%	96.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		58.3%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		97.8%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		94.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		6.93%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	68,514
People working in them (2023)	206,271
Farms (2024)	117,549
Cultivated area (2024)	843,449 acres
Tractors (2024)	27,219
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	18,979
Cattle (2024)	1,196,194
Buffaloes (2024)	229,569
Goats (2024)	1,233,622

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts