Okara

Okara district, Punjab — 3,515,490 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,487,261	2,232,992	3,040,826	3,515,490
Urban population		514,408	842,564	1,187,504
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.42%	1.64%	2.45%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		37.8%		60.3%
Female literacy rate		25.0%		53.7%
Average household size		6.60	6.16	6.30
Males per 100 females		109.6	106.0	103.7
Urban share		23.0%	27.7%	33.8%
People per km²		510	695	803
Area		4,377 km²	4,377 km²	4,377 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	50.0%	57.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	81.0%	80.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		22.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		12.8%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		45.2%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		28.4%	34.4%
Households with tap water	9.00%	3.40%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	81.0%	96.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		46.9%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		98.5%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		85.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		4.18%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	123,962
People working in them (2023)	330,653
Farms (2024)	136,365
Cultivated area (2024)	875,836 acres
Tractors (2024)	28,179
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	35,093
Cattle (2024)	432,581
Buffaloes (2024)	1,174,606
Goats (2024)	493,804

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