Sudhanoti District

Sudhanoti (also spelled Sudhnoti) (Urdu: ضلع سدھنوتی‎), meaning the "Heartland of Sudhans" Sudhan (tribe) Noti (heartland), is one of the eight districts of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan.[1] Sudhanoti is located at Latitude 33° 42′ 54″ N, Longitude 73° 41′ 9″ E.[2] It is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) away from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with Rawalpindi and Islamabad through Azad Pattan road.

Sudhanoti
District
A view of Cadet College Pallandri in Sudhanoti District
Map of Azad Kashmir with Sudhanoti highlighted
CountryPakistan
TerritoryAzad Kashmir
HeadquartersPallandri
Area
 • Total569 km2 (220 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total297,584
 • Density523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4

Sudhanoti District is divided into four tehsils: Pallandri, Balouch, Mang and Trarkhel.[2] The town of Pallandri is the district headquarters. It is at an elevation of 1372 meters and is at a distance of 97 Kilometers from Rawalpindi via Azad Pattan. The district is connected to Rawalakot by a 64-km metaled road.

Administrative divisions

Sudhnoti District is divided into 4 tehsils:[3]

Population

Sudhanoti has a population of 297,584 according to the 2017 Census.[4]

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings for 2017, Sudhanoti is ranked 34 out of 155 districts with a score of 68.85 in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked at the last with a very low score of 6.76.[5]

Educational institutes include:

Notable people
  • General Aziz Khan[6]
  • Khan Muhammad Khan[7]
  • Dr Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan Minister for Health and Finance. He has been elected as the member of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly five times (1991, 1996, 2006, 2011, 2016) from the Pallandri constituency and was a member of the Kashmir Council from 2001 to 2006

See also

References
  1. "AJ&K Portal". www.ajk.gov.pk.
  2. "Subdivisions of AJK".
  3. "Tehsils of Sudhnoti District on AJK map". ajk.gov.pk. AJK Official Portal. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. "Census 2017: AJK population rises to over 4m". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  5. "Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017" (PDF). elections.alifailaan.pk. Alif Ailaan. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. Bhattacharya, Samir (2014). NOTHING BUT!. Partridge Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-48281-787-4.
  7. "Introduction". Khan Sahib Government College of Technology, Rawalkot. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

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