Khanewal District (Urdu and ) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 2,068,490, of which 17.42% were urban. Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°55'0E with an altitude of 128 metres. Administrative divisions For the purpose of administration, District Khanewal is divided into 4 tehsils i.e. Khanewal, Mian Channu, Jahanian and Kabirwala and 168 union councils including 114 rural and 54 urban whose elected representatives formulate Zilla and Tehsil councils. Political constituencies include 4 national seats and 7 provincial seats of legislative assemblies. The district contains four tehsils which are as following: Khanewal Tehsil Mian Channu Tehsil Kabirwala Tehsil Jahanian Tehsil Geography This district is situated in the center of the country at an almost equal distance from Karachi and Peshawar and on the main routes of the railway and the Grand Trunk Road. The district is bounded on the north by Jhang District and Toba Tek Singh District; on the south by Vehari District; on the east by Sahiwal District and on the west by Multan. Climate Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 2,920,233, of which 1,482,668 were males and 1,437,272 females. Rural population is 2,333,801 while the urban population is 586,432. The literacy rate was 58.59%. Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.26% of the population while Christians were 1.69% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 73.41% of the population spoke Punjabi, 18.55% Saraiki, 6.47% Urdu and 1.16% Pashto as their first language. According to the census of 1998, Punjabi is the most widely spoken first language, accounting for % of the population. Urdu was the native language of 7.8% (although almost all of the inhabitants of the district use it as a second language), Saraiki is native to 5.8% and Pashto – to 1.1%. The main tribes and clans include: Niazi Afghans, Seoul, Daduana, Kamboh, Matyana, Gujjar, Doltana, Sahu, Rajputs (Rana), Rajpoot Dhudhi, Awan, Sheikh, Jatt, Bucha, Nikyana Sial, Siyal, Arain, Bhati, Baloch, Khokhars Mayo Solgi (jutt) and toru. Education The education system in Khanewal district is formulated along specific modern, religious, cultural, social, psychological, commerce and scientific injunctions. The current literacy rate of district is 39.9%. The standard national system of education is mainly inspired from the British system. The system also aims to imbibe a secular outlook among