Marot
Marot
مروٹ | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Fort Marot | |
 Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan | |
  Marot Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 28°31′N 71°30′E / 28.51°N 71.50°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar |
| Tehsil | Fort Abbas |
| Population | |
• Total | 280,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 62000 |
| Dialling code | 063 |
| Number of Union councils | 4 |
| Marot Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement. | |
Marot (Punjabi, Urdu: مروٹ) is a city in Bahawalnagar District in Punjab, Pakistan.[1] This city is situated at the border with India 50 km from Fort Abbas, 160 km from Bahawalnagar and 100 km from Bahawalpur. The population of the city is estimated 20,000, with some 280,000 in the entire district. It contains some notable forts such as Marot Fort, Jaamgarh, Mojgarh and Meergarh.
Local people are largely associated with farming and major crops are wheat, cotton, mustard and sugarcane.
The spoken languages are Punjabi and Urdu. The Marot is one of the nine principal fortiefied Bhati Rajput towns in the Thar Desert, according to historical records.[2]
Gallery
Canal in Marot
Desert scenery
Little canal in fields
Fort Meergarh
Fort Marot
Marot
Fort Marot
Cotton plant
Mojgarh
Marot
Mustard
Sugar cane
Wheat
References
- ↑ "Pakistan- Settlements". data.humdata.org. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ↑ Kothiyal, Tanuja (2016). Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 9781107080317.