Marot
title: "Marot" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bahawalnagar-district", "populated-places-in-bahawalnagar-district"] topic_path: "general/bahawalnagar-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marot" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Marot |
| native_name | مروٹ |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | Marot319hr.jpg |
| imagesize | 240px |
| image_caption | Fort Marot |
| image_map | Marot_Punjab_Pakistan.png |
| mapsize | 240px |
| map_caption | Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan |
| pushpin_map | Pakistan |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Pakistan |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Punjab |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Bahawalnagar |
| subdivision_type3 | Tehsil |
| subdivision_name3 | Fort Abbas |
| population_total | 280000 |
| pop_est_as_of | 2009 |
| timezone1 | PST |
| utc_offset1 | +5 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 62000 |
| area_code_type | Dialling code |
| area_code | 063 |
| blank_name_sec2 | Number of Union councils |
| blank_info_sec2 | 4 |
| footnotes | Marot Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement. |
| :: |
| name = Marot | official_name = | native_name = مروٹ | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Marot319hr.jpg | imagesize = 240px | image_alt = | image_caption = Fort Marot | image_map = Marot_Punjab_Pakistan.png | mapsize = 240px | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Marot (in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan | pushpin_map = Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Punjab | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Bahawalnagar | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Fort Abbas | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 280000 | population_as_of = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = 2009 | population_density_km2 = | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 62000 | area_code_type = Dialling code | area_code = 063 | blank_name_sec2 = Number of Union councils | blank_info_sec2 = 4 | website = | footnotes = Marot Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement. Marot (Punjabi, ) is a city in Bahawalnagar District in Punjab, Pakistan. This city is situated at the border with India. This city is situated 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.
Gallery
File:HaroonabadCanal.JPG|Canal in Marot File:319marot1.jpg|Desert scenery File:319marot2.jpg|Little canal in fields File:319marot3.jpg|Fort Meergarh File:319marot4.jpg|Fort Marot File:319marot5.jpg|Marot File:319marot6.jpg|Fort Marot File:319marot7.jpg|Cotton plant File:Women carrying water pots, Mojgarh, Pakistan.jpg|Mojgarh File:319marot9.jpg|Marot File:319marot10.jpg|Mustard File:319marot11.jpg|Sugar cane File:319marot12.jpg|Wheat
References
References
- . (2025). ["Pakistan- Settlements"](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/pakistan-settlement). *[[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]*.
- Kothiyal, Tanuja. (2016). "Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian". Cambridgre University Press.
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