Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Dera Ghazi Khan Division
ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Capital | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Area | |
• Division | 38,778 km2 (14,972 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Division | 12,892,465 |
| • Density | 332.47/km2 (861.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,771,711 (21.50%) |
| • Rural | 10,120,754 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Website | dgkhandivision |
Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982.
History
During British rule, All the districts that later formed Dera Ghazi Khan Division, collectively formed a district of Multan Division. [3] Dera Ghazi Khan was made into a separate division in 1982. The division system was abolished in 2000 but restored in 2008 after the restoration of democracy in the country.[4]
List of the Districts
| District | Capital | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunsa | Taunsa | 8,108 | ... | 240 | ... |
| Kot Addu | Kot Addu | 3,471 | ... | 390 | ... |
| Layyah | Layyah | 6,289 | 2,102,386 | 334.5 | 61.83% |
| Dera Ghazi Khan | Dera Ghazi Khan | 3,814 | 3,393,705 | 285.8 | 46.78% |
| Muzaffargarh | Muzaffargarh | 4,778 | 5,015,325 | 607.5 | 47.99% |
| Rajanpur | Rajanpur | 12,319 | 2,381,049 | 193.3 | 36.09% |
List of the Tehsils
| Tehsil | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023)[6] |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dera Ghazi Khan | 2,012 | 1,443,409 | 717.40 | 47.25% | Dera Ghazi Khan District |
| Kot Chutta | 1,802 | 904,836 | 502.13 | 38.61% | |
| Muhammadpur | ... | ... | ... | ... | Jampur District |
| Jampur | 2,322 | 1,012,039 | 435.85 | 38.07% | |
| Dajal | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Jampur Tribal Area | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chowk Sarwar Shaheed | 1,785 | 414,578 | 232.26 | 55.50% | Kot Addu District |
| Kot Addu | 1,686 | 1,072,180 | 635.93 | 58.19% | |
| Karor Lal Esan | 1,823 | 684,729 | 375.61 | 62.43% | Layyah District |
| Chaubara | 2,754 | 299,082 | 108.60 | 58.42% | |
| Layyah | 1,712 | 1,118,575 | 653.37 | 62.34% | |
| Jatoi | 1,010 | 862,046 | 853.51 | 40.67% | Muzaffargarh District |
| Alipur | 1,391 | 760,526 | 546.75 | 39.15% | |
| Muzaffargarh | 2,377 | 1,905,995 | 801.85 | 46.84% | |
| Rojhan | 2,905 | 474,077 | 163.19 | 20.98% | Rajanpur District |
| Rajanpur | 2,078 | 853,192 | 410.58 | 41.38% | |
| De-Excluded Area Rajanpur | 5,013 | 41,741 | 113.13 | 8.6% | |
| Koh-e-Suleman | 5,339 | 248,683 | 46.58 | 36.04% | Taunsa District |
| Taunsa | 2,769 | 796,777 | 287.75 | 57.96% | |
| Vehowa | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N/A | — |
| 1961 | N/A | — |
| 1972 | N/A | — |
| 1981 | N/A | — |
| 1998 | 6,503,590 | — |
| 2017 | 11,014,398 | +2.81% |
| 2023 | 12,892,465 | +2.66% |
| Sources:[7] | ||
Population
The population of Dera Ghazi Khan division was 12,892,465 in 2023 census[8] which was roughly equal to the country of Bolivia[9] or the US state of Illinois.[10]
See also
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Louis Dane - In 1876 he was posted to the Punjab as assistant commissioner in Dera Ghazi Khan
- Mustafa Zaidi - served as assistant commissioner of Dera Ghazi Khan
- Andrew Jukes (missionary) He was sent to Baloch mission at Dera Ghazi Khan, where he stayed until 1906
- Robert Groves Sandeman - in 1866 he was appointed district officer of Dera Ghazi Khan
References
- ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Dera Ghāzi Khān District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248.
- ^ "KHĀN". Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia Online. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Announcement of Results of 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 'The Digital Census' | Pakistan Bureau of Statistics". www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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