Rajanpur
Rajanpur
راجن پور | |
|---|---|
| District Rajanpur, Pakistan | |
Gateway of Rajanpur's Harand Fort | |
Rajanpur Rajanpur | |
| Coordinates: 29°6′15″N 70°19′29″E / 29.10417°N 70.32472°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Established | 1732 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Committee |
| • Chairman | Kunawar Kamal Akhtar |
| • Vice Chairman | Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate |
| • Chief Officer | Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi |
| • Municipal Officer (Finance) | Muhammad Akram Bari |
| • Computer Section | Abdullah Hussain Dreshak |
| Population | |
• City | 137,553 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
| Postal code | 33500 |
| Dialling code | 604[3] |
| Acronym | RJP |
| Demonym | Rajanpuri |
| Highways | N-55 |
| Website | http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/ |
Rajanpur[a] is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River.
History
Rajanpur was founded by Sheikh Rajan Shah,[4][5] the makhdum of Sitpur, in about 1732.[6] He had captured his estates from the previously ruling Nahar tribesmen (see Tahir Khan Nahar).[4] The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at Mithankot – leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur.[4] A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year.[7] Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873.[4]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5,280 | — |
| 1961 | 6,575 | +2.22% |
| 1972 | 10,011 | +3.90% |
| 1981 | 18,789 | +7.25% |
| 1998 | 43,643 | +5.08% |
| 2017 | 99,097 | +4.41% |
| 2023 | 137,553 | +5.62% |
| Sources:[8] | ||
According to 2023 census, Rajanpur had a population of 137,553.[9]
Notes
References
- ^ "Municipal Committee Rajanpur". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series. Supt. of Govt. Print. 1908.
- ^ Rashid, Haroon (2008). History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans. Haroon Rashid.
- ^ (Firm), Cosmo Publications (2000). The Pakistan gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 9788170208822.
- ^ Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1883.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).