Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Dera Ghazi Khan Division
ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن | |
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| 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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Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982.
History
[edit]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 and took more than 60% land area of Multan division. The division system was abolished in 2000 but restored in 2008 after the restoration of democracy in the country.[4]
List of the Districts
[edit]| District | Capital | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunsa | Taunsa | 2,769 | ... | 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 | 11,922 | 3,393,705 | 285.8 | 46.78% |
| Muzaffargarh | Muzaffargarh | 8,249 | 5,015,325 | 607.5 | 47.99% |
| Rajanpur | Rajanpur | 12,319 | 2,381,049 | 193.3 | 36.09% |
| Jampur | Jampur | ... | ... | ... | ... |
List of the Tehsils
[edit]| Tehsil | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dera Ghazi Khan | 2,012 | 1,443,409 | 717.40 | 47.25% | Dera Ghazi Khan District |
| De-Excluded Area D.G. Khan | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Kot Chutta | 1,802 | 904,836 | 502.13 | 38.61% | |
| Muhammadpur | ... | ... | ... | ... | Jampur District |
| Jampur | 2,322 | 1,012,039 | 435.85 | 38.07% | |
| Dajal | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 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 | ... | Rajanpur District |
| Rajanpur | 2,078 | 853,192 | 410.58 | 36.09% | |
| De-Excluded Area Rajanpur | 5,013 | 41,741 | 113.13 | 8.60% | |
| Koh-e-Suleman | 5,339 | 248,683 | 46.58 | 36.04% | Taunsa District |
| Taunsa | 2,769 | 796,777 | 287.75 | 57.96% | |
| Vehova | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N/A | — |
| 1961 | N/A | — |
| 1972 | N/A | — |
| 1981 | N/A | — |
| 1998 | N/A | — |
| 2017 | N/A | — |
| 2023 | 12,892,465 | — |
| Sources:[6] | ||
Population
[edit]The division's population was 12.89 million in 2023 census.[7]
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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).
- ^ "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.
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