Dera Ghazi Khan Division

Dera Ghazi Khan Division
ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن
Division
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
CapitalDera Ghazi Khan
Area
 • Division38,778 km2 (14,972 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Division12,892,465
 • Density332.47/km2 (861.1/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,771,711 (21.50%)
 • Rural
10,120,754
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (48.00%)
  • Male:
    (56.48%)
  • Female:
    (39.20%)

Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982.

History

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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

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# District Capital Area

(km²)[5]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Taunsa Taunsa 2,769 N/A 240 N/A
2 Kot Addu Kot Addu 3,471 N/A 390 N/A
3 Layyah Layyah 6,289 2,102,386 334.5 61.83%
4 Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan 11,922 3,393,705 285.8 46.78
5 Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh 8,249 5,015,325 607.5 47.99%
6 Rajanpur Rajanpur 12,319 2,381,049 193.3 36.09%
7 Jampur Jampur N/A N/A N/A N/A

List of the Tehsils

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# Tehsil Area

(km²)[6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Dera Ghazi Khan 2,012 1,443,409 717.40 47.25% Dera Ghazi Khan District
2 De-Excluded Area D.G. Khan
3 Kot Chutta 1,802 904,836 502.13 38.61%
4 Muhammadpur Jampur District
5 Jampur 2,322 1,012,039 435.85 38.07%
6 Dajal
7 Tribal Area
8 Chowk Sarwar Shaheed 1,785 414,578 232.26 55.50% Kot Addu District
9 Kot Addu 1,686 1,072,180 635.93 58.19%
10 Karor Lal Esan 1,823 684,729 375.61 62.43% Layyah District
11 Chaubara 2,754 299,082 108.60 58.42%
12 Layyah 1,712 1,118,575 653.37 62.34%
13 Jatoi 1,010 862,046 853.51 40.67% Muzaffargarh District
14 Alipur 1,391 760,526 546.75 39.15%
15 Muzaffargarh 2,377 1,905,995 801.85 46.84%
16 Rojhan 2,905 474,077 163.19 Rajanpur District
17 Rajanpur 2,078 853,192 410.58 36.09%
18 De-Excluded Area Rajanpur 5,013 41,741 113.13 8.60%
19 Koh-e-Suleman 5,339 248,683 46.58 36.04% Taunsa District
20 Taunsa 2,769 796,777 287.75 57.96%
21 Vehova

Demographics

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The division's population was 12.89 million in 2023 census.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ Dera Ghāzi Khān District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248.
  4. ^ "KHĀN". Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia Online. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  5. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  6. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. ^ "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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