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Dera Ghazi Khan Division

Dera Ghazi Khan Division
ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن
Division
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
CapitalDera Ghazi Khan
Area
 • Division
38,778 km2 (14,972 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Division
12,892,465
 • 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%)
Websitedgkhandivision.punjab.gov.pk

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. 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)

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

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
19986,503,590—    
201711,014,398+2.81%
202312,892,465+2.66%
Sources:[7]

Population

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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]

Constituencies

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Provincial Assembly Constituency National Assembly Constituency District
PP-268 Muzaffargarh-I NA-175 Muzaffargarh-I Muzaffargarh
PP-269 Muzaffargarh-II
PP-270 Muzaffargarh-III NA-176 Muzaffargarh-II
PP-271 Muzaffargarh-IV
PP-272 Muzaffargarh-V NA-177 Muzaffargarh-III
PP-273 Muzaffargarh-VI
PP-274 Muzaffargarh-VII NA-178 Muzaffargarh-IV
PP-275 Muzaffargarh-VIII
PP-276 Kot Addu-I NA-179 Kot Addu-I Kot Addu
PP-278 Kot Addu-III
PP-277 Kot Addu-II NA-180 Kot Addu-II
PP-279 Layyah-I NA-181 Layyah-I Layyah
PP-280 Layyah-II
PP-281 Layyah-III
PP-282 Layyah-IV NA-182 Layyah-II
PP-283 Layyah-V
PP-284 Taunsa-I NA-183 Taunsa Taunsa
PP-285 Taunsa-II
PP-286 Dera Ghazi Khan-I NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I Dera Ghazi Khan
PP-287 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-III NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
PP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV
PP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan-V NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
PP-291 Dera Ghazi Khan-VI
PP-292 Rajanpur-I NA-187 Rajanpur-I Rajanpur
PP-293 Rajanpur-II
PP-294 Rajanpur-III NA-188 Rajanpur-II
PP-295 Rajanpur-IV
PP-296 Rajanpur-V NA-189 Rajanpur-III
PP-297 Rajanpur-VI

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. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  6. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179


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