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Dera Ghazi Khan Division

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

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%)

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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