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]
Districts
[edit]It contains the following districts:[5]
- Dera Ghazi Khan District
- Jampur District
- Kot Addu District
- Layyah District
- Muzaffargarh District
- Rajanpur District
- Taunsa District
List of the Tehsils
[edit]| # | 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 | Dera Ghazi Khan District | |
| 2 | De-Excluded Area D.G. Khan | |||||
| 3 | Kot Chutta | 1,802 | 904,836 | 502.13 | ||
| 4 | Muhammadpur | Jampur District | ||||
| 5 | Jampur | 2,322 | 1,012,039 | 435.85 | ||
| 6 | Dajal | |||||
| 7 | Tribal Area | |||||
| 8 | Chowk Sarwar Shaheed | 1,785 | 414,578 | 232.26 | Kot Addu District | |
| 9 | Kot Addu | 1,686 | 1,072,180 | 635.93 | ||
| 10 | Karor Lal Esan | 1,823 | 684,729 | 375.61 | Layyah District | |
| 11 | Chaubara | 2,754 | 299,082 | 108.60 | ||
| 12 | Layyah | 1,712 | 1,118,575 | 653.37 | ||
| 13 | Jatoi | 1,010 | 862,046 | 853.51 | Muzaffargarh District | |
| 14 | Alipur | 1,391 | 760,526 | 546.75 | ||
| 15 | Muzaffargarh | 2,377 | 1,905,995 | 801.85 | ||
| 16 | Rojhan | 2,905 | 474,077 | 163.19 | Rajanpur District | |
| 17 | Rajanpur | 2,078 | 853,192 | 410.58 | ||
| 18 | De-Excluded Area Rajanpur | 5,013 | 41,741 | 113.13 | ||
| 19 | Koh-e-Suleman | 5,339 | 248,683 | 46.58 | Taunsa District | |
| 20 | Taunsa | 2,769 | 796,777 | 287.75 | ||
| 21 | Vehova |
Demographics
[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.
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names - ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "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.
30°28′N 70°24′E / 30.467°N 70.400°E
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