Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu: ضلع ڈيره غازى خان, Saraiki: ضلع دیرہ غازی خان) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan. Its administrative capital is Dera Ghazi Khan.
Dera Ghazi Khan District
ضلع ڈيره غازى خان ضلع دیرہ غازی خان | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
Headquarters | Dera Ghazi Khan |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Sardar Abdullah Dasti |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
9,153 km2 (3,534 sq mi) | |
Population | |
3,393,705 | |
• Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
• Urban | 807,412 |
• Rural | 2,586,293 |
Literacy | |
• Literacy rate |
|
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Area code | 064 |
Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Website | dgkhan |
The district lies to the west of the Indus River. The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) in the north of the district. Popular tourist destinations are Fort Munro, Yakbai Hill station and Mubarki Top.
Administration
editThe district is divided into three tehsils [4][5] which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:[6]
Tehsil[7] | Area
(km²)[8] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[9] |
Union Councils |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dera Ghazi Khan | 2,012 | 1,443,409 | 717.40 | 47.25% | 41 |
Koh-e-Suleman Tehsil | 5,339 | 248,683 | 46.58 | ... | ... |
Kot Chutta | 1,802 | 904,836 | 502.13 | 38.61% | 24 |
History
editThe region around Dera Ghazi Khan was inhabited by Mallian people in late antiquity. Then it was part of wide Multan region.[10] The town of Dera Ghazi Khan was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Nawab Ghazi Khan Mirani, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, the city was founded when Shah Hussain of the Langah Sultanate of Multan invited the Baloch people to settle the region. Together with two other Deras i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan, it gave its name to Derajat. Derajat eventually came into the possession of the British after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan.[11] After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India.[12] The district of Rajanpur was later carved out of the Dera Ghazi Khan district.
Based on the surveys of 2004–2005, Dera Ghazi Khan district is considered one of the 20 poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living under the poverty line.[13]
Demographics
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1951 | 380,393 | — |
1961 | 472,600 | +2.19% |
1972 | 686,057 | +3.45% |
1981 | 943,663 | +3.61% |
1998 | 1,643,118 | +3.32% |
2017 | 2,872,631 | +2.98% |
2023 | 3,393,705 | +2.82% |
Sources:[14] |
At the 2017 census, Dera Ghazi Khan district had 339,202 households and a population of 2,872,631. Dera Ghazi Khan had a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 46.67% - 59.15% for males and 34.26% for females. 546,221 (19.01%) lived in urban areas. 979,674 (34.10%) were under 10 years of age.[15] In 2023, the district had 454,711 households and a population of 3,393,705.[2]
Religion
editAs per the 2023 census, the vast majority of the population was Muslim and made up nearly the entire population with 99.67%. Christians made up the largest minority (0.27%), followed by Ahmadis (0.05%) with Hindus and Sikhs making up the rest.[16]
Religious
group |
2017[17] | 2023[16] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 2,869,385 | 99.89% | 3,375,249 | 99.67% |
Ahmadiyya | 2,546 | 0.09% | 1,823 | 0.05% |
Christianity | 330 | 0.01% | 9,135 | 0.27% |
Hinduism | 248 | 0.01% | 166 | 0% |
Sikhism | — | — | 48 | 0% |
Others | 122 | 0% | 154 | 0% |
Total Population | 2,872,631 | 100% | 3,386,575 | 100% |
Religious group |
1901[18] | 1911[19][20] | 1921[21] | 1931[22] | 1941[23] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 412,012 | 87.45% | 442,234 | 88.47% | 411,431 | 87.72% | 432,911 | 88.16% | 512,678 | 88.19% |
Hinduism [a] | 57,815 | 12.27% | 56,485 | 11.3% | 56,346 | 12.01% | 57,217 | 11.65% | 67,407 | 11.59% |
Sikhism | 1,027 | 0.22% | 1,042 | 0.21% | 932 | 0.2% | 760 | 0.15% | 1,072 | 0.18% |
Christianity | 152 | 0.03% | 76 | 0.02% | 47 | 0.01% | 31 | 0.01% | 87 | 0.01% |
Jainism | 143 | 0.03% | 23 | 0% | 296 | 0.06% | 125 | 0.03% | 106 | 0.02% |
Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 471,149 | 100% | 499,860 | 100% | 469,052 | 100% | 491,044 | 100% | 581,350 | 100% |
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. |
Tehsil | Islam | Hinduism | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[b] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil | 167,687 | 86.53% | 25,272 | 13.04% | 507 | 0.26% | 27 | 0.01% | 296 | 0.15% | 0 | 0% | 193,789 | 100% |
Sanghar Tehsil | 74,548 | 87.95% | 10,207 | 12.04% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 84,759 | 100% |
Rajanpura Tehsil | 94,148 | 89.66% | 10,444 | 9.95% | 415 | 0.4% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 105,008 | 100% |
Jampur Tehsil | 75,048 | 87.78% | 10,423 | 12.19% | 6 | 0.01% | 19 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 85,496 | 100% |
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. |
Tehsil | Islam | Hinduism [a] | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[c] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil | 192,278 | 85.94% | 31,052 | 13.88% | 221 | 0.1% | 37 | 0.02% | 106 | 0.05% | 41 | 0.02% | 223,735 | 100% |
Sanghar Tehsil | 97,234 | 89.08% | 11,875 | 10.88% | 34 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 109,149 | 100% |
Rajanpura Tehsil | 122,849 | 90.18% | 12,591 | 9.24% | 791 | 0.58% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 136,231 | 100% |
Jampur Tehsil | 100,317 | 89.38% | 11,889 | 10.59% | 26 | 0.02% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 112,235 | 100% |
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. |
Languages
editAt the time of the 2023 census, 81.55% of the population spoke Saraiki, while 14.94% mentioned Balochi, 2.4% Urdu, and 0.63% Pashto as their first language.[24]
Notable people
edit- Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
- Usman Buzdar, former Chief Minister of Punjab
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "D.G.Khan | Punjab Portal".
- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan – Government of Pakistan". Nrb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Pakistan Government – List of Tehsils Archived 5 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
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- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 64.
- ^ "Colonies, posh and model in name only!". NCR Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
- ^ Haroon Jamal (June 2007). Income Poverty at District Level: An Application of Small Area Estimation Technique (PDF) (Report). Social Policy and Development Centre. pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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- ^ a b "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
- ^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated