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Dera Ghazi Khan District
ضلع ڈيره غازى خان ضلع دیرہ غازی خان | |
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Top to bottom: Shrine of Mullah Qaid Shah, Hills of Fort Munro. | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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 | |
• Total | 11,294 km2 (4,361 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,393,705 |
• Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Website | dgkhan |
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.
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
The district is divided into three tehsils [3][4] which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:[5]
Tehsil | No. of Unions |
---|---|
Dera Ghazi Khan | 41 |
Kot Chutta | 24 |
Koh-e-sulaiman | 01 |
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of the district. The city of Dera Ghazi Khan is itself administratively subdivided into seven Union Councils.[6]
History
![Captured on 2013](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/D.G._Khan_International_Airport_1.jpg/220px-D.G._Khan_International_Airport_1.jpg)
The region around Dera Ghazi Khan was inhabited by Mallian people in late antiquity. Then it was part of wide Multan region.[7] 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.[8] After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India.[9] 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.[10]
Demographics
Year | 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:[11] |
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.[12] In 2023, the district had 454,711 households and a population of 3,393,705.[2]
Religion
As 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.[13]
Religious
group |
2017[14] | 2023[13] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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[15] | 1911[16][17] | 1921[18] | 1931[19] | 1941[20] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ![]() |
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. |
Languages
At 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.[21]
Notable people
- Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
- Usman Buzdar, former Chief Minister of Punjab
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Durrani, Ashiq Muhammad Khān (1991). History of Multan: From the Early Period to 1849 A.D. Vanguard. ISBN 978-969-402-045-7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
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