Dera Ghazi Khan District
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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 | |
|---|---|
  Top to bottom: Shrine of Mullah Qaid Shah, Hills of Fort Munro. | |
.png) Map of Dera Ghazi Khan District | |
| 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 | |
| • 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 |
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.
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]
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]
| 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 [lower-alpha 1] |
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% |
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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 [lower-alpha 1] |
Sikhism |
Christianity |
Jainism |
Others[lower-alpha 2] | 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
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]
- Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
- Usman Buzdar, former Chief Minister of Punjab
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