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
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 [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (48.00%) Male: (56.48%) Female: (39.20%)
Website	dgkhandivision.punjab.gov.pk

History

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. The division system was abolished in 2000 but restored in 2008 after the restoration of democracy in the country.^[4]

List of the Districts

District	Capital	Area (km²)[5]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
Taunsa	Taunsa	8,108	...	240	...
Kot Addu	Kot Addu	3,471	...	390	...
Layyah	Layyah	6,289	2,102,386	334.5	61.83%
Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	3,814	3,393,705	285.8	46.78%
Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	4,778	5,015,325	607.5	47.99%
Rajanpur	Rajanpur	12,319	2,381,049	193.3	36.09%

List of the Tehsils

Tehsil	Area (km²)[5]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)[6]	Districts
Dera Ghazi Khan	2,012	1,443,409	717.40	47.25%	Dera Ghazi Khan District
Kot Chutta	1,802	904,836	502.13	38.61%
Muhammadpur	...	...	...	...	Jampur District
Jampur	2,322	1,012,039	435.85	38.07%
Dajal	...	...	...	...
Jampur Tribal Area	...	...	...	...
Chowk Sarwar Shaheed	1,785	414,578	232.26	55.50%	Kot Addu District
Kot Addu	1,686	1,072,180	635.93	58.19%
Karor Lal Esan	1,823	684,729	375.61	62.43%	Layyah District
Chaubara	2,754	299,082	108.60	58.42%
Layyah	1,712	1,118,575	653.37	62.34%
Jatoi	1,010	862,046	853.51	40.67%	Muzaffargarh District
Alipur	1,391	760,526	546.75	39.15%
Muzaffargarh	2,377	1,905,995	801.85	46.84%
Rojhan	2,905	474,077	163.19	20.98%	Rajanpur District
Rajanpur	2,078	853,192	410.58	41.38%
De-Excluded Area Rajanpur	5,013	41,741	113.13	8.6%
Koh-e-Suleman	5,339	248,683	46.58	36.04%	Taunsa District
Taunsa	2,769	796,777	287.75	57.96%
Vehowa	...	...	...	...

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	6,503,590	—
2017	11,014,398	+2.81%
2023	12,892,465	+2.66%
Sources:[7]

Population

The population of Dera Ghazi Khan division was 12,892,465 in 2023 census^[8] which was roughly equal to the country of Bolivia^[9] or the US state of Illinois.^[10]

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PP-268 Muzaffargarh-I	NA-175 Muzaffargarh-I	Muzaffargarh
PP-269 Muzaffargarh-II
PP-270 Muzaffargarh-III	NA-176 Muzaffargarh-II
PP-271 Muzaffargarh-IV
PP-272 Muzaffargarh-V	NA-177 Muzaffargarh-III
PP-273 Muzaffargarh-VI
PP-274 Muzaffargarh-VII	NA-178 Muzaffargarh-IV
PP-275 Muzaffargarh-VIII
PP-276 Kot Addu-I	NA-179 Kot Addu-I	Kot Addu
PP-278 Kot Addu-III
PP-277 Kot Addu-II	NA-180 Kot Addu-II
PP-279 Layyah-I	NA-181 Layyah-I	Layyah
PP-280 Layyah-II
PP-281 Layyah-III
PP-282 Layyah-IV	NA-182 Layyah-II
PP-283 Layyah-V
PP-284 Taunsa-I	NA-183 Taunsa	Taunsa
PP-285 Taunsa-II
PP-286 Dera Ghazi Khan-I	NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I	Dera Ghazi Khan
PP-287 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
PP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-III	NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
PP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV
PP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan-V	NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
PP-291 Dera Ghazi Khan-VI
PP-292 Rajanpur-I	NA-187 Rajanpur-I	Rajanpur
PP-293 Rajanpur-II
PP-294 Rajanpur-III	NA-188 Rajanpur-II
PP-295 Rajanpur-IV
PP-296 Rajanpur-V	NA-189 Rajanpur-III
PP-297 Rajanpur-VI

See also

• 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