Dera Ghazi Khan Division

Dera Ghazi Khan Division

ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن
Dera Ghazi Khan Division ڈیرہ غازی خان ڈویژن
Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Capital	Dera Ghazi Khan
Area
• Total	38,778 km2 (14,972 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	12,892,465
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)

Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982. The division's population was 12.89 million in 2023 census.^[2]

Districts

It contains the following districts:^[3]

History

During British rule, All the districts that later formed Dera Ghazi Khan Division, collectively formed a district of Multan Division. ^[4] 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.^[5]

Demographics

According to 2017 census, DG Khan Division had a population of 11,021,214, which includes 5,627,413 males and 5,392,956 females. DG Khan Division constitutes 10,994,261 Muslims, 17,738 Christians, 5,778 Ahmadi followed by 2,298 Hindus, 678 scheduled castes and 461 others.

Religions in DG Khan Division (2017)

Islam (99.75%)

Christianity (0.16%)

Ahmadi (0.05%)

Hinduism (0.02%)

Scheduled Caste (0.001%)

Other (0.001%)

References

^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
^ "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.
^ 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
^ 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.

30°28′N 70°24′E / 30.467°N 70.400°E / 30.467; 70.400

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[DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017-1] "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.

[2] "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.

[3] 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

[4] Dera Ghāzi Khān District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248.

[5] "KHĀN". Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia Online. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

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v t e Divisions of Pakistan
Balochistan	Kalat Makran Nasirabad Quetta Rakhshan Sibi Zhob Loralai
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Bannu Dera Ismail Khan Hazara Kohat Malakand Mardan Peshawar
Punjab	Bahawalpur Dera Ghazi Khan Faisalabad Gujranwala Gujrat Lahore Mianwali Multan Rawalpindi Sahiwal Sargodha
Sindh	Banbhore Hyderabad Karachi Larkana Mirpur Khas Sukkur Shaheed Benazirabad
Islamabad Capital Territory	None
Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Mirpur Muzaffarabad Poonch
Gilgit Baltistan	Gilgit Baltistan Diamer

Districts

History

Demographics

See also

References