Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan (, Punjabi: ) 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 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 tehsilsPakistan Government – List of Tehsils which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan

TehsilDivisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division namesArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsDera Ghazi Khan2,0121,443,409717.4047.25%41Kot Chutta1,802904,836502.1338.61%24De-excluded Area DG Khan Tehsil

History The region around Dera Ghazi Khan was inhabited by Mallian people in late antiquity. Then it was part of the wider Multan region. Buddhist artifacts dating to the 1st to 3rd centuries CE have been found in Dillu Roy in Kot Chhutta tehsil.

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. Dera Ghazi Khan district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849. After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India. 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.

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, residual Dera Ghazi Khan district has 292,658 households and a population of 2,348,245. The district has a sex ratio of 100.71 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.98%: 47.78% for males and 35.64% for females. 797,634 (34.06% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 649,290 (27.65%) live in urban areas.

Religion

As per the 2023 census, the vast majority of the population was Muslim and made up nearly the entire population with 99.62%. Christians made up the largest minority (0.30%), followed by Ahmadis (0.07%) with Hindus and Sikhs making up the rest.

+ Religion in contemporary Dera Ghazi Khan DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023Islam 192,27885.94%1,979,21399.85%2,332,78599.62%Hinduism 31,05213.88%1980.01%138~0%Christianity 370.02%3100.02%6,9460.30%Ahmadiyya 2,3710.12%1,6070.07%Others3680.16%102~0%1620.01%Total Population223,735100%1,982,194100%2,341,638100% + Religious groups in Dera Ghazi Khan District (British Punjab province era)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Islam 315,240 349,587 412,012 442,234 411,431 432,911 512,678 Hinduism 46,697 52,903 57,815 56,485 56,346 57,217 67,407 Sikhism 1,326 1,424 1,027 1,042 932 760 1,072 Christianity 82 117 152 76 47 31 87 Jainism 0 0 143 23 296 125 106 Zoroastrianism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buddhism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Judaism 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total population 363,346 404,031 471,149 499,860 469,052 491,044 581,350 + Religion in the Tehsils of Dera Ghazi Khan District (1921)TehsilIslam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Jainism OthersTotal Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil 167,687 25,272 507 27 296 0 193,789 Sanghar Tehsil 74,548 10,207 4 0 0 0 84,759 Rajanpura Tehsil 94,148 10,444 415 1 0 0 105,008 Jampur Tehsil 75,048 10,423 6 19 0 0 85,496 + Religion in the Tehsils of Dera Ghazi Khan District (1941)TehsilIslam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Jainism OthersTotal Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil 192,278 31,052 221 37 106 41 223,735 Sanghar Tehsil 97,234 11,875 34 6 0 0 109,149 Rajanpura Tehsil 122,849 12,591 791 0 0 0 136,231 Jampur Tehsil 100,317 11,889 26 3 0 0 112,235

Languages

At the time of the 2023 census, 82.90% of the population spoke Saraiki, 12.68% Balochi and 3.40% Urdu as their first language.

Notable people Zartaj Gul, Former Minister and Member National assembly, senior member PTI Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Former Senator and Federal Minister Khosa family Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, Former Governor of Punjab Dost Muhammad Khosa, Former caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Leghari family, feudal and political family Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan Awais Leghari, Senior member PML(N), Federal Minister for Energy Jamal Leghari, Former MPA Punjab assembly Muhammad Ahmad Khan Leghari, MPA

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