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=== Languages ===
=== Languages ===
At the time of the [[2017 Census of Pakistan]], the distribution of the population of Dera Ghazi Khan District by [[first language]] was as follows:<ref>[https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/results/06711.pdf Census-2017 - Detailed Tables]</ref>
At the time of the [[2017 Census of Pakistan]], the distribution of the population of Dera Ghazi Khan District by [[first language]] was as follows:<ref>[https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/results/06711.pdf Census-2017 - Detailed Tables]</ref>
* 81.0% [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]]
* 45.0% [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]]
* 14.7% [[Balochi language|Balochi]]
* 40.7% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
* 2.6% [[Urdu]]
* 4.6% [[Urdu]]
* 0.8% [[Pashto]]
* 8.8% [[Pashto]]
* 0.7% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
* 2.7% [[Balochi language|Balochi]]
* 0.1% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
* 1.1% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
* 0.0% [[Brahui language|Brahui]]
* 2.0% [[Brahui language|Brahui]]
* 0.0% [[Hindko]]
* 1.0% [[Hindko]]
* 0.0% [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]
* 0.0% [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]
* 0.1% Others
* 0.1% Others

Revision as of 05:58, 7 May 2023

Dera Ghazi Khan District
  • ضلع ڈيره غازى خان
  • ضلع دیرہ غازی خان
  • ڈیرہ غازی خان
District of Punjab
Top: Sulaiman Mountains near Fort Munro
Bottom: Shrine of Mullah Qaid Shah
Map of Dera Ghazi Khan District
Map of Dera Ghazi Khan District
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionDera Ghazi Khan
HeadquartersDera Ghazi Khan
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerSardar Abdullah Dasti
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]
 • Total
11,294 km2 (4,361 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total
2,872,631
 • Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils3
Websitedgkhan.punjab.gov.pk

Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu, Template:Lang-pnb, Saraiki: ضلع دیرہ غازی خان, Template:Lang-bal) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is the Dera Ghazi Khan city.

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.[3]

Administration

The district is divided into three tehsils [4][5] which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:[6]

Tehsil No. of Unions
Dera Ghazi Khan 41
Kot Chutta 24
Koh-e-sulaiman 01

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

Main article: Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city of Dera Ghazi Khan is itself administratively subdivided into seven Union Councils.[7]


History

The city was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Nawab Ghazi Khan Mirani, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, a Baloch chieftain, who had declared independence from the Langah Sultanate's Sultans of Multan.[8] 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 twenty poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living under the poverty line.[10]


Captured on 2013
Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 2,872,631, of which 1,451,327 were males and 1,421,127 females. Rural population is 2,326,410 while the urban population is 546,221. The literacy rate was 46.67%.

Religion

As per the 2017 census, the vast majority of the population was Muslim and made up nearly the entire population with 99.89%.[2]

Religion in Dera Ghazi Khan District[a]
Religion Population (1941)[11]: 42  Percentage (1941)
Islam 512,678 88.19%
Hinduism [b] 67,423 11.6%
Sikhism 1,072 0.18%
Christianity 137 0.02%
Others [c] 40 0.01%
Total Population 581,350 100%

Languages

At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Dera Ghazi Khan District by first language was as follows:[12]

Notable people

Villages

See also

References

  1. ^ "D.G.Khan | Punjab Portal".
  2. ^ a b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ Dera Ghazi Khan District – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Pakistan Government – List of Tehsils Archived 5 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dera Ghazi Khan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 64.
  9. ^ "Colonies, posh and model in name only!". NCR Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. ^ Census-2017 - Detailed Tables
  1. ^ Historic district borders may not be 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.
  2. ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
  3. ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Punjab (Pakistan).

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