Dera Ghazi Khan Division

Division in Punjab, Pakistan

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)^[1]
• Total	12,892,465

Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982.

Districts

It contains the following districts:^[2]

Dera Ghazi Khan District
Jampur District
Kot Addu District
Layyah District
Muzaffargarh District
Rajanpur District
Taunsa District

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 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.^[4]

Demographics

The division's population was 12.89 million in 2023 census.^[5]

References

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