Dera Ghazi Khan Division is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The division was established in 1982.
History During British rule, All the districts that later formed Dera Ghazi Khan Division, collectively formed a district of Multan Division.Dera Ghāzi Khān District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 248. 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.
List of the Districts
DistrictCapitalArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)TaunsaTaunsa8,1081,045,460240...Kot AdduKot Addu3,4711,486,758390...LayyahLayyah6,2892,102,386334.561.83%Dera Ghazi KhanDera Ghazi Khan3,8143,393,705285.846.78%MuzaffargarhMuzaffargarh4,7785,015,325607.547.99%RajanpurRajanpur12,3192,381,049193.336.09%
List of the Tehsils
TehsilArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)DistrictsDera Ghazi Khan2,0121,443,409717.4047.25%Dera Ghazi Khan DistrictKot Chutta1,802904,836502.1338.61%Muhammadpur............Jampur DistrictJampur2,3221,012,039435.8538.07%Dajal............Jampur Tribal Area............Chowk Sarwar Shaheed1,785414,578232.2655.50%Kot Addu DistrictKot Addu1,6861,072,180635.9358.19%Karor Lal Esan1,823684,729375.6162.43%Layyah DistrictChaubara2,754299,082108.6058.42%Layyah1,7121,118,575653.3762.34%Jatoi1,010862,046853.5140.67%Muzaffargarh DistrictAlipur1,391760,526546.7539.15%Muzaffargarh2,3771,905,995801.8546.84%Rojhan2,905474,077163.1920.98%Rajanpur DistrictRajanpur2,078853,192410.5841.38%De-Excluded Area Rajanpur5,01341,741113.138.6%Koh-e-Suleman5,339248,68346.5836.04%Taunsa DistrictTaunsa2,769796,777287.7557.96%Vehowa............
Demographics
Population The population of Dera Ghazi Khan division was 12,892,465 in 2023 census which was roughly equal to the country of Bolivia or the US state of Illinois.
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPP-268 Muzaffargarh-INA-175 Muzaffargarh-IMuzaffargarhPP-269 Muzaffargarh-IIPP-270 Muzaffargarh-IIINA-176 Muzaffargarh-IIPP-271 Muzaffargarh-IVPP-272 Muzaffargarh-VNA-177 Muzaffargarh-IIIPP-273 Muzaffargarh-VIPP-274 Muzaffargarh-VIINA-178 Muzaffargarh-IVPP-275 Muzaffargarh-VIIIPP-276 Kot Addu-INA-179 Kot Addu-IKot AdduPP-278 Kot Addu-IIIPP-277 Kot Addu-IINA-180 Kot Addu-IIPP-279 Layyah-INA-181 Layyah-ILayyahPP-280 Layyah-IIPP-281 Layyah-IIIPP-282 Layyah-IVNA-182 Layyah-IIPP-283 Layyah-VPP-284 Taunsa-INA-183 TaunsaTaunsaPP-285 Taunsa-IIPP-286 Dera Ghazi Khan-INA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-IDera Ghazi KhanPP-287 Dera Ghazi Khan-IIPP-288 Dera Ghazi Khan-IIINA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-IIPP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan-IVPP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan-VNA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-IIIPP-291 Dera Ghazi Khan-VIPP-292 Rajanpur-INA-187 Rajanpur-IRajanpurPP-293 Rajanpur-IIPP-294 Rajanpur-IIINA-188 Rajanpur-IIPP-295 Rajanpur-IVPP-296 Rajanpur-VNA-189 Rajanpur-IIIPP-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
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