Dunyapur is a city in Lodhran District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located north of the district capital, also called Lodhran, on Bahawalpur road. The city of Dunyapur is the headquarters of the Dunyapur Tehsil. As of 2023, the city's population is 51,888.

History Dunyapūr was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana in sarkar Multan, counted as part of the Bet Jalandhar Doab. It was assessed at 1,876,862 dams in revenue and supplied a force of 50 cavalry and 400 infantry.

Demographics

According to the 2023 census Dunyapur city has a population of 51,888.

As of 2017, the city of Dunyapur had a population of 41,554 people (20,923 male, 20,621 female, and 10 other). The average household size was 6.20 people. In terms of age distribution, 26.6% of Dunyapur residents were under age 10 in 2017 (11,069 in total); 18.9% were between 10 and 18 (7,874 in total); 49.0% were between 18 and 60 (20,363 in total); and 5.4% were over the age of 60 (2,248 in total). The city's working population was 10,820 (not counting children under the age of 10). In terms of religion, 41,190 residents were Muslim and 364 were non-Muslim.

The overall literacy rate in the city is 67.07% (73.42% among males and 60.74% among females). In terms of education, a total of 5,719 males and 4,547 females had completed primary school but had not completed matriculation exams; 3,151 males and 2,684 females had completed matriculation but not university, and 1,005 males and 1,025 females had completed university.

The city had 6,643 total houses as of 2017; 5,685 were pakka, 728 were semi-pakka, and 230 were kachcha. 5,893 houses (88.7%) had potable water, 6,556 (98.7%) had access to electricity, 4,490 (67.6%) had access to gas, 4,097 (61.7%) had a kitchen, 6,395 (96.3%) had at a bathroom, and 6,483 (97.6%) had a latrine.

Gender (C 2017) Males 249,231 Females 245,944 Transgender 42 Age Groups (C 2017) 0–14 years 198,782 15–64 years 276,552 65+ years 19,883 Age Distribution (C 2017) 0–9 years 139,482 10–19 years 109,588 20–29 years 79,314 30–39 years 63,014 40–49 years 43,798 50–59 years 29,545 60–69 years 18,184 70+ years 12,292 Urbanization (C 2017) Rural 453,663 Urban 41,554

Literacy (A10+) (C 2017) yes 194,375 no 161,360 Mother Tongue (C 2017) Urdu 19,323 Migri and Haryanvi 203,200 Pushto 812 Balochi 192 Kashmiri 32 Saraiki 200,890 Hindko 2,091 Brahvi 263 Other Language 897

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