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{{nqضلع دیرہ غازی خان}}ڈیرہ غازی خان دمگ| native_name_lang = List of districts in Punjab, Pakistan>District of Punjab| image_skyline = {{Photomontage|image size = 250px|photo1a =|photo2a = Ghazi khan tomb 2 DG khan - Shrine of Mullah Qaid Shah.jpg|photo3a= Fort Munro hills view.jpg}}| image_alt = | image_caption = Top to bottom: Shrine of Mullah Qaid Shah, Hills of Fort Munro.| image_map = Pakistan - Punjab - Dera Ghazi Khan (2022).png| mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Dera Ghazi Khan District| subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = {{PAK}}Provinces of Pakistan>ProvincePunjab, Pakistan}} PunjabDivisions of Pakistan>DivisionDera Ghazi Khan Division>Dera Ghazi Khan| established_title = Established| established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Headquarters| seat = Dera Ghazi Khan| government_type = District AdministrationDeputy Commissioner (Pakistan)>Deputy Commissioner| leader_name = Sardar Abdullah Dasti| leader_title1 = District Police Officer| leader_name1 = N/A| leader_title2 = District Health Officer| leader_name2 = N/A| unit_pref = Metric2023 Census of Pakistan>2023| population_density_km2 = autoTime in Pakistan>PST| utc_offset1 = +5| blank_name_sec1 = District Council| blank_info_sec1 = List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan>Tehsils| blank1_info_sec1 = 3dgkhan.punjab.gov.pk}}}}Dera Ghazi Khan (}}, }}, Saraiki: {{nq|ضلع دیرہ غازی خان}}, ) 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 {{convert|10000|ft|m}} 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 tehsils WEB,weblink Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan – Government of Pakistan, Nrb.gov.pk, 24 March 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120209041130weblink">weblink 9 February 2012, Pakistan Government – List of Tehsils {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305205949weblink |date=5 March 2010 }} which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209041130weblink |date=9 February 2012 }}{| class="wikitable"! Tehsil! No. of UnionsDera Ghazi Khan Tehsil>Dera Ghazi Khan| 41Kot Chutta Tehsil>Kot Chutta| 24Fort Munro>Koh-e-sulaiman| 01

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.WEB,weblink Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan – Government of Pakistan, Nrb.gov.pk, 2012-03-24, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120209041130weblink">weblink 2012-02-09,

History

(File:D.G. Khan International Airport 1.jpg|alt=Captured on 2013|thumb|Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport|left)The region around Dera Ghazi Khan was inhabited by Mallian people in late antiquity . Then it was part of wide Multan region in medieval era (700-1500 CE).BOOK, Durrani, Ashiq Muhammad Khān,weblink History of Multan: From the Early Period to 1849 A.D., 1991, Vanguard, 978-969-402-045-7, en, 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.EB1911, Dera Ghazi Khan, 8, 64, After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India.WEB,weblink Colonies, posh and model in name only!, NCR Tribune, 2007-12-16, 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.REPORT, Haroon Jamal, June 2007, Income Poverty at District Level: An Application of Small Area Estimation Technique,weblink Social Policy and Development Centre, 15–18, 28 January 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140201202937weblink">weblink 1 February 2014,

Demographics

{{Historical populations|align=center|percentages=pagr380393472600686057943663164311828726313393705PUBLISHER = PAKISTAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, }}At the time of the 2017 census, Dera Ghazi Khan district had 339,202 households and a population of 2,872,631. Dera Ghazi Khan had a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 46.67% - 59.15% for males and 34.26% for females. 546,221 (19.01%) lived in urban areas. 979,674 (34.10%) were under 10 years of age.WEB, District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017),weblink www.pbscensus.gov.pk, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, In 2023, the district had 454,711 households and a population of 3,393,705.WEB, 2023, TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE,weblink www.pbscensus.gov.pk, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics,

Religion

As per the 2017 census, the vast majority of the population was Muslim and made up nearly the entire population with 99.89%. Ahmadis made up the largest minority (0.09%) with Christians and Hindus making up the rest.{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ Religious groups in Dera Ghazi Khan District (British Punjab province era)! rowspan="2" |Religiousgroup! colspan="2" |1901WEB,weblink saoa.crl.25363739, 29 March 2024, Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province., 1901, 34, ! colspan="2" |1911WEB,weblink saoa.crl.25393788, 29 March 2024, Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables., 1911, 27, WEB,weblink 23 March 2024, Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II, 1911, 27, Kaul, Harikishan, ! colspan="2" |1921WEB,weblink saoa.crl.25430165, 29 March 2024, Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables., 1921, 29, ! colspan="2" |1931WEB,weblink saoa.crl.25793242, 29 March 2024, Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables., 1931, 277, ! colspan="2" |1941WEB,weblink saoa.crl.28215541, 29 March 2024, Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab, 1941, 42, !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}! Islam (File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px)| 412,012 412012 2 }}| 442,234 442234 2 }}| 411,431 411431 2 }}| 432,911 432911 2 }}| 512,678 512678 2 }}! Hinduism (File:Om.svg|15px){{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis}}| 57,815 57815 2 }}| 56,485 56485 2 }}| 56,346 56346 2 }}| 57,217 57217 2 }}| 67,407 67407 2 }}! Sikhism (File:Khanda.svg|15px)| 1,027 1027 2 }}| 1,042 1042 2 }}| 932 932 2 }}| 760 760 2 }}| 1,072 1072 2 }}! Christianity (File:Christian cross.svg|15px)| 152 152 2 }}| 76 76 2 }}| 47 47 2 }}| 31 31 2 }}| 87 87 2 }}! Jainism (File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px)| 143 143 2 }}| 23 23 2 }}| 296 296 2 }}| 125 125 2 }}| 106 106 2 }}! Zoroastrianism (File:Faravahar.svg|15px)| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}! Buddhism (File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px)| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}! Judaism (File:Star_of_David.svg|15px)| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}! Others| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}| 0 0 2 }}! Total population! 471,149! {{Percentage | 471149 | 471149 | 2 }}! 499,860! {{Percentage | 499860 | 499860 | 2 }}! 469,052! {{Percentage | 469052 | 469052 | 2 }}! 491,044! {{Percentage | 491044 | 491044 | 2 }}! 581,350! {{Percentage | 581350 | 581350 | 2 }} class="sortbottom" {{smallBritish Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province (British India)>Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.}}

Languages

{{Pie chart|thumb = right|caption = Languages of Dera Ghazi Khan district (2017)Saraiki language>Saraiki color1 = firebrickBalochi language>Balochi color2 = lightblueUrdu >value3 = 2.59 |color3 = greenvalue4 = 1.82 |color4 = grey}}At the time of the 2017 census, 81.00% of the population spoke Saraiki, 14.69% Balochi and 2.59% Urdu as their first language.

Notable people

• Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
• Usman Buzdar, former Chief Minister of Punjab

See also

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• Dera Ghazi Khan
• Dera Ghazi Khan Division
• Ghazi University
• Dera Ghazi Khan railway station
• Sulaiman Mountains
• Districts of Pakistan
• Punjab, Pakistan
• Kotri–Attock Line
• Basti Azeem
• Payala Lake Ghazi Ghat

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References

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External links

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