Multan Division
Multan Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It was created during British colonial rule in South Asia in the 19th century. It includes 4 districts: Khanewal, Lodhran, Vehari and Multan and 14 Tehsils. Its recorded population was just over 1.40 crores in 2023.
Multan Division | |
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.svg) Map of Multan Division | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Capital | Multan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | Amir Kareem Khan[1] (PAS) |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Division | 17,935 km2 (6,925 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Division | 14,085,102 |
| • Density | 785.34/km2 (2,034.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,324,625 (30.70%) |
| • Rural | 9,760,477 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Website | multandivision.punjab.gov.pk |
Multan Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It was created during British colonial rule in South Asia in the 19th century. It includes 4 districts: Khanewal, Lodhran, Vehari and Multan and 14 Tehsils. Its recorded population was just over 1.40 crores in 2023.[3]
History
[edit]Multan Division was created during the British colonial rule in South Asia. During early British rule Multan division included Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Jhang, Montgomery (Sahiwal) and all the districts that later formed Dera Ghazi Khan Division. In 1982 new Dera Ghazi Khan Division was formed.[4] Sahiwal region was part of the division till 2008 when a separate Sahiwal division was created.[5][6][7]
The division laid between 28°25' and 33°13 N and 69°19' and 73°39 E, the Sutlej divided it from Bahawalpur on the south-east, while the Indus river flowed partly through the Division and partly along its border to the west. The headquarters of the Commissioner were at Multan (or in the hot season, at the hill station of Fort Munro). The Division was abolished in 1884, but reconstituted in 1901.
According to the 1881 census of India the population of the area now included was 2,036,956; in 1891 it had risen to 2,277,605, and in 1901 to 3,014,675 and the total area was 76,500 kilometres square.
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N/A | — |
| 1961 | N/A | — |
| 1972 | N/A | — |
| 1981 | N/A | — |
| 1998 | 8,447,557 | — |
| 2017 | 12,265,161 | +1.98% |
| 2023 | 14,085,102 | +2.33% |
| Sources:[8] | ||
According to the 2023 census, Multan division had a population of 14,085,102[9][10][11] roughly equal to the country of Tanzania[12] or the combine population of US states of Michigan and Indiana.[13]
Districts
[edit]| # | District[14] | Headquarter | Area
(km2)[15] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km2) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khanewal | Khanewal | 4,349 | 3,364,077 | 774.3 | 60.97% |
| 2 | Vehari | Vehari | 4,364 | 3,430,421 | 787.7 | 59.10% |
| 3 | Multan | Multan | 3,720 | 5,362,305 | 1,441.1 | 61.41% |
| 4 | Lodhran | Lodhran | 2,778 | 1,928,299 | 693.5 | 51.68% |
Tehsils
[edit]| # | Tehsil | Area
(km2)[15] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km2) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jahanian | 549 | 384,822 | 700.95 | 65.65% | Khanewal District |
| 2 | Kabirwala | 1,804 | 1,119,229 | 620.42 | 54.13% | |
| 3 | Khanewal | 784 | 987,445 | 1,259.50 | 63.60% | |
| 4 | Mian Channu | 1,212 | 872,581 | 719.95 | 64.39% | |
| 5 | Dunyapur | 889 | 571,333 | 642.67 | 55.66% | Lodhran District |
| 6 | Kahror Pacca | 778 | 547,761 | 704.06 | 49.81% | |
| 7 | Lodhran | 1,111 | 809,205 | 728.36 | 50.10% | |
| 8 | Jalalpur Pirwala | 978 | 608,488 | 622.18 | 38.50% | Multan District |
| 9 | Multan City | 304 | 2,555,486 | 8,406.20 | 73.65% | |
| 10 | Multan Saddar | 1,632 | 1,516,004 | 928.92 | 52.01% | |
| 11 | Shujabad | 806 | 682,327 | 846.56 | 53.87% | |
| 12 | Burewala | 1295 | 1204,225 | 929.93 | 63.98% | Vehari District |
| 13 | Mailsi | 1639 | 1,120,407 | 683.59 | 54.63% | |
| 14 | Vehari | 1,430 | 1,105,759 | 773.26 | 58.21% |
Notable people
[edit]- Yousuf Raza Gilani (Prime Minister of Pakistan)
- Rafique Rajwana (Governor of Punjab)
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Foreign Minister of Pakistan)
- Javed Hashmi (Senior Politician)
- Inzamam ul Haq (Cricketer)
- Waqar Younis (Cricketer)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "First digital census to start on Feb 1: commissioner". Business Recorder (newspaper). 8 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Pakistan: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 248 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ "District Website". sahiwal.dc.lhc.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Government. "Divisional government".
- ^ Gandhi, Rajmohan (2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. Aleph Book Company. ISBN 978-93-82277-58-3.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, census-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Home | Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department" (PDF). health.punjab.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
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- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
New Mexico - 2,059,179
- ^ 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 - ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
Neighbourhoods of Multan | ||
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Administrations: Multan Division and Multan District | ||
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Website: Multan District at NRB | ||
30°00′N 71°40′E / 30.000°N 71.667°E
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