Bahawalpur Division (Punjabi: بہاولپور ڈویژن; Urdu: بہاول پور ڈویژن) is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government but division system was restored again in 2008.[3][4]

List of the Districts

# District[5] Capital Area

(km²)[6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)[6]

Lit.

rate

(2023)

1 Rahim Yar Khan Rahim Yar Khan 11,880 5,564,703 468.2 47.94%
2 Bahawalnagar Bahawalnagar 8,878 3,550,342 399.6 57.01%
3 Bahawalpur Bahawalpur 24,830 4,284,964 172.3 53.35%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)[6]

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)[6]

Lit. rate

(2023)[6]

District
1 Bahawalnagar 1,729 976,049 564.52 53.5% Bahawalnagar
2 Chishtian 1,500 845,439 563.63 60.49%
3 Fort Abbas 2,536 510,253 201.20 61.36%
4 Haroonabad 1,295 615,476 475.27 66.28%
5 Minchinabad 1,818 603,125 331.75 44.05%
6 Ahmadpur East 1,738 1,307,578 752.35 39.68% Bahawalpur
7 Bahawalpur City 1,490 815,202 547.12 71.67%
8 Bahawalpur Saddar 745 675,950 907.32 52.56%
9 Hasilpur 1,490 508,415 341.22 59.64%
10 Khairpur Tamewali 993 290,582 292.63 45.82%
11 Yazman 18,374 687,237 37.40 53.55%
12 Khanpur 3,190 1,169,138 366.50 50.08% Rahim Yar Khan
13 Liaqatpur 3,262 1,235,264 378.68 38.35%
14 Rahim Yar Khan 2,464 1,778,542 721.81 53.66%
15 Sadiqabad 2,964 1,381,759 466.18 47.04%

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
1998N/A—    
2017N/A—    
202313,400,009—    
Sources:[7]

According to the 2023 census, Bahawalpur division has a population of 13,400,009.[8]

Language

Languages of Bahawalpur Division (2023)[9]

  Saraiki (49.10%)
  Punjabi (42.60%)
  Urdu (3.85%)
  Others (4.45%)

According to 2023 census, Saraiki and Punjabi is the dominate language in the division with 49.1% and 42.60% population respectively.

Religion

Islam is the predominate religion in the division.

Religious groups in Bahawalpur State (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1881[10][11][12] 1891[13] 1901[14] 1911[15][16] 1921[17] 1931[18] 1941[19][20]: 42 
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 480,274 83.75% 546,680 84.1% 598,139 82.97% 654,247 83.81% 647,207 82.85% 799,176 81.17% 1,098,814 81.93%
Hinduism [a] 91,272 15.92% 90,013 13.85% 114,670 15.91% 109,548 14.03% 114,621 14.67% 149,454 15.18% 174,408 13%
Sikhism 1,678 0.29% 13,321 2.05% 7,985 1.11% 16,630 2.13% 19,071 2.44% 34,896 3.54% 46,945 3.5%
Jainism 254 0.04% 17 0% 0 0% 15 0% 1 0% 12 0% 351 0.03%
Christianity 13 0% 11 0% 83 0.01% 199 0.03% 283 0.04% 1,054 0.11% 3,048 0.23%
Zoroastrianism 3 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0% 8 0% 20 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 17,643 1.32%
Total population 573,494 100% 650,042 100% 720,877 100% 780,641 100% 781,191 100% 984,612 100% 1,341,209 100%
Note1: British 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 region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Note2: British Punjab province era figures are for the princely state, as the contemporary division borders roughly mirror the historic colonial-era state borders.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Division and district-wise facilities" (PDF). health.punjab.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-16.
  4. ^ "Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03.
  5. ^ "Bahawalpur Division | Local Government and Community Development". lgcd.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. ^ a b c d e "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "table 1" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. 2023.
  9. ^ "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 Aug 2024.
  10. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I." 1881. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057656. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III". 1881. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057658. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  13. ^ "The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory". 1891. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25318669. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  14. ^ "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. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  16. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  19. ^ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  20. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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