Rajanpur
Rajanpur
راجن پور | |
|---|---|
| District Rajanpur, Pakistan | |
 Gateway of Rajanpur's Harand Fort | |
  Rajanpur  Rajanpur | |
| Coordinates: 29°6′15″N 70°19′29″E / 29.10417°N 70.32472°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Established | 1732 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Committee |
| • Chairman | Kunawar Kamal Akhtar |
| • Vice Chairman | Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate |
| • Chief Officer | Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi |
| • Municipal Officer (Finance) | Muhammad Akram Bari |
| • Computer Section | Abdullah Hussain Dreshak |
| Population | |
• City | 137,553 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
| Postal code | 33500 |
| Dialling code | 604[3] |
| Acronym | RJP |
| Demonym | Rajanpuri |
| Highways |  N-55 |
| Website | http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/ |
Rajanpur (Punjabi: راجن پُور), is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River.
History
[edit]Rajanpur was founded by Sheikh Rajan Shah,[4][5] the makhdum of Sitpur, in about 1732.[6] He had captured his estates from the previously ruling Nahar tribesmen (see Tahir Khan Nahar).[4] The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at Mithankot – leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur.[4] A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year.[7] Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873.[4]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5,280 | — |
| 1961 | 6,575 | +2.22% |
| 1972 | 10,011 | +3.90% |
| 1981 | 18,789 | +7.25% |
| 1998 | 43,643 | +5.08% |
| 2017 | 99,097 | +4.41% |
| 2023 | 137,553 | +5.62% |
| Sources:[8] | ||
According to 2023 census, Rajanpur had a population of 137,553.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Municipal Committee Rajanpur". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series. Supt. of Govt. Print. 1908.
- ^ Rashid, Haroon (2008). History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans. Haroon Rashid.
- ^ (Firm), Cosmo Publications (2000). The Pakistan gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 9788170208822.
- ^ Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1883.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).