Rajanpur Tehsil
Rajanpur Tehsil
تحصِيل راجن پُور | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| District | Rajanpur |
| Established | 1 July 1982 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Municipal Committee |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq |
| • Constituensy | NA-188 Rajanpur-II |
| • National Assembly Member | Hafeez-ur-Rehman Dreshak |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 2,078 km2 (802 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Tehsil | 853,192 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 310,659 (36.41%) |
| • Rural | 542,533 (64.59%) |
| Literacy (2023) | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | |
| NWD (area) code | 604 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-PB |
Rajanpur (Urdu: تحصِيل راجن پُور), is a tehsil located in Rajanpur District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 16 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Rajanpur.[1]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 85,071 | — |
| 1961 | 104,533 | +2.08% |
| 1972 | 156,405 | +3.73% |
| 1981 | 214,517 | +3.57% |
| 1998 | 395,953 | +3.67% |
| 2017 | 706,770 | +3.10% |
| 2023 | 853,192 | +3.19% |
| Sources: [2][3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Rajanpur tehsil has population of 853,192. Out of which, Urban population is 310,659 which is nearly 36.41% and rural population is 542,533.[4]
As of the 2023 census, Rajanpur Tehsil has a total literacy rate of 41.38%, with male literacy at 49.09% and female literacy at 33.40%.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Rajanpur - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Lahore School.
- ^ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
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