Bahawalpur Division
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Punjab, Pakistan}} Punjab
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| subdivision_name2 = Bahawalpur
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| population_density_km2 = 293.94
| population_urban = 3,935,691 (29.37%)
| population_rural = 9,464,318 (70.63%)
| population_total = 13,400,009
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| demographics_type1 = Literacy
| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_province.pdf |title= Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023}}
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| website = {{URL|bahawalpurdivision.punjab.gov.pk}}
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| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list|Total:
(52.13%) |Male:
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Bahawalpur Division ({{langx|pa|{{nq|بہاولپور ڈویژن}}}}; {{langx|ur|{{nq|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.{{cite web |title=Division and district-wise facilities |url=http://health.punjab.gov.pk/?q=system/files/Division_and_district_wise_facilities.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416005317/http://health.punjab.gov.pk/?q=system%2Ffiles%2FDivision_and_district_wise_facilities.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-16 |website=health.punjab.gov.pk}}{{cite web |url=http://www.opfblog.com/6245/punjab-government-plans-to-carve-a-new-district-from-lahore/ |title=Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603222725/http://www.opfblog.com/6245/punjab-government-plans-to-carve-a-new-district-from-lahore/ |archive-date=2010-06-03 }}
Districts
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!# !Capital !Area !Pop. (2023) !Density (ppl/km²) !Lit. rate (2023) |
1
|11,880 |5,564,703 |468.2 |47.94% |
2
|8,878 |3,550,342 |399.6 |57.01% |
3
|24,830 |4,284,964 |172.3 |53.35% |
List of the Tehsils
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!# !Tehsil !Area (km²) !Pop. !Density (ppl/km²) !Lit. rate !District |
1
|1,729 |976,049 |564.52 |53.5% | rowspan="5" |Bahawalnagar |
2
|1,500 |845,439 |563.63 |60.49% |
3
|2,536 |510,253 |201.20 |61.36% |
4
|1,295 |615,476 |475.27 |66.28% |
5
|1,818 |603,125 |331.75 |44.05% |
6
|1,738 |1,307,578 |752.35 |39.68% | rowspan="6" |Bahawalpur |
7
|1,490 |815,202 |547.12 |71.67% |
8
|745 |675,950 |907.32 |52.56% |
9
|1,490 |508,415 |341.22 |59.64% |
10
|993 |290,582 |292.63 |45.82% |
11
|18,374 |687,237 |37.40 |53.55% |
12
|3,190 |1,169,138 |366.50 |50.08% | rowspan="4" |Rahim Yar Khan |
13
|3,262 |1,235,264 |378.68 |38.35% |
14
|2,464 |1,778,542 |721.81 |53.66% |
15
|2,964 |1,381,759 |466.18 |47.04% |
Demographics
= Population =
{{Historical populations|1951|N/A|1961|N/A|1972|N/A|1981|N/A|1998|7,635,591|2017|11,464,031|2023|13,400,009|align=left|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}
According to the 2023 census, Bahawalpur division has a population of 13,400,009{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=table 1 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/pcr/table_1.pdf |website=www.pbs.gov.pk}} roughly equal to the nation of Senegal{{cite web |author=US Directorate of Intelligence |title=Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-date=13 June 2007 |access-date=2011-10-01 |quote=Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.}} or the US state of Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=2010 Resident Population Data |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 |access-date=2011-09-30 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179}}
= Language =
{{Pie chart
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|caption = Languages of Bahawalpur Division (2023){{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf |access-date=2 Aug 2024 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130040848/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf |archive-date=30 November 2024}}
|label1 = Saraiki |value1 = 49.10 |color1 = firebrick
|label2 = Punjabi |value2 = 42.60 |color2 = steelblue
|label3 = Urdu |value3 = 3.85 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 4.45 |color4 = grey
}}According to 2023 census, Saraiki and Punjabi are the most commonly spoken languages in the division, with 49.1% and 42.60% of the population respectively.
= Religion =
Islam is the most commonly practiced religion in the division.
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|+ Religious groups in Bahawalpur State (British Punjab province era) ! rowspan="2" |Religious ! colspan="2" |1881{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=14 }} ! colspan="2" |1911{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}} ! colspan="2" |1941{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=6 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE|access-date=19 August 2022}}{{rp|42}} |
Population
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Islam 15px
| 480,274 | {{Percentage | 480274 | 573494 | 2 }} | 546,680 | {{Percentage | 546680 | 650042 | 2 }} | 598,139 | {{Percentage | 598139 | 720877 | 2 }} | 654,247 | {{Percentage | 654247 | 780641 | 2 }} | 647,207 | {{Percentage | 647207 | 781191 | 2 }} | 799,176 | {{Percentage | 799176 | 984612 | 2 }} | 1,098,814 | {{Percentage | 1098814 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Hinduism 15px{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis}}
| 91,272 | {{Percentage | 91272 | 573494 | 2 }} | 90,013 | {{Percentage | 90013 | 650042 | 2 }} | 114,670 | {{Percentage | 114670 | 720877 | 2 }} | 109,548 | {{Percentage | 109548 | 780641 | 2 }} | 114,621 | {{Percentage | 114621 | 781191 | 2 }} | 149,454 | {{Percentage | 149454 | 984612 | 2 }} | 174,408 | {{Percentage | 174408 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Sikhism 15px
| 1,678 | {{Percentage | 1678 | 573494 | 2 }} | 13,321 | {{Percentage | 13321 | 650042 | 2 }} | 7,985 | {{Percentage | 7985 | 720877 | 2 }} | 16,630 | {{Percentage | 16630 | 780641 | 2 }} | 19,071 | {{Percentage | 19071 | 781191 | 2 }} | 34,896 | {{Percentage | 34896 | 984612 | 2 }} | 46,945 | {{Percentage | 46945 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Jainism 15px
| 254 | {{Percentage | 254 | 573494 | 2 }} | 17 | {{Percentage | 17 | 650042 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 720877 | 2 }} | 15 | {{Percentage | 15 | 780641 | 2 }} | 1 | {{Percentage | 1 | 781191 | 2 }} | 12 | {{Percentage | 12 | 984612 | 2 }} | 351 | {{Percentage | 351 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Christianity 15px
| 13 | {{Percentage | 13 | 573494 | 2 }} | 11 | {{Percentage | 11 | 650042 | 2 }} | 83 | {{Percentage | 83 | 720877 | 2 }} | 199 | {{Percentage | 199 | 780641 | 2 }} | 283 | {{Percentage | 283 | 781191 | 2 }} | 1,054 | {{Percentage | 1054 | 984612 | 2 }} | 3,048 | {{Percentage | 3048 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Zoroastrianism 15px
| 3 | {{Percentage | 3 | 573494 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 650042 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 720877 | 2 }} | 2 | {{Percentage | 2 | 780641 | 2 }} | 8 | {{Percentage | 8 | 781191 | 2 }} | 20 | {{Percentage | 20 | 984612 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Buddhism 15px
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 573494 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 650042 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 720877 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 780641 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 781191 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 984612 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Judaism 15px
| {{N/a}} | {{N/a}} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 650042 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 720877 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 780641 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 781191 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 984612 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Others
| 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 573494 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 650042 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 720877 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 780641 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 781191 | 2 }} | 0 | {{Percentage | 0 | 984612 | 2 }} | 17,643 | {{Percentage | 17643 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
Total population
! 573,494 ! {{Percentage | 573494 | 573494 | 2 }} ! 650,042 ! {{Percentage | 650042 | 650042 | 2 }} ! 720,877 ! {{Percentage | 720877 | 720877 | 2 }} ! 780,641 ! {{Percentage | 780641 | 780641 | 2 }} ! 781,191 ! {{Percentage | 781191 | 781191 | 2 }} ! 984,612 ! {{Percentage | 984612 | 984612 | 2 }} ! 1,341,209 ! {{Percentage | 1341209 | 1341209 | 2 }} |
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| colspan="15" | {{small|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. |
[[List of constituencies of Pakistan|Constituencies]]
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See also
- Divisions of Pakistan
- Divisions of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Divisions of Sindh, Pakistan
- Divisions of Azad Kashmir
- Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Districts of Pakistan
- Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
- Districts of Sindh
- Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Districts of Azad Kashmir
- Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
- List of Tehsils of Punjab
- Kala Dhari Mandir
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