Bahawalpur Division

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| name = Bahawalpur Division

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf|title=DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017|publisher=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164748/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-29}}

| 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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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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!District{{Cite web |title=Bahawalpur Division {{!}} Local Government and Community Development |url=https://lgcd.punjab.gov.pk/bahawalpur-division |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=lgcd.punjab.gov.pk}}

!Capital

!Area

(km²){{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf}}

!Pop.

(2023)

!Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

!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

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!Tehsil

!Area

(km²)

!Pop.

(2023)

!Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

!Lit. rate

(2023)

!District

1

|Bahawalnagar

|1,729

|976,049

|564.52

|53.5%

| rowspan="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%

| rowspan="6" |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%

| rowspan="4" |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 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
group

! 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" |1891{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318669 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318669 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory |year=1891 |pages=14}}

! colspan="2" |1901{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=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. |year=1901 |pages=34}}

! 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" |1921{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}

! colspan="2" |1931{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=30 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}

! 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.

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

[[List of constituencies of Pakistan|Constituencies]]

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!Provincial Assembly Constituency

!National Assembly Constituency

!District

PP-237 Bahawalnagar-I

| rowspan="2" |NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I

| rowspan="8" |Bahawalnagar

PP-238 Bahawalnagar-II
PP-239 Bahawalnagar-III

| rowspan="2" |NA-161 Bahawalnagar-II

PP-240 Bahawalnagar-IV
PP-243 Bahawalnagar-VII

| rowspan="2" |NA-162 Bahawalnagar-III

PP-244 Bahawalnagar-VIII
PP-241 Bahawalnagar-V

| rowspan="2" |NA-163 Bahawalnagar-IV

PP-242 Bahawalnagar-VI
PP-245 Bahawalpur-I

| rowspan="2" |NA-164 Bahawalpur-I

| rowspan="10" |Bahawalpur

PP-246 Bahawalpur-II
PP-247 Bahawalpur-III

| rowspan="2" |NA-165 Bahawalpur-II

PP-248 Bahawalpur-IV
PP-249 Bahawalpur-V

| rowspan="2" |NA-166 Bahawalpur-III

PP-250 Bahawalpur-VI
PP-251 Bahawalpur-VII

| rowspan="2" |NA-167 Bahawalpur-IV

PP-252 Bahawalpur-VIII
PP-253 Bahawalpur-IX

| rowspan="2" |NA-168 Bahawalpur-V

PP-254 Bahawalpur-X
PP-255 Rahim Yar Khan-I

| rowspan="2" |NA-169 Rahim Yar Khan-I

| rowspan="13" |Rahim Yar Khan

PP-256 Rahim Yar Khan-II
PP-257 Rahim Yar Khan-III

| rowspan="2" |NA-170 Rahim Yar Khan-II

PP-258 Rahim Yar Khan-IV
PP-259 Rahim Yar Khan-V

| rowspan="2" |NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III

PP-260 Rahim Yar Khan-VI
PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII

| rowspan="3" |NA-172 Rahim Yar Khan-IV

PP-264 Rahim Yar Khan-X
PP-267 Rahim Yar Khan-XIII
PP-262 Rahim Yar Khan-VIII

| rowspan="2" |NA-173 Rahim Yar Khan-V

PP-263 Rahim Yar Khan-IX
PP-265 Rahim Yar Khan-XI

| rowspan="2" |NA-174 Rahim Yar Khan-VI

PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan-XII

See also

Notes

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