Gujranwala Division

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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Punjab, Pakistan}} Punjab

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| leader_name = Naveed Haider Sherazi

| leader_title1 = Regional Police Officer

| leader_name1 = Dr. Haider Ashraf

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 5,056,025 (44.20%)

| population_rural = 6,360,661 (55.80%)

| population_total = 11,416,686

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| demographics_type1 = Literacy (2023)

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Gujranwala Division is an administrative division of Punjab province, Pakistan. The division, headquartered at the city of Gujranwala, consist of 3 districts, covers an area of 8,975 km².

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1951|1,835,178|1961|2,587,061|1972|3,218,873|1981|3,934,861|1998|6,101,052|2017|9,783,183|2023|11,416,686|align=center|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 2023 census, Gujranwala division had a population of 11,416,686https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/pcr/table_1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} roughly equal to the nation of Jordan{{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 Georgia.{{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}} The literacy rate across the division stands at 76.41%, with males at 79.16% and females at 73.61%.

Geography

Gujranwala division shares borders with Gujrat division and Lahore division.

List of the Districts

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!District[http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html Divisions/Districts of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html|date=2006-09-30}}
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

!Headquarter

!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)

Sialkot

|Sialkot

|3,016

|4,499,394

|1,492.5

|78.37%

Gujranwala

|Gujranwala

|2,426

|4,966,338

|2,045.4

|76.77%

Narowal

|Narowal

|2,337

|1,950,954

|834.3

|75.28%

List of the Tehsils

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!Tehsil

!Area

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!Pop.

(2023)

!Density

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(2023)

!Lit. rate

(2023){{Cite web |title=LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_districts.pdf}}

!Districts

Gujranwala City

|131

|2,511,118

|19,168.84

|79.39%

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Gujranwala Saddar

|783

|1,133,101

|1,447.13

|75.71%