Multan Division

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

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

| subdivision_type2 = Capital

| subdivision_name2 = Multan

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| government_type = Divisional Administration

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| leader_party = PAS

| leader_title = Commissioner

| leader_name = Ashfaq Ahmad Chaudhry{{cite news|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40218972/first-digital-census-to-start-on-feb-1-commissioner|title=First digital census to start on Feb 1: commissioner|date=8 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|work=Business Recorder (newspaper)}}

| leader_title1 = Regional Police Officer

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| area_total_km2 = 17,935

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| population_as_of = 2023

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| population_total = 14,085,102

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 4,324,625 (30.70%)

| population_rural = 9,760,477

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| demographics_type1 = Literacy

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| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list|Total:
(69.43%) |Male:
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Multan Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It was created during British colonial rule in South Asia in the 19th century. It includes 4 districts: Khanewal, Lodhran, Vehari and Multan and 15 Tehsils. Its recorded population was just over 1.40 crores in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/admin/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

History

Multan Division was created during the British colonial rule in South Asia. During British rule, All the districts that later formed Dera Ghazi Khan Division, collectively formed districts of Multan Division up till 1982 when new Dera Ghazi Khan Division was formed.{{Cite web |title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 248 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_254.gif |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}} Sahiwal region was part of the division till 2008 when a separate Sahiwal division was created.{{Cite web |title=District Website |url=https://sahiwal.dc.lhc.gov.pk/PublicPages/HistoryOfDistrict.aspx |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=sahiwal.dc.lhc.gov.pk}}{{Cite web |last=Government |title=Divisional government |url=https://dgkhandivision.punjab.gov.pk/}}

The division laid between 28°25' and 33°13 N and 69°19' and 73°39 E, the Sutlej divided it from Bahawalpur on the south-east, while the Indus river flowed partly through the Division and partly along its border to the west. The headquarters of the Commissioner were at Multan (or in the hot season, at the hill station of Fort Munro). The Division was abolished in 1884, but reconstituted in 1901.

According to the 1881 census of India the population of the area now included was 2,036,956; in 1891 it had risen to 2,277,605, and in 1901 to 3,014,675 and the total area was 76,500 kilometres square.

Demographics

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{{Historical populations|1951|N/A|1961|N/A|1972|N/A|1981|N/A|1998|8,447,557|2017|12,265,161|2023|14,085,102|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 the 2023 census, Multan division had a population of 14,085,102https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/pcr/table_1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Home | Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department |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 |title=Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore |url=http://www.opfblog.com/6245/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}} roughly equal to the country of Tanzania{{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 combine population of US states of Michigan and Indiana.{{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}}

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

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!Area

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

!Pop.

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!Density

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(2023)

!Lit. rate

(2023)

|Khanewal

|4,349

|3,364,077

|774.3

|60.97%