Multan Division

Multan Division
Division
Map of Multan Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Capital	Multan
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	Ashfaq Ahmad Chaudhry [1] (PAS)
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Area
•  Division	17,935 km2 (6,925 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
•  Division	14,085,102
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
•  Urban	4,324,625 (30.70%)
•  Rural	9,760,477
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (69.43%) Male: (76.65%) Female: (61.87%)
Website	multandivision.punjab.gov.pk

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4] Sahiwal region was part of the division till 2008 when a separate Sahiwal division was created. ^{[5] [6]}

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	8,447,557	—
2017	12,265,161	+1.98%
2023	14,085,102	+2.33%
Sources: [7]

According to the 2023 census, Multan division had a population of 14,085,102 ^{[8] [9] [10]} roughly equal to the country of Tanzania ^[11] or the combine population of US states of Michigan and Indiana. ^[12]

Districts

#	District [13]	Headquarter	Area (km²) [14]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Khanewal	Khanewal	4,349	3,364,077	774.3	60.97%
2	Vehari	Vehari	4,364	3,430,421	787.7	59.10%
3	Multan	Multan	3,720	5,362,305	1,441.1	61.41%
4	Lodhran	Lodhran	2,778	1,928,299	693.5	51.68%

Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²) [14]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Districts
1	Jahanian	549	384,822	700.95	65.65%	Khanewal District
2	Kabirwala	1,804	1,119,229	620.42	54.13%
3	Khanewal	784	987,445	1,259.50	63.60%
4	Mian Channu	1,212	872,581	719.95	64.39%
5	Dunyapur	889	571,333	642.67	55.66%	Lodhran District
6	Kahror Pacca	778	547,761	704.06	49.81%
7	Lodhran	1,111	809,205	728.36	50.10%
8	Jalalpur Pirwala	978	608,488	622.18	38.50%	Multan District
9	Multan City	304	2,555,486	8,406.20	73.65%
10	Multan Saddar	1,632	1,516,004	928.92	52.01%
11	Shujabad	806	682,327	846.56	53.87%
12	Jallah jeem	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vehari District
13	Burewala	1,295	1,204,255	929.93	63.98%
14	Mailsi	1,639	1,120,407	683.59	54.63%
15	Vehari	1,430	1,105,759	773.26	58.21%

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PP-205 Khanewal-I	NA-144 Khanewal-I	Khanewal
PP-212 Khanewal-VIII
PP-206 Khanewal-II	NA-145 Khanewal-II
PP-211 Khanewal-VII
PP-207 Khanewal-III	NA-146 Khanewal-III
PP-208 Khanewal-IV
PP-209 Khanewal-V	NA-147 Khanewal-IV
PP-210 Khanewal-VI
PP-213 Multan-I	NA-148 Multan-I	Multan
PP-214 Multan-II
PP-215 Multan-III	NA-149 Multan-II
PP-216 Multan-IV
PP-217 Multan-V	NA-150 Multan-III
PP-218 Multan-VI
PP-219 Multan-VII	NA-151 Multan-IV
PP-220 Multan-VIII
PP-221 Multan-IX	NA-152 Multan-V
PP-222 Multan-X
PP-223 Multan-XI	NA-153 Multan-VI
PP-224 Multan-XII
PP-225 Lodhran-I	NA-154 Lodhran-I	Lodhran
PP-226 Lodhran-II
PP-227 Lodhran-III	NA-155 Lodhran-II
PP-228 Lodhran-IV
PP-229 Vehari-I	NA-156 Vehari-I	Vehari
PP-231 Vehari-III
PP-230 Vehari-II	NA-157 Vehari-II
PP-232 Vehari-IV
PP-233 Vehari-V	NA-158 Vehari-III
PP-234 Vehari-VI
PP-235 Vehari-VII	NA-159 Vehari-IV
PP-236 Vehari-VIII

Notable people

• Yousuf Raza Gilani (Prime Minister of Pakistan)
• Rafique Rajwana (Governor of Punjab)
• Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Foreign Minister of Pakistan)
• Javed Hashmi (Senior Politician)
• Inzamam ul Haq (Cricketer)
• Waqar Younis (Cricketer)

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan
  • Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Divisions of Sindh
  • Divisions of Azad Kashmir
  • Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan

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    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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