Rajanpur

For the district, see Rajanpur District. For other uses, see Rajanpur (disambiguation).

Rajanpur راجن پور
City
District Rajanpur, Pakistan
Gateway of Rajanpur's Harand Fort
Rajanpur Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Rajanpur Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 29°6′15″N70°19′29″E / 29.10417°N 70.32472°E / 29.10417; 70.32472
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Dera Ghazi Khan
District	Rajanpur
Established	1732;293 years ago (1732)
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal Committee
• Chairman	Kunawar Kamal Akhtar
• Vice Chairman	Ch. Naeem Saqib Advocate
• Chief Officer	Syed Masood-ur-Rauf Ahmad Rizvi Qazi
• Municipal Officer (Finance)	Muhammad Akram Bari
• Computer Section	Abdullah Hussain Dreshak
Population  (2023) [2]
• City	137,553
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	+6
Postal code	33500
Dialling code	604 [3]
Acronym	RJP
Demonym	Rajanpuri
Highways	N-55
Website	http://www.mcrajanpur.lgpunjab.org.pk/

Rajanpur ^[a] is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River.

History

Rajanpur was founded by Sheikh Rajan Shah, ^{[4] [5]} the makhdum of Sitpur, in about 1732. ^[6] He had captured his estates from the previously ruling Nahar tribesmen (see Tahir Khan Nahar). ^[4] The settlement remained a largely unimportant village until flooding in 1862 severely damaged the nearby district headquarters at Mithankot  – leading to the transfer of government offices to Rajanpur. ^[4] A small dispensary clinic was established in Rajanpur that same year. ^[7] Rajanpur was then constituted as a municipality in 1873. ^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	5,280	—
1961	6,575	+2.22%
1972	10,011	+3.90%
1981	18,789	+7.25%
1998	43,643	+5.08%
2017	99,097	+4.41%
2023	137,553	+5.62%
Sources: [8]

According to 2023 census, Rajanpur had a population of 137,553. ^[9]

Notes

1. Urdu: راجن پُور

References

1. "Municipal Committee Rajanpur". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
2. "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
3. "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited . Retrieved 5 April 2012.
4. Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series. Supt. of Govt. Print. 1908.
5. Rashid, Haroon (2008). History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans. Haroon Rashid.
6. (Firm), Cosmo Publications (2000). The Pakistan gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. ISBN   9788170208822.
7. Punjab District Gazetteers: Ibbetson series, 1883-1884]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1883.
8. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
9. "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).