Districts of Punjab Pakistan

The province of Punjab, which represents Pakistan's most populous province and ranks as the second-largest by area, is administratively organised into 41 districts and 10 divisions as of January 2023.

List of the Districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

The following presents a comprehensive listing of all 41 districts within Pakistan's Punjab province, including their respective divisions, area measurements, population statistics and population density figures, average annual population growth rates (calculated between 1998 and 2017), and geographical maps illustrating each district's location.

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List of the Districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.
District	Headquarter	Area (km²)^[1]	Population (2023)^[1]	Density (ppp/km²)^[1]	Literacy rate (2023) ^[2]	Average Annual Population Growth Rate (1998 - 2017) ^[3]	Map	Division
Attock	Attock	6,858	2,170,423	316.7	80.22%	2.08% Template:Increase		Rawalpindi
Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	8,878	3,550,342	399.6	67.01%	1.95% Template:Increase		Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	24,830	4,284,964	172.3	63.35%	2.18% Template:Increase		Bahawalpur
Bhakkar	Bhakkar	8,153	1,957,470	240.5	65.68%	2.39% Template:Increase		Sargodha
Chakwal	Chakwal	6,524	1,734,854	266.2	87.79%	1.71% Template:Increase		Rawalpindi
Chiniot	Chiniot	2,643	1,563,024	591.3	65.05%	1.85% Template:Increase		Faisalabad
Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	3,393,705	285.8	56.78%	2.98% Template:Increase		Dera Ghazi Khan
Faisalabad	Faisalabad	5,856	9,075,819	1,551.7	83.41%	1.98% Template:Increase		Faisalabad
Gujranwala	Gujranwala	2,426	4,966,338	2,045.4	86.77%	2.06% Template:Increase		Gujranwala
Gujrat	Gujrat	3,192	3,219,375	1,007.0	91.37%	1.57% Template:Increase		Gujrat
Hafizabad	Hafizabad	2,367	1,319,909	557.0	75.77%	1.74% Template:Increase		Gujrat
Jhang	Jhang	6,166	3,065,639	497.6	69.45%	2.03% Template:Increase		Faisalabad
Jhelum	Jhelum	3,587	1,382,308	385.7	90.65%	1.41% Template:Increase		Rawalpindi
Kasur	Kasur	3,995	4,084,286	1,021.4	72.85%	2.03% Template:Increase		Lahore
Khanewal	Khanewal	4,349	3,364,077	774.3	70.97%	1.83% Template:Increase		Multan
Khushab	Jauharabad	6,511	1,501,089	230.8	72.52%	1.84% Template:Increase		Sargodha
Lahore	Lahore	1,772	13,004,135	7,336.6	89.62%	3.00% Template:Increase	Error creating thumbnail:	Lahore
Layyah	Layyah	6,289	2,102,386	334.5	71.83%	2.59% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Layyah.svg	Dera Ghazi Khan
Lodhran	Lodhran	2,778	1,928,299	693.5	61.68%	1.97% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Lodhran.svg	Multan
Mandi Bahauddin	Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,829,486	683.1	80.27%	1.68% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Mandi Bahauddin.svg	Gujrat
Mianwali	Mianwali	5,840	1,798,268	307.4	72.87%	2.01% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Mianwali.svg	Sargodha
Multan	Multan	3,720	5,362,305	1,441.1	71.41%	2.23% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Multan.svg	Multan
Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	4,778	3,528,567	738.50	43.74%	...	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Muzaffargarh.svg	Dera Ghazi Khan
Nankana Sahib^[4]	Nankana Sahib	2,216	1,634,871	737.0	73.12%	1.37% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Nankana Sahib.svg	Lahore
Narowal	Narowal	2,337	1,950,954	834.3	85.28%	1.59% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Narowal.svg	Gujranwala
Okara	Okara	4,377	3,515,490	802.2	70.25%	1.64% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Okara.svg	Sahiwal
Pakpattan	Pakpattan	2,724	2,136,170	785.3	67.13%	1.85% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Pakpattan.svg	Sahiwal
Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	5,564,703	468.2	57.94%	2.26% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Rahim Yar Khan.svg	Bahawalpur
Rajanpur	Rajanpur	12,319	2,381,049	193.3	46.09%	3.16% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Rajanpur.svg	Dera Ghazi Khan
Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	4,547	5,745,964	1,868.79	93.22%	2.52% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Rawalpindi (2022).png	Rawalpindi
Sahiwal	Sahiwal	3,201	2,881,811	900.6	74.77%	1.64% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Sahiwal.svg	Sahiwal
Sargodha	Sargodha	5,854	4,334,448	740.1	76.73%	1.73% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Sargodha.svg	Sargodha
Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	3,744	4,049,418	1,080.3	78.88%	2.22% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Sheikhupura.svg	Lahore
Sialkot	Sialkot	3,016	4,499,394	1,492.5	88.37%	1.90% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Sialkot.svg	Gujranwala
Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	3,252	2,524,044	776.2	81.38%	1.59% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Toba Tek Singh.svg	Faisalabad
Vehari	Vehari	4,364	3,430,421	787.7	69.10%	1.74% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Vehari.svg	Multan
Talagang	Talagang	2,932	602,246	226.33	75.50	1.90% Template:Increase	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Talagang.png	Rawalpindi
Murree	Murree	738	372,947	480	84.79	...	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Murree.png	Rawalpindi
Taunsa	Taunsa	8,108	...	...	57.96	...	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Taunsa.png	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kot Addu	Kot Addu	3,471	1,486,758	428.34	58.19	...	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Kot Addu.png	Dera Ghazi Khan
Wazirabad	Wazirabad	1,206	993,412	690	77.39	...	File:Pakistan - Punjab - Wazirabad.png	Gujrat

List of this districts by population over the years

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List of districts by population over the years
District	Population (2023)	Population (2017)	Population (1998)	Population (1981)	Population (1972)	Population (1961)	Population (1951)
Attock	21,70,423	18,86,378	12,74,935	8,76,667	7,48,890	5,32,845	4,86,043
Bahawalnagar	3,550,342	2,975,656	2,061,447	1,373,747	1,073,891	822,827	630,430
Bahawalpur	4,284,964	3,669,176	2,433,091	1,453,438	1,071,026	735,524	527,837
Bhakkar	1,957,470	1,647,852	1,051,456	665,884	500,498	332,882	233,733
Chakwal	1,734,854	1,495,463	...	...	...	...	...
Chiniot	1,563,024	1,368,659	965,124	694,080	570,775	396,948	329,615
Dera Ghazi Khan	3,393,705	2,872,631	1,643,118	943,663	686,057	472,600	380,393
Faisalabad	9,075,819	7,882,444	5,429,547	3,561,909	3,163,756	1,990,297	1,548,689
Gujranwala	4,966,338	4,180,670	2,112,474	1,223,379	874,948	490,678	360,982
Gujrat	3,219,375	2,756,289	2,048,008	1,408,585	1,177,345	835,045	742,892
Hafizabad	1,319,909	1,156,954	832,980	567,572	444,187	291,778	251,557
Jhang	3,065,639	2,742,633	1,869,421	1,276,864	983,818	668,540	534,046
Jhelum	1,382,308	1,222,403	...	...	...	...	...
Kasur	4,084,286	3,454,881	2,375,875	1,528,002	1,186,386	853,877	760,304
Khanewal	3,364,077	2,920,233	2,068,490	1,369,766	1,067,993	774,701	635,482
Khushab	1,501,089	1,280,372	905,711	641,366	543,314	360,395	268,118
Lahore	13,004,135	11,119,985	6,318,745	3,544,942	2,587,621	1,625,810	1,134,757
Layyah	2,102,386	1,823,995	1,120,951	666,517	495,537	273,224	162,202
Lodhran	1,928,299	1,699,693	1,171,800	739,912	558,793	363,563	289,052
Mandi Bahauddin	1,829,486	1,594,039	1,160,552	846,114	721,833	490,967	414,850
Mianwali	1,798,268	1,542,601	1,056,620	711,529	595,134	413,851	315,816
Multan	5,362,305	4,746,166	3,116,851	1,970,075	1,506,223	983,815	725,131
Muzaffargarh	3,528,567	2,981,048	1,827,465	1,048,243	756,221	532,015	446,038
Nankana Sahib^[5]	1,634,871	1,354,986	1,044,865	...	...	...	...
Narowal	1,950,954	1,707,575	1,265,097	908,977	834,501	550,425	512,475
Okara	3,515,490	3,040,826	2,232,992	1,487,261	1,123,812	827,528	730,472
Pakpattan	2,136,170	1,824,228	1,286,680	843,623	615,742	440,091	380,678
Rahim Yar Khan	5,564,703	4,807,762	3,141,053	1,841,451	1,398,879	1,015,715	664,234
Rajanpur	2,381,049	1,996,039	1,103,618	638,921	456,391	304,020	247,136
Rawalpindi	5,745,964	5,402,380	3,363,911	...	...	...	...
Sahiwal	2,881,811	2,513,011	1,843,194	1,281,526	944,656	743,614	603,782
Sargodha	43,34,448	36,96,212	26,65,979	19,11,849	15,57,641	11,07,226	8,93,269
Sheikhupura	40,49,418	34,60,004	22,76,164	...	...	...	...
Sialkot	44,99,394	38,94,938	27,23,481	18,02,505	15,09,424	10,45,958	9,61,721
Toba Tek Singh	25,24,044	21,91,495	16,21,593	11,34,572	10,84,442	7,06,800	6,15,582
Vehari	34,30,421	29,02,081	20,90,416	13,28,808	10,27,319	7,03,197	5,58,536
Talagang	6,02,246	5,27,756	4,01,607	...	...	...	...
Murree	3,72,947	3,52,329	...	...	...	...	...
Taunsa	10,45,460	6,77,785	...	...	...	...	...
Kot Addu	14,86,758	13,47,501	8,08,438	4,49,493	3,13,137	1,84,639	1,43,009
Wazirabad	9,93,412	8,30,396	6,44,233	4,42,493	3,70,310	2,54,715	2,17,197

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Notes and References

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, census-2023, Punjab.
↑ LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023.
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2017Census
↑ Nankana becomes district(10 May 2005). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ Nankana becomes district(10 May 2005). Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[:3-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, census-2023, Punjab.

[2] LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023.

[2017Census-3] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2017Census

[nankana-4] Nankana becomes district(10 May 2005). Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[nankana2-5] Nankana becomes district(10 May 2005). Retrieved 16 February 2014.

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Districts of Punjab Pakistan

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List of the Districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

List of this districts by population over the years

Notes and References

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