Rajanpur District

Rajanpur District
ضِلع راجن پُور
Top: Masjid Deen Muhammad Khan, Jampur
View of desert region in the district
Rajanpur District highlighted within Punjab Province
Rajanpur District highlighted within Punjab Province
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionDera Ghazi Khan
HeadquartersRajanpur
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]: 13 
 • Total12,318 km2 (4,756 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,381,049
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils3
Main language(s)Saraiki, Balochi
Websiterajanpur.punjab.gov.pk

Rajanpur (Urdu: ضِلع راجن پُور) is a district of the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. Lying west of the Indus River, its inhabitants are mostly Saraikis and Baloch. According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of 1,100,000, and 14.27% of these were inhabitants of urban areas.[3]

  1. ^ 1998 District Census report of Rajanpur. Census publication. Vol. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 1998 Census figures – Urban Resource Centre Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

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