Bahawalnagar

Bahawalnagar district, Punjab — 3,550,342 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,373,747	2,061,447	2,975,656	3,550,342
Urban population		392,801	619,686	974,118
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.41%	1.95%	3.00%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		35.1%		57.0%
Female literacy rate		23.8%		50.0%
Average household size		6.70	6.16	6.30
Males per 100 females		107.4	103.1	108.3
Urban share		19.1%	20.8%	27.4%
People per km²		232	335	400
Area		8,878 km²	8,878 km²	8,878 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	48.0%	46.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	59.0%	63.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		32.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		7.15%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		37.0%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		40.1%	34.4%
Households with tap water	35.0%	38.8%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	70.0%	76.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		12.4%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		94.4%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		80.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		23.1%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	116,455
People working in them (2023)	291,331
Farms (2024)	173,873
Cultivated area (2024)	1,409,155 acres
Tractors (2024)	37,029
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	48,465
Cattle (2024)	890,868
Buffaloes (2024)	1,050,194
Goats (2024)	1,123,685

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts