Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur district, Punjab — 4,284,964 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,453,438	2,433,091	3,669,176	4,284,964
Urban population		665,304	1,172,162	1,619,321
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.08%	2.18%	2.63%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		35.0%		53.4%
Female literacy rate		24.0%		47.1%
Average household size		6.90	6.24	6.30
Males per 100 females		110.8	105.1	103.1
Urban share		27.3%	31.9%	37.8%
People per km²		98	148	173
Area		24,830 km²	24,830 km²	24,830 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	42.0%	45.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	50.0%	61.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		32.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		12.1%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		39.0%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		18.5%	34.4%
Households with tap water	14.0%	13.1%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	70.0%	83.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		28.2%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		94.6%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		92.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		21.3%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	138,577
People working in them (2023)	407,472
Farms (2024)	179,899
Cultivated area (2024)	899,710 acres
Tractors (2024)	30,704
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	23,337
Cattle (2024)	843,767
Buffaloes (2024)	791,665
Goats (2024)	1,202,666

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