Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan district, Punjab — 3,393,705 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	943,663	1,643,118	2,872,631	3,393,705
Urban population		228,839	546,221	807,412
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.31%	2.98%	2.83%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		30.6%		46.8%
Female literacy rate		18.1%		37.2%
Average household size		7.90	8.15	7.40
Males per 100 females		108.2	102.1	101.9
Urban share		13.9%	19.0%	23.8%
People per km²		138	241	285
Area		11,922 km²	11,922 km²	11,922 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	38.0%	46.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	64.0%	66.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		38.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		6.48%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		39.5%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		13.1%	34.4%
Households with tap water	26.0%	26.7%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	53.0%	75.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		17.2%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		81.7%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		89.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		21.9%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	91,084
People working in them (2023)	238,351
Farms (2024)	224,784
Cultivated area (2024)	1,037,972 acres
Tractors (2024)	12,909
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	27,019
Cattle (2024)	1,523,405
Buffaloes (2024)	320,962
Goats (2024)	6,293,816

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