Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh district, Punjab — 5,015,325 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,497,736	2,635,903	4,328,549	5,015,325
Urban population		341,345	698,411	946,794
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.38%	2.64%	2.49%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		28.5%		48.0%
Female literacy rate		14.8%		39.7%
Average household size		7.40	6.48	6.20
Males per 100 females		108.7	105.6	103.2
Urban share		13.0%	16.1%	18.9%
People per km²		320	525	608
Area		8,249 km²	8,249 km²	8,249 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	40.0%	41.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	61.0%	58.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		43.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		6.62%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		34.2%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		11.5%	34.4%
Households with tap water	1.00%	2.04%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	48.0%	73.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		9.47%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		87.8%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		86.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		24.9%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	139,742
People working in them (2023)	424,286
Farms (2024)	312,949
Cultivated area (2024)	1,508,512 acres
Tractors (2024)	23,740
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	110,189
Cattle (2024)	1,923,757
Buffaloes (2024)	1,046,628
Goats (2024)	1,555,388

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