Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan district, Punjab — 5,564,703 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,841,451	3,141,053	4,807,762	5,564,703
Urban population		616,582	1,903,102	1,342,252
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.19%	2.26%	2.47%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		33.1%		47.9%
Female literacy rate		21.8%		40.2%
Average household size		7.50	6.77	6.70
Males per 100 females		108.8	105.0	108.6
Urban share		19.6%	21.4%	24.1%
People per km²		264	405	468
Area		11,880 km²	11,880 km²	11,880 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	42.0%	44.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	50.0%	54.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		41.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		10.5%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		35.5%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		26.2%	34.4%
Households with tap water	5.00%	10.2%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	64.0%	79.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		22.1%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		89.6%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		92.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		21.5%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	155,354
People working in them (2023)	520,835
Farms (2024)	269,179
Cultivated area (2024)	1,316,798 acres
Tractors (2024)	42,292
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	82,561
Cattle (2024)	692,971
Buffaloes (2024)	1,106,234
Goats (2024)	1,557,410

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