Rajanpur

Rajanpur district, Punjab — 2,381,049 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	638,921	1,103,618	1,996,039	2,381,049
Urban population		160,155	5,229,499	631,223
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.27%	3.16%	2.99%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		20.7%		36.1%
Female literacy rate		11.3%		28.2%
Average household size		7.30	7.44	6.70
Males per 100 females		111.1	106.3	103.2
Urban share		14.5%	16.9%	26.5%
People per km²		90	162	193
Area		12,318 km²	12,318 km²	12,318 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	33.0%	37.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	52.0%	52.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		48.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		3.20%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		36.7%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		8.39%	34.4%
Households with tap water	12.0%	8.13%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	50.0%	69.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		4.23%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		59.8%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		93.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		17.0%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	52,273
People working in them (2023)	141,854
Farms (2024)	136,113
Cultivated area (2024)	942,762 acres
Tractors (2024)	8,000
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	46,696
Cattle (2024)	844,061
Buffaloes (2024)	364,448
Goats (2024)	1,081,918

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