Rawalpindi Division
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Rawalpindi Division
راولپنڈی ڈویژن | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Capital | Rawalpindi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | Engineer Aamir Khattak (BPS-20 PAS) |
| • Regional Police Officer | Syed Khurram Ali (BPS-20 PSP) |
| Area | |
| • Division | 18,823 km2 (7,268 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Division | 10,804,250 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 50.94% |
| • Rural | 49.06% |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Website | rawalpindidivision |
Rawalpindi Division is an administrative division of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Rawalpindi serves as the headquarters of the division which consists of 5 districts: Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Murree, and Rawalpindi.
Divisions are the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels. In 2000, local government reforms abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government.[2] But in 2008, the division system was restored again.[3][4]
List of the Districts
[edit]| # | District | Headquarter | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023)[5] |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023)[5] |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawalpindi | Rawalpindi | 4,547 | 5,745,964 | 1,868.79 | 83.06% |
| 2 | Jhelum | Jhelum | 3,587 | 1,382,308 | 385.7 | 80.65% |
| 3 | Attock | Attock | 6,858 | 2,170,423 | 316.7 | 70.22% |
| 4 | Murree | Murree | 738 | 372,947 | 480 | 86.01% |
| 5 | Chakwal | Chakwal | 3,593 | 1,132,608 | 314.42 | 79.36% |
| Rawalpindi Division | 18,823 | 10,804,250 | 574.50 | 79.9% | ||
List of the Tehsils
[edit]| # | Tehsil | Area
(km²)[5] |
Pop.
(2023)[5] |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023)[5] |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attock | 1,002 | 516,277 | 515.25 | 74.80% | Attock District |
| 2 | Fateh Jang | 1,249 | 374,726 | 300.02 | 66.94% | |
| 3 | Hassan Abdal | 350 | 253,670 | 724.77 | 70.22% | |
| 4 | Hazro | 348 | 386,544 | 1,110.76 | 66.45% | |
| 5 | Jand | 2,043 | 330,328 | 161.69 | 71.59% | |
| 6 | Pindi Gheb | 1,865 | 308,878 | 165.62 | 70.36% | |
| 7 | Chakwal | 2,167 | 768,622 | 354.69 | 79.63% | Chakwal District |
| 8 | Choa Saidan Shah | 473 | 167,537 | 354.20 | 79.28% | |
| 9 | Kallar Kahar | 953 | 196,449 | 206.14 | 79.23% | |
| 10 | Dina | 678 | 277,182 | 408.82 | 84.75% | Jhelum District |
| 11 | Jhelum | 586 | 507,788 | 866.53 | 83.45% | |
| 12 | Pind Dadan Khan | 1,176 | 371,971 | 316.30 | 73.98% | |
| 13 | Sohawa | 1,147 | 225,367 | 196.48 | 80.41% | |
| 14 | Rawalpindi | 1,682 | 3,744,590 | 2,226.27 | 83.97% | Rawalpindi District |
| 15 | Gujar Khan | 1,457 | 781,578 | 536.43 | 79.72% | |
| 16 | Kahuta | 637 | 237,843 | 373.38 | 84.05% | |
| 17 | Kallar Syedan | 459 | 242,709 | 528.78 | 82.23% | |
| 18 | Taxila | 312 | 739,244 | 2,369.37 | 81.98% | |
| 19 | Daultala | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 20 | Kotli Sattian | 304 | 120,421 | 396.12 | 88.20% | Murree District |
| 21 | Murree | 434 | 252,526 | 581.86 | 84.79% |
History
[edit]British rule
[edit]Following the British conquest of the region in 1849, the area around Rawalpindi became a division of the Punjab province of British India, primarily because of the strategic location of the city of Rawalpindi.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India describes the division as follows:
"North-western Division of the Punjab, lying between 31°35' and 34° 1' N. and 70° 37' and 74°29' E. The Commissioner's headquarters are at Rawalpindi and Murree. The total population of the Division increased from 2,520,508 in 1881 to 2,750,713 in 1891, and to 2,799,360 in 1901. Its total area was 25,000 Km Square (15,736) square miles, and the density of the population is 178 persons per square mile, compared with 209 for the Province as a whole"[6]
The division was composed of four districts:
| District | Area (sq mi) | Population (1901) |
|---|---|---|
| Shahpur | 4,840 | 524,259 |
| Jhelum | 2,813 | 501,424 |
| Rawalpindi | 2,010 | 558,699 |
| Attock | 4,022 | 464,430 |
| Total | 13685 | 2,048812 |
After independence
[edit]On independence in 1947, the division was one of four divisions of the province of West Punjab but from 1955 to 1970, the divisions was one of twelve (later thirteen) divisions of West Pakistan province under the One Unit policy. On the dissolution of West Pakistan, the division was restored to the new Punjab province, but parts of the division were transferred with parts of Lahore Division to form the new Gujranwala Division.
Demographics
[edit]According to 2023 census, Rawalpindi division had a population of 11,406,496.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names - ^ "Division and district wise facilities" (PDF). health.punjab.gov.pk. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Punjab Government Plans to Carve a New District from Lahore". 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ Rāwalpindi Division - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 262
- ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/pcr/table_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
33°10′N 73°00′E / 33.167°N 73.000°E
This article incorporates text from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, a publication now in the public domain.