Lodhran District
Lodhran District
ضِلع لودھراں | |
|---|---|
UTC+5 (PST) | |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Website | lodhran |
Lodhran District (
Lodhran was split off as a separate district from
Administrative divisions
Lodhran District is spread over an area of 2,778 square kilometres and is subdivided into three
| Tehsil | No. of Unions |
|---|---|
| Dunyapur[4] | 22 |
| Kahror Pakka[4] | 23 |
| Lodhran[4] | 28 |
| Total | 73 |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 289,052 | — |
| 1961 | 363,563 | +2.32% |
| 1972 | 558,793 | +3.98% |
| 1981 | 739,912 | +3.17% |
| 1998 | 1,171,800 | +2.74% |
| 2017 | 1,699,693 | +1.98% |
| 2023 | 1,928,299 | +2.13% |
| Sources:[5] | ||
At the time of the 2017 census, Lodhran district had 262,629 households and a population of 1,699,693. Lodhran had a sex ratio of 973 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 49.88% - 61.61% for males and 38.08% for females. 265,601 (15.63%) lived in urban areas. 502,932 (29.59%) were under 10 years of age.[6] In 2023, the district had 324,020 households and a population of 1,928,299.[1]
| Religion | Population (1941)[7]: 62–63 | Percentage (1941) | Population (2017) | Percentage (2017) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Islam 
|
175,642 | 82.59% | 1,695,600 | 99.76% |
Hinduism  [b]
|
33,246 | 15.63% | 93 | 0.01% |
Sikhism 
|
3,519 | 1.65% | — | — |
Christianity 
|
218 | 0.1% | 3,227 | 0.19% |
| Ahmadi | — | — | 710 | 0.04% |
| Others [c] | 49 | 0.02% | 63 | 0% |
| Total Population | 212,674 | 100% | 1,699,693 | 100% |
At the time of the 2017 census, 74.23% of the population spoke Saraiki, 15.65% Punjabi and 9.03% Urdu as their first language.[6]
The most widely spoken first language is
Notes
- ^ 1941 figures are for Lodhran tehsil of Multan District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Khanewal district. Historic district borders may not be an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
- ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated
References
- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- ^ a b Khan, Ahmad Fraz (18 January 2021). "Multan's mangoes and multinationals". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb (2014). Time, Space and Social Change in Rural Pakistan: An Ethnographic Study of Jhokwala Village, Lodhran District (Thesis). Durham University website. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lodhran". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b c "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Lodhran District - Population Details Citypopulation.de website, Retrieved 6 April 2023
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