Dera Ghazi Khan District


Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Dera Ghazi Khan city.
The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height of in the north of the district.

Administration

The district is divided into Four tehsils which are divided into a total of sixty Union Councils:
TehsilNo. of Unions
Dera Ghazi Khan41
Taunsa24
Koh-e-sulaiman01

History

The city was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Nawab Ghazi Khan Mirani, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, a Balochi chieftain, who had declared independence from the Langah Dynasty's Sultans of Multan. Together with two other Deras i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan, it gave its name to Derajat. Derajat eventually came into the possession of the British after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India. The district of Rajanpur was later carved out of the Dera Ghazi Khan district.
Based on the surveys of 2004–2005, Dera Ghazi Khan district is considered one of the twenty poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living under the poverty line.

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

As well as being district capital, Dera Ghazi Khan is also the capital of U/C Sabra Nachan.. Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city of Dera Ghazi Khan is itself administratively subdivided into seven Union Councils.

Demography

According to the 1998 census, the most widely used first language is Saraiki, spoken by % of the population, followed by Balochi with %, Urdu with 3.2% and Punjabi with 1.3%.

Location