Multan District

Location

Multan District is surrounded by the Khanewal to the North and North East, the Vehari to the East and Lodhran to the South. The Chenab River passes on its Western side, across which lies Muzaffargarh. Bahawalpur district is to the south across the Sutlej.

Administration

The district is administratively divided into the following tehsils (subdivisions):

Demographics

Population

|1951 |725131 |1961 |983815 |1972 |1506223 |1981 |1970075 |1998 |3116851 |2017 |4746166 |2023 |5362305

As of the 2023 census, Multan district has 886,392 households and a population of 5,362,305. The district has a sex ratio of 103.77 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 61.41%: 67.28% for males and 55.27% for females. 1,398,159 (26.18% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 2,499,871 (46.62%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 63.89% of the population spoke Saraiki, 17.72% Urdu, 16.00% Punjabi and 0.94% Mewati as their first language.

Tehsils

1. Jalalpur Pirwala
2. Multan City
3. Multan Saddar
4. Shujabad

History

Multan district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849.

Notes

References

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