Bahawalpur District

Bahawalpur
ضلع بہاول پور
District of Punjab
Bahawalpur
Top: Derawar Fort
Bottom: Noor Mahal, Bahawalpur
Map of Bahawalpur District highlighted in red
Map of Bahawalpur District highlighted in red
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionBahawalpur
HeadquartersBahawalpur
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAnwar Zaheer Jappa
 • District Police OfficerSyed Muhammad Abbas
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Punjab
24,830 km2 (9,590 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Punjab
4,284,964
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,619,321
 • Rural
2,665,643
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (53.35%)
  • Male:
    (59.40%)
  • Female:
    (47.09%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Area code062
Number of Tehsils6
TehsilsBahawalpur City
Ahmedpur Sharqia
Hasilpur
Khairpur Tamewali
Yazman
Bahawalpur Saddar
LanguagesSaraiki, Punjabi and Urdu
Websitebahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk

Bahawalpur District (Urdu: ضلع بہاول پور) is a district of Punjab, Pakistan, with capital the city of Bahawalpur. According to the 1998 Census it had a population of 2,433,091, of which 27.01% were urban.[3] Bahawalpur district covers 24,830 km2.[4] Approximately two-thirds of the district (16,000 km2) is covered by the Cholistan Desert, which extends into the Thar Desert of India. The district is a major producer of cotton.[5]

Located in the south of the Punjab province, Bahawalpur district is bordered by India to its south and southeast, Bahawalnagar to its northeast, Vehari, Lodhran and Multan to its north, Rahimyar Khan to its west, and Muzaffargarh to its northwest.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ Urban Resource Centre Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Bahawalpur". Punjab Portal. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Bahawalpur shatters cotton-sowing record". The Express Tribune. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.