# Bahawalpur Division

Bahawalpur Division (Punjabi: بہاولپور ڈویژن; Urdu: بہاول پور ڈویژن) is an administrative division of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. The reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government but division system was restored again in 2008.

## List of the Districts

| # | District | Capital | Area (km²) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
| 1 | Rahim Yar Khan | Rahim Yar Khan | 11,880 | 5,564,703 | 468.2 | 47.94% |
| 2 | Bahawalnagar | Bahawalnagar | 8,878 | 3,550,342 | 399.6 | 57.01% |
| 3 | Bahawalpur | Bahawalpur | 24,830 | 4,284,964 | 172.3 | 53.35% |

## List of the Tehsils

| # | Tehsil | Area (km²) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) | District |
| 1 | Bahawalnagar | 1,729 | 976,049 | 564.52 | 53.5% | Bahawalnagar |
| 2 | Chishtian | 1,500 | 845,439 | 563.63 | 60.49% | Bahawalnagar |
| 3 | Fort Abbas | 2,536 | 510,253 | 201.20 | 61.36% | Bahawalnagar |
| 4 | Haroonabad | 1,295 | 615,476 | 475.27 | 66.28% | Bahawalnagar |
| 5 | Minchinabad | 1,818 | 603,125 | 331.75 | 44.05% | Bahawalnagar |
| 6 | Ahmadpur East | 1,738 | 1,307,578 | 752.35 | 39.68% | Bahawalpur |
| 7 | Bahawalpur City | 1,490 | 815,202 | 547.12 | 71.67% | Bahawalpur |
| 8 | Bahawalpur Saddar | 745 | 675,950 | 907.32 | 52.56% | Bahawalpur |
| 9 | Hasilpur | 1,490 | 508,415 | 341.22 | 59.64% | Bahawalpur |
| 10 | Khairpur Tamewali | 993 | 290,582 | 292.63 | 45.82% | Bahawalpur |
| 11 | Yazman | 18,374 | 687,237 | 37.40 | 53.55% | Bahawalpur |
| 12 | Khanpur | 3,190 | 1,169,138 | 366.50 | 50.08% | Rahim Yar Khan |
| 13 | Liaqatpur | 3,262 | 1,235,264 | 378.68 | 38.35% | Rahim Yar Khan |
| 14 | Rahim Yar Khan | 2,464 | 1,778,542 | 721.81 | 53.66% | Rahim Yar Khan |
| 15 | Sadiqabad | 2,964 | 1,381,759 | 466.18 | 47.04% | Rahim Yar Khan |

## Demographics
### Population

According to the 2023 census, Bahawalpur division has a population of 13,400,009.

### Language

* Saraiki (49.1%)
* Punjabi (42.6%)
* Urdu (3.85%)
* Others (4.45%)
According to 2023 census, Saraiki and Punjabi is the dominate language in the division with 49.1% and 42.60% population respectively.

### Religion

Islam is the predominate religion in the division.
Religious groups in Bahawalpur State (British Punjab province era) :
| Religious group | 1881 | 1881 | 1891 | 1891 | 1901 | 1901 | 1911 | 1911 | 1921 | 1921 | 1931 | 1931 | 1941$^{:42}$ | 1941$^{:42}$ |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 480,274 | 83.75% | 546,680 | 84.1% | 598,139 | 82.97% | 654,247 | 83.81% | 647,207 | 82.85% | 799,176 | 81.17% | 1,098,814 | 81.93% |
| Hinduism | 91,272 | 15.92% | 90,013 | 13.85% | 114,670 | 15.91% | 109,548 | 14.03% | 114,621 | 14.67% | 149,454 | 15.18% | 174,408 | 13% |
| Sikhism | 1,678 | 0.29% | 13,321 | 2.05% | 7,985 | 1.11% | 16,630 | 2.13% | 19,071 | 2.44% | 34,896 | 3.54% | 46,945 | 3.5% |
| Jainism | 254 | 0.04% | 17 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 12 | 0% | 351 | 0.03% |
| Christianity | 13 | 0% | 11 | 0% | 83 | 0.01% | 199 | 0.03% | 283 | 0.04% | 1,054 | 0.11% | 3,048 | 0.23% |
| Zoroastrianism | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 20 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Judaism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 17,643 | 1.32% |
| Total population | 573,494 | 100% | 650,042 | 100% | 720,877 | 100% | 780,641 | 100% | 781,191 | 100% | 984,612 | 100% | 1,341,209 | 100% |
| Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not 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. Note2: British Punjab province era figures are for the princely state, as the contemporary division borders roughly mirror the historic colonial-era state borders. |||||||||||||||

## Constituencies

| Provincial Assembly Constituency | National Assembly Constituency | District |
| PP-237 Bahawalnagar-I | NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-238 Bahawalnagar-II | NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-239 Bahawalnagar-III | NA-161 Bahawalnagar-II | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-240 Bahawalnagar-IV | NA-161 Bahawalnagar-II | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-243 Bahawalnagar-VII | NA-162 Bahawalnagar-III | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-244 Bahawalnagar-VIII | NA-162 Bahawalnagar-III | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-241 Bahawalnagar-V | NA-163 Bahawalnagar-IV | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-242 Bahawalnagar-VI | NA-163 Bahawalnagar-IV | Bahawalnagar |
| PP-245 Bahawalpur-I | NA-164 Bahawalpur-I | Bahawalpur |
| PP-246 Bahawalpur-II | NA-164 Bahawalpur-I | Bahawalpur |
| PP-247 Bahawalpur-III | NA-165 Bahawalpur-II | Bahawalpur |
| PP-248 Bahawalpur-IV | NA-165 Bahawalpur-II | Bahawalpur |
| PP-249 Bahawalpur-V | NA-166 Bahawalpur-III | Bahawalpur |
| PP-250 Bahawalpur-VI | NA-166 Bahawalpur-III | Bahawalpur |
| PP-251 Bahawalpur-VII | NA-167 Bahawalpur-IV | Bahawalpur |
| PP-252 Bahawalpur-VIII | NA-167 Bahawalpur-IV | Bahawalpur |
| PP-253 Bahawalpur-IX | NA-168 Bahawalpur-V | Bahawalpur |
| PP-254 Bahawalpur-X | NA-168 Bahawalpur-V | Bahawalpur |
| PP-255 Rahim Yar Khan-I | NA-169 Rahim Yar Khan-I | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-256 Rahim Yar Khan-II | NA-169 Rahim Yar Khan-I | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-257 Rahim Yar Khan-III | NA-170 Rahim Yar Khan-II | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-258 Rahim Yar Khan-IV | NA-170 Rahim Yar Khan-II | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-259 Rahim Yar Khan-V | NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-260 Rahim Yar Khan-VI | NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII | NA-172 Rahim Yar Khan-IV | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-264 Rahim Yar Khan-X | NA-172 Rahim Yar Khan-IV | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-267 Rahim Yar Khan-XIII | NA-172 Rahim Yar Khan-IV | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-262 Rahim Yar Khan-VIII | NA-173 Rahim Yar Khan-V | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-263 Rahim Yar Khan-IX | NA-173 Rahim Yar Khan-V | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-265 Rahim Yar Khan-XI | NA-174 Rahim Yar Khan-VI | Rahim Yar Khan |
| PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan-XII | NA-174 Rahim Yar Khan-VI | Rahim Yar Khan |