Back মুলতান জেলা Bengali/Bangla Districte de Multan Catalan Multān District CEB Multan (Distrikt) German ناحیه ملتان Persian District de Multan French मुल्तान ज़िला Hindi Distretto di Multan Italian ムルターン県 Japanese मुल्तान जिला MAI

Multan District

Multan
ضِلع مُلتان
District of Punjab
Top: Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
Bottom: Aerial view of Ghanta Ghar Chowk
Multan District highlighted within Punjab Province
Multan District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 29°56′N 71°22′E / 29.933°N 71.367°E / 29.933; 71.367
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DivisionMultan
HeadquartersMultan
Number of Tehsils4
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • MayorNone (vacant)
 • Deputy CommissionerMudasir Riaz Malik (BPS-19 PAS)
 • District Police OfficerMansoorul Haq Rana (BPS-19 PSP)
Area
[1]
 • Total3,720 km2 (1,440 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total5,362,305
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Literacy
[3]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (61.41%)
  • Male:
    (67.28%)
  • Female:
    (55.27%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
LanguagesSaraiki, Punjabi, Urdu
Websitemultan.punjab.gov.pk

Multan District (Urdu: ضِلع مُلتان), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Multan. The district has a population of 5.45 million (as of 2024)[4] and an area of 3,720 square kilometres. The district consists of tehsils of Multan saddar, Multan city, Jalalpur Pirwala and Shujabad.[5]

Vehari, Khanewal and Lodhran were Tehsils of Multan district. Vehari was made separate district in 1976. Khanewal was cut off from Multan and made a separate district in 1985. Lodhran was split off as a separate district from Multan in 1991.[6]

  1. ^ "Multan District at Glance". Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "District wise population | Multan" (PDF). pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  5. ^ "District Profile | Multan". multan.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Our History | Multan". multan.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

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