Jampur District

Jampur District
ضِلع جام پُور
Jampur District ; ضِلع جام پُور
District of Punjab
	Top: Masjid Deen Muhammad Khan, Jampur; View of desert region in the district
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Dera Ghazi Khan
Established (District Status)	31 December 2022
Headquarters	Jampur
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	12,318 km2 (4,756 sq mi)
Population (2017)[citation needed]
• Total	1,996,039
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	3
Main language(s)	Saraiki, Balochi
Website	rajanpur.punjab.gov.pk

Jampur (Urdu: ضلع جامپور) is a district of the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Jampur.^[2] Lying west of the Indus River, its inhabitants are mostly Saraikis and Baloch. According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of 1,100,000, and 14.27% of these were inhabitants of urban areas.^[3]

Administration[edit]

References[edit]

^ 1998 District Census report of Rajanpur. Census publication. Vol. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
^ Correspondent, Our (31 December 2022). "Jampur gets district status". Tribune TODAY'S PAPER. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ 1998 Census figures – Urban Resource Centre Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

[1998census-1] 1998 District Census report of Rajanpur. Census publication. Vol. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

[2] Correspondent, Our (31 December 2022). "Jampur gets district status". Tribune TODAY'S PAPER. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[3] 1998 Census figures – Urban Resource Centre Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

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