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Rahim Yar Khan District (Urdu: ضلع رحیم یار خان) is a district in the of Punjab province, Pakistan and the city of Rahim Yar Khan is its capital. The city itself is administratively subdivided into nine Union Councils.

Rahim Yar Khan District ضلع رحیم یار خان
District of Punjab
Rahim Yar Khan
Top: Bhong Masjid Bottom: Cholistan Desert
Map of Rahim Yar Khan district is highlighted in red
Coordinates: 28°25′12″N 70°18′00″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Bahawalpur
Founded by	Nawab of Bahawalpur
Headquarters	Rahim Yar Khan
Tehsils	4
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Syed Musa Raza
• Distric Police Officer= Asad sarfraz khan	N/A
• District Health Officer	Dr Hassan Khan
Area
• Total	11,880 km2 (4,590 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	4,807,762
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Gender ratio	60.2 male / 39.8 female
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Website	rykhan.punjab.gov.pk

Administrative

The district of Rahim Yar Khan is subdivided into four tehsils:

• Khanpur
• Liaqatpur
• Rahim Yar Khan
• Sadiqabad

History

It has been renamed customarily amid last 5000 years, first available (on record) name was AROR or ALOR, and then it became City of Pattan, Phul Wada, Noshehra and now Rahim Yar Khan. The ancient tower of Pattan Minarah is standing just 13 km away from city center in the south in its original form. Rahim Yar Khan has had the status of a separate district since 1943. The district derives its name from its headquarters, the city of Rahim Yar Khan, which was known as "Naushehra" until 1881. To avoid confusion with the similarly named city of Nowshera, the ruler of Bahawalpur, Nawab Sadiq Khan IV, renamed it after his first son, Rahim Yar Khan.[2]^: 1

Geography

The district lies between 27°40'-29°16' north latitudes and 60°45'-70°01' east longitudes. The riverain area of the district lies close to eastern bank of the river Indus and Panjnad. The Rahim Yar Khan District is bounded on the north by Muzaffargarh District, on the east by Bahawalpur District, on the south by Jaisalmer district (India) and Ghotki District of Sindh province, and on the west by Rajanpur District.

This district is divided into three main physical features: (a) Riverside area, b) canal-irrigated area, and (c) desert area which is called Cholistan. The Riverside area of the district lies close on the southern side of the Indus river mainly falling in the river bed. The canal-irrigated area lies on the south and is separated by main Minchan Bund. The approximate height of the irrigated area is 150 to 200 meters (490 to 655 ft) above sea level. The third part of the area, called Cholistan, lies in the south of the irrigated tract up to the Indo-Pak border. The surface of the desert consists of a succession of sand dunes rising at places to a height of 150 meters (492 ft) and covered with the vegetation peculiar to sandy tracts.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 4,807,762, of which 2,461,780 were males and 2,345,413 females. Rural population is 3,776,779 while the urban population is 1,030,983. The literacy rate was 46.62%.[3]

Religion

Muslims were the predominant religious community with 96.50% of the population while Hindus (including Scheduled Castes) were 3.12% of the population.[3] The Bhagwan Shri Krishna Mandir in Sadiqabad is one of the main Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan district.[5] While other minorities like Christians, Ahmadi etc. are very small in number. The proportion of population of Muslims is higher in urban than rural areas.

Languages

At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Rahim Yar Khan District by first language was as follows:[6]

• 64.9% Saraiki
• 24.9% Punjabi
• 3.0% Urdu
• 1.9% Sindhi
• 1.5% Balochi
• 0.8% Pashto
• 0.8% Hindko
• 0.1% Brahui
• 0.0% Kashmiri
• 2.0% Others

The local dialect (see Riasti) belongs to the southern dialect group of Saraiki.[7] Other languages spoken are Bagri/Cholistani and Haryanvi.^{[citation needed]}

Education

The literacy rate in the district is 98% total for the 1st grade level school, locally known as 'graduating the MA full Examination'.[8] One of top ranked universities in Punjab, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology is also located in district Rahim Yar Khan.

Sugar Cane

Rahim Yar Khan District has recently embraced sugar cane. The area under cultivation of sugar cane increased to 430,000 acres in 2020 from 310,000 acres in 2014-15. Six sugar mills are located in the district.[9]

Notable people

• Umer Sheikh, police officer
• Ahmed Raza, first class cricketer.
• Asim Saleem Bajwa, Pakistani three star general who was the director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations.
• Makhdoom Altaf Ahmed, former Provincial Minister (Punjab) Finance & Excise and Taxation.
• Makhdoom Shahbuddin, Former Federal Minister of Pakistan for Textiles.
• Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood elected to the Punjab and National Assemblies.
• Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar politician who currently serves as the Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research, since 19 November 2019. He has also been the Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms.
• Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht politician who is the current Finance Minister of Punjab.
• Muniba Mazari, motivational speaker.
• Rais Muhammad Iqbal, former Provincial Minister (Punjab) for Mines and Mineral Affairs.
• AVM (Rtd) Mushtaq Laghari, former ambassador to UAE.
• Shafqat Mehmood , current Federal Education Minister
• Aima Baig , First Class Singer

See also

• Shaikh Zayed International Airport
• Shaikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital
• Bhong Masjid
• Patan minara
• Khanpur
• Mian Wali Qureshian
• Sadiqabad
• Liaqatpur
• Khan Bela
• Kot Sabzal
• Firoza
• Basti Rais Ghulam Qadir

References

На других языках

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- [en] Rahim Yar Khan District

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[ru] Рахимъяр-Хан (округ)

Рахимъяр-Хан (урду ضلع رحیم یار خان‎, англ. Rahim Yar Khan District) — один из 36 округов пакистанской провинции Пенджаб. Административный центр — город Рахимъяр-Хан.

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