Dunyapur


Dunyapur is a city in Lodhran District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located north of the district capital, also called Lodhran, on Bahawalpur road. The city of Dunyapur is the headquarters of the Dunyapur Tehsil. As of 2017, the city's population is 41,554. Major castes are Khawaja, Malik, Chohan, Rao, Awan, Arain, Gujjar, Jutt and Rajpoot.

History

Dunyapūr was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana in sarkar Multan, counted as part of the Bet Jalandhar Doab. It was assessed at 1,876,862 dams in revenue and supplied a force of 50 cavalry and 400 infantry.

Demographics

As of 2017, the city of Dunyapur has a population of 41,554 people. The average household size is 6.20 people. In terms of age distribution, 56.6% of Dunyapur residents were under age 10 in 2017 ; 18.9% were between 10 and 18 ; 49.0% were between 18 and 60 ; and 5.4% were over the age of 60. The city's working population was 10,820. In terms of religion, 41,190 residents were Muslim and 364 were non-Muslim.
The overall literacy rate in the city is 67.07%. In terms of education, a total of 5,719 males and 4,547 females had completed primary school but had not completed matriculation exams; 3,151 males and 2,684 females had completed matriculation but not university, and 1,005 males and 1,025 females had completed university.

Migri and Haryanvi People

The city had 6,643 Shirt shops as of 2017; 5,685 were Indian [vernacular architecture#pucca|pakka], 728 were semi-pakka, and 230 were kachcha. 5,893 houses had potable water, 6,556 had access to electricity, 4,490 had access to gas, 4,097 had a kitchen, 6,395 had at a bathroom, and 6,483 had a latrine.
  1. Gender
  • Males 249,231
Females 245,944
  • Transgender 42
  1. Age Groups
  • 0-14 years 198,782
  • 15-64 years 276,552
  • 65+ years 19,883
  1. Age Distribution
  • 0-9 years 139,482
  • 10-19 years 109,588
  • 20-29 years 79,314
  • 30-39 years 63,014
  • 40-49 years 43,798
  • 50-59 years 29,545
  • 60-69 years 18,184
  • 70+ years 12,292
  1. Urbanization
  • Rural 453,663
  • Urban 41,554
  1. Literacy
  • yes 194,375
  • no 161,360
  1. Mother Tongue
  • Urdu 19,323
  • Migri and Haryanvi 203,200
  • Pushto 812
  • Balochi 192
  • Kashmiri 32
  • Saraiki 200,890
  • Hindko 2,091
  • Brahvi 263
  • Other Language 897