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Dera Ghazi Khan (, Punjabi language: ) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan. Its administrative capital is Dera Ghazi Khan.
The district lies to the west of the Indus River. The Sulaiman Mountains rise to a height of in the north of the district. Popular tourist destinations are Fort Munro, Yek Bhai Hill station and Mubarki Top.
| Dera Ghazi Khan | 2,012 | 1,443,409 | 717.40 | 47.25% | 41 |
| Kot Chutta | 1,802 | 904,836 | 502.13 | 38.61% | 24 |
The town of Dera Ghazi Khan was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Ghazi Khan, son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani, the city was founded when Shah Hussain of the Langah Sultanate of Multan invited the Baloch people to settle the region. Together with two other Deras i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and Fateh Khan, it gave its name to Derajat. Derajat eventually came into the possession of the British Empire after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. Dera Ghazi Khan district was annexed by the British from its former Sikhs rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849. After the independence, many of the city's Hindu residents settled in Derawal Nagar colony of Delhi, India. The district of Rajanpur was later carved out of the Dera Ghazi Khan district.
Based on the surveys of 2004–2005, Dera Ghazi Khan district is considered one of the 20 poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living under the poverty line.
| + Religion in contemporary Dera Ghazi Khan District ! rowspan="2" | Religious group ! colspan="2" | 1941 ! colspan="2" | 2017 ! colspan="2" | 2023 | ||
| Islam | 192,278 | 85.94% | 1,979,213 | 99.85% | 2,332,785 | 99.62% |
| Hinduism | 31,052 | 13.88% | 198 | 0.01% | 138 | ~0% |
| Christianity | 37 | 0.02% | 310 | 0.02% | 6,946 | 0.30% |
| Ahmadiyya | 2,371 | 0.12% | 1,607 | 0.07% | ||
| Others | 368 | 0.16% | 102 | ~0% | 162 | 0.01% |
| + Religion in the of Dera Ghazi Khan District (1921) ! rowspan="2" | Tehsil ! colspan="2" | Islam ! colspan="2" | Hinduism ! colspan="2" | Sikhism ! colspan="2" | Christianity ! colspan="2" | Jainism ! colspan="2" | Others ! colspan="2" | Total | ||||||
| + Religion in the of Dera Ghazi Khan District (1941) ! rowspan="2" | Tehsil ! colspan="2" | Islam ! colspan="2" | Hinduism ! colspan="2" | Sikhism ! colspan="2" | Christianity ! colspan="2" | Jainism ! colspan="2" | Others ! colspan="2" | Total | ||||||
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