South Punjab is the food basket of Pakistan because Cotton 94%, Wheat 46%, Rice 24%, Corn 39%, Sugarcane 50%, Sunflower 75%, Mango 98%, Red Pepper 99%, Tomato 46%, Ginger 28%, Onion 73%, Cucumber 58% and among fruits Melon 37%, Citrus 14%, Banana 98%, Falsa 95%, Dates 59% most of the production of important crops comes from South Punjab. South Punjab is comprised of 16.902 million acres out of which 11.945 million acres are cultivated. It has total population of 34.744 out of which 26.624 live in rural areas which makes 77% population. Total 10.312 people are employed in the agriculture sector in which 5.446 are male and 4.866 females.
Total Area & Cultivated Area of South Punjab
Name of Division
Total Area in ‘Millions’ Acres
Total Cultivated area in ‘Millions’ Acres
% of cultivated area of Div.
% of cultivated area of South Punjab
Multan Div.
3.765
3.175
84
19
DG Khan Div.
7.801
4.525
58
27
Bahawal Pur Div.
5.336
4.246
80
25
South Punjab
16.902
11.945
71
71
TOTAL POPULATION (Rural + Urban) OF South Punjab POPULATION IN ‘MILLIONS’
Population in ‘Millions’ Census 2017
Division/ Population
Rural
Urban
Rural + Urban
Male
Female
Trans- gender
Total
Male
Female
Trans- gender
Total
Male
Female
Trans- gender
Total
Multan Div.
4.5097
4.3614
0.0003
8.8714
1.7371
1.6564
0.0003
3.3938
6.2468
6.0178
0.0006
12.2652
DG Khan Div
4.6519
4.4610
0.0002
9.1131
0.9703
0.9309
0.0002
1.9013
5.6222
5.3919
0.0004
11.0144
Bahawal Pur Div.
4.4154
4.2234
0.0003
8.6390
1.4466
1.3780
0.0003
2.8250
5.8620
5.6014
0.0006
11.4640
South Punjab
13.5770
13.0457
0.0008
26.6235
4.1540
3.9653
0.0008
8.1201
17.7310
17.0110
0.0016
34.7436
EMPOLYEES POPULATION IN AGRI. SECTOR (Rural + Urban) OF South Punjab Population in ‘MILLIONS’ Peoples
Population of Employees in Agriculture sector south Punjab on the basis of Population Census 2017
