NRSP Bahawalpur Region

The Programme area of NRSP Regional Office Bahawalpur comprises of twelve districts; Bahawalpur, Bahawal Nagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Lodhran, Vehari, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Pakpattan, Muzafar Grah, Khanewal, Multan and Matiari (Sindh).Most of the population of these tehsils is inhabited in big villages known as chaks and mouzas and the remaining is scattered in small hamlets. The main casts / baraderis in the area areSyed, Qureshi, Baloch, Pathan, Rajput/Jat, Gujjar, Arain, and Bhatti. Tehsil wise population, households and coverage of NRSP programme in terms of social organization is tabulated as following

Tehsils	Total Population	Total Households	Organizeable Households*	Households Organized	Coverage as % of Organize able HHs
Bahawalpur	806,580	124,089	33,307	24,130	72%
Hasilpur	317,513	48,848	22,036	7,281	33%
Yazman	405,787	62,429	32,973	10,808	32%
Ahmedpur East	718,297	110,507	53,840	11,963	22%
Khair Pur Tamy Wali	184,914	28,448	15,026	2,273	15%
Jahanian	249,574	38,396	18,697	4,310	23%
Mian Channu	616,702	94,877	46,200	1,665	3%
Kabir Wala	695,612	107,017	52,111	1,550	3%
Shujabad	427,499	65,769	31,646	2,889	9%
Jalalpur Pirwala	357,840	55,052	26,490	2,580	9%
Larr	209,450	32,223	15,505	1,181	7%
Sub-Total	4,989,768	767,655	347,831	70,630	20%
Khanpur	683,865	105,210	42,728	9,398	22%
Liaquat Pur	698,985	107,536	54,751	15,823	29%
Sub-Total	1,382,850	212,746	97,479	25,221	26%
Bahawal Nagar	541,553	83,316	37,072	8,766	23%
Chishtian	498,270	76,657	35,474	8,977	25%
Fort Abbas	285,596	43,938	21,829	8,654	39%
Minchinabad	354,261	54,502	30,649	5,438	17%
Pakpatan	683,575	105,165	46,585	2,765	6%
Arifwala	538,758	82,886	37,669	3,057	8%
Haroonabad	381,767	58,733	25,132	9,828	39%
Ali Pur	398,053	61,239	29,820	1,726	5%
Jattoi	446,546	68,699	33,452	1,461	4%
Muzaffar Grah	585,322	73,165	33,348	0	0%
Sahiwal	1,058,197	162,800	67,181	1,233	2%
Chichwatni	785,357	120,824	57,781	1,442	2%
Toba Tek Singh	617,035	78,379	44,568	895	2%
Kamaliya	509,462	71,755	32,271	963	3%
Sub-Total	7,683,752	1,142,058	532,831	46,559	9%
Lodhran	472,188	72,644	33,880	17,883	52%
Dunyapur	338,080	52,012	25,027	8,358	33%
Kehror Pacca	361,532	55,620	24,197	8,649	35%
Sub-Total	1,171,800	180,276	83,104	34,890	42%
Vehari	654,955	100,762	49,468	17,468	35%
Burewala	730,583	112,397	49,596	7,995	16%
Mailsi	704,878	108,443	52,805	3,977	7%
Sub-Total	2,090,416	321,602	151,869	29,440	19%
Matiari	239,153	36,793	18,202	1,327	7%
Hala	161,980	24,920	9,598	2,230	23%
Nawab Shah	279,082	34,375	16,290	131	0.8%
Tando Allah Yar	468,373	75,794	23,062	800	3%
Sub-Total	1,148,588	103,682	67,152	4,488	6%
Grand-Total	18,467,174	2,819,392	1,280,266	224,770	17%

* Organize able households are those households that are willing to get organized if mobilized by

57% of the agriculture land of programme area is irrigated with canal water and the remaining 43% is irrigated with tube wells. Cotton is one of the major cash crops. In addition to that wheat, sugarcane, rice, maize, jawar, bajra, mung, mash and oil seeds are also grown here.

Majority of the rural population comprises of small farmers. Small land holding is one of the main problems of the growers of the area. The small farmers of the area are unable to increase their agriculture productivity due to poor access to essential technical knowledge and finances to purchase agriculture inputs on right time and right price.

The rural community especially the small farmers also face problems like deterioration of soil fertility, pest resistance, pollution of ground water. due to poor management of natural resources. The high population growth trend and low yield has increased unemployment in the rural area.

The literacy rate in rural areas for males is 38.7% against 16.3% for females. However the literacy ratio is much higher in urban areas, when compared with rural areas for male and female i.e. 63.8% and 46.5% respectively.

Literacy Rate	Both Sexes	Male	Female
All Areas	34.4%	44.6%	23.2%
Rural	28%	38.7%	16.3%
Urban	55.3%	63.8%	46.5%

Field Offices of NRSP-Bahawalpur
The regional programme office Bahawalpur manages 41 field offices located at following locations;

S.#	Field Office	Tehsil	District	Year of Establishment
1	Bahawalpur(Rural)	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	2002
2	Bahawalpur(Urban)	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	2002
3	Ahmad Pur East	Ahmad Pur East	Bahawalpur	2004
4	Yazman	Yazman	Bahawalpur	2002
5	Hasilpur	Hasilpur	Bahawalpur	2002
6	Khairpur Tamay Wali	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	2007
7	Jahanian	Jahanian	Khanewal	2007
8	Mian Channu	Mian Channu	Khanewal	2007
9	Kabir Wala	Khanewal	Khanewal	2007
10	Jalalpur Pirwala	Jalalpur Pirwala	Multan	2007
11	Shujabad	Shujabad	Multan	2007
12	Larr	Multan	Multan	2007
13	Khan Pur	Khan Pur	Rahim Yar Khan	2004
14	Liaquat Pur	Liaquat Pur	Rahim Yar Khan	2004
15	Khan Bela	Liaquat Pur	Rahim Yar Khan	2006
16	Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	Bahawal Nagar	2002
17	Haroonabad	Haroonabad	Bahawal Nagar	2002
18	Chishtian	Chishtian	Bahawal Nagar	2002
19	Dahranwala	Chishtian	Bahawal Nagar	2004
20	Fortabbas	Fortabbas	Bahawal Nagar	2002
21	Minchinabad	Minchinabad	Bahawal Nagar	2004
22	Sahiwal	Sahiwal	Sahiwal	2007
23	Chichawatni	Sahiwal	Sahiwal	2007
24	Pakpattan	Pakpattan	Pakpattan	2007
25	Arifwala	Arifwala	Pakpattan	2007
26	Lodhran	Lodhran	Lodhran	1998
27	12-MPR	Lodhran	Lodhran	1998
28	Duniyapur	Duniyapur	Lodhran	1998
29	Kehror Pacca	Kehror Pacca	Lodhran	2001
30	Vehari	Vehari	Vehari	1997
31	Burewala	Burewala	Vehari	1998
32	Garha More	Mailsi	Vehari	2004
33	Matiari	Matiari	Matiari	2004
34	Hala	Hala	Matiari	2000
35	Tando Alah Yar	Tando Alah Yar	Matiari	2008
36	Nawab Shah	Nawab Shah	Matairi	2008
37	Alipur	Alipur	Muzafar Garh	2007
38	Rohillanwali	Muzaffar Garh	Muzaffar Garh	2008
39	Jatoi	Jatoi	Muzafar Garh	2007
40	Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	2007
41	Kamaliya	Kamaliya	Toba Tek Singh	2007

NRSP Regional Office is located at Chak 10 BC new Baghdad Railway Station Bahawalpur the regional office has a guest room avaliable on rent on nomial charges for professional from various development organizations.