Layyah District

Layyah District
ضلع لیّہ
District of Punjab
Top: Old Layyah City
Shrine in Karor Lal Esan
Map of Layyah District (highlighted in red)
Map of Layyah District (highlighted in red)
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionDera Ghazi Khan
HeadquartersLayyah
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAsif Ali Dogar
 • District Police OfficerHassan Javaid Bhatti
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Punjab
6,289 km2 (2,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • District of Punjab
2,102,386
 • Density334.3/km2 (865.8/sq mi)
 • Urban
386,282
 • Rural
1,716,104
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (61.83%)
  • Male:
    (70.91%)
  • Female:
    (52.21%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0606
Number of Tehsils3
Websitelayyah.punjab.gov.pk

Layyah District (Urdu: ضلع ليہ), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the southwestern part of the province. The city of Layyah is the administrative headquarters of Layyah district. Layyah has a hot, semi-arid climate.

Geography

It lies between 30–45 to 31–24 degree north latitudes and 70–44 to 71–50 degree east longitudes. The area consists of a semi-rectangular block of sandy land between the Indus River and the Chenab River in Indus Sagar Doab. The total area covered by the district is 6,291 km2, with a width from east to west of 88 kilometres (55 mi) and a length from north to south of 72 kilometres (45 mi).

History

This administrative status of Layyah was short-lived and the British reduced it to the level of Tehsil headquarters, making it a part of Dera Ismail Khan. In 1901, Layyah was transferred to the new District of Mianwali. Later on, it was made part of the Muzaffargarh District. In 1982, Layyah Tehsil was upgraded to District headquarters comprising three Tehsils: Layyah, Karor and Chaubara. The municipality was created in 1875.

Administrative divisions

The district of Layyah is made up of three tehsils:

Tehsil Area

(km²)

 Pop.

(2023)

 Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

 Literacy rate

(2023)

 Union Councils
Karor Lal Esan 1,823 684,729 375.61 62.43%
Chaubara 2,754 299,082 108.60 58.42%
Layyah 1,712 1,118,575 653.37 62.34%

Villages

Education

According to Pakistan District Education Ranking, a report released by Alif Ailaan, Layyah is ranked at number 38 out of 155 districts nationally with an education score of 66.76. The learning score of Layyah is 70.8. The readiness score of Layyah is 65.13, ranking the district at number 31. Furthermore, the school infrastructure score of Layyah is 94.38, placing it a national rank of 18.

Higher Education

Public Sector Colleges

There are 20 colleges available for the education of males and females of Layyah.

  1. Boys 06
  2. Girls 09
  3. Commerce 05
Total 20

Private Sector Colleges

  1. Boys 08
  2. Girls 03
  3. Commerce & Business 03
Total 14

Public Sector Universities

  1. University of Layyah

Departments

  • Department of War
  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of English
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Computer Science

Colleges

  • College of Veterinary Sciences
  • College of Agriculture

Private Sector Universities

  1. Govt. College University Faisalabad (Layyah Campus)
  2. University of Education, Lahore (Layyah Campus)
  3. Govt. College University, Lahore (Layyah Campus)
  4. National College of Business Administration & Economics Lahore (Layyah Campus)

Floods

Sehar village residents of flood-prone Layyah district, had seen their homes repeatedly inundated and they finally took matters into their own hands and rebuilt their homes on raised dirt platforms five to six feet high, shored up with eucalyptus trees planted around the edges.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 162,202—    
1961 273,224+5.35%
1972 495,537+5.56%
1981 666,517+3.35%
1998 1,120,951+3.11%
2017 1,823,995+2.60%
2023 2,102,386+2.40%
Sources:

As of the 2023 census, Layyah district has 341,131 households and a population of 2,102,386. The district has a sex ratio of 106.23 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 61.83%: 70.91% for males and 52.21% for females. 604,722 (28.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 386,282 (18.37%) live in urban areas.

Religion in Layyah district (2023)
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 99.23%
Christianity
 
 0.69%
Other or not stated
 
 0.08%
Religion in contemporary Layyah District
Religious
group		 1941: 62–63  2017 2023
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 138,201 85.8% 1,812,173 99.35% 2,086,076 99.23%
Hinduism 21,882 13.59% 553 0.03% 242 0.01%
Sikhism 882 0.55% N/a N/a 27 0%
Christianity 4 0% 9,673 0.53% 14,427 0.69%
Ahmadi N/a N/a 1,481 0.08% 1,393 0.07%
Others 101 0.06% 115 0.01% 186 0.01%
Total Population 161,070 100% 1,823,995 100% 2,102,361 100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Layyah tehsil of Muzaffargarh District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Layyah district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.
Languages of Layyah district (2023)
  1. Saraiki (66.9%)
  2. Punjabi (27.6%)
  3. Urdu (2.75%)
  4. Pashto (2.26%)
  5. Others (0.53%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 66.89% of the population spoke Saraiki, 27.57% Punjabi, 2.75% Urdu and 2.26% Pashto as their first language. The dialect spoken here is Thali, which blends into Multani and Jhangochi.

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. 1 2 3 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "History of Layyah". Layyahonline.net website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2024..
  4. ↑ "Climate | Layyah". layyah.punjab.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Three Tehsils of Layyah District". punjab.gov.pk. Punjab Portal. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  8. ↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 "Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017" (PDF). elections.alifailaan.pk. Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "D.G. Khan list of colleges" (PDF). Higher Education Department, Government of The Punjab.
  11. ↑ "In homegrown innovation, Sehar village rises above flood woes". DAWN.COM. 16 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fight against fury as Layyah's 382 villages inundated". DAWN.COM. 23 July 2015.
  13. ↑ Haider, Dawn com | Irfan (21 July 2015). "Relief operations under way in flood-hit areas". DAWN.COM.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  15. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  16. 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  17. ↑ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  19. 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  1. ↑ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
  2. ↑ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated


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