Layyah District (), 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 and a length from north to south of .
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: TehsilDivisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division namesArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsKaror Lal Esan1,823684,729375.6162.43%Chaubara2,754299,082108.6058.42%Layyah1,7121,118,575653.3762.34%
Villages
Chak 98 ML Chak 90 ML Chak 100 ML Chandiawala Choubara Lashari wala Metlawala Sobha Singhwala Udhowala
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.
Boys 06 Girls 09 Commerce 05 Total 20
Private Sector Colleges
Boys 08 Girls 03 Commerce & Business 03 Total 14
Public Sector Universities 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 Govt. College University Faisalabad (Layyah Campus) University of Education, Lahore (Layyah Campus) Govt. College University, Lahore (Layyah Campus) 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
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 contemporary Layyah DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023 Islam 138,2011,812,1732,086,07699.23% Hinduism 21,8825532420.01% Sikhism 882270% Christianity 49,67314,4270.69%Ahmadi1,4811,3930.07% Others1011151860.01% Total Population 161,0701,823,9952,102,361100%
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.
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