Layyah (District)

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Layyah District
ضِلع لیّہ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Layyah
Coordinates : 30 ° 58 '  N , 70 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 57 '37 "  N , 70 ° 56' 32"  E
Area : 6th 291  km²
 
Residents : 1,824,230 (2017)
Population density : 290 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Layyah district highlighted

The district Layyah is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Punjab . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Layyah .

The district has an area of ​​6,291 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,824,230 inhabitants. The population density is 290 inhabitants / km². The Saraiki language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the central west of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. The area consists for the most part of desert-like landscape between the Indus and the Chanab .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

history

The district was established in 1982 from parts of Mianwali .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew at an annual rate of 3.16% and therefore very quickly. Around 18% of the population live in urban regions and around 82% in rural regions. 925,333 men, 898,817 women and 80 transgender people live in 281,929 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 103 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

year population
1972 495,537
1981 666.517
1998 1,120,951
2017 1,824,230

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 64% (women: 49%, men: 77%) and is thus slightly above the Punjab province average of 63%.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .