Layyah District
District in Punjab, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Layyah District (Saraiki: ضلع ليّہ, Urdu: ضلع ليہ), is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the province. The city of Layyah is the administrative headquarters of Layyah district. Layyah has a hot, semi-arid climate.[3][4]
Layyah District
ضلع لیّہ | |
|---|---|
| Layyah | |
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 Map of Layyah District (highlighted in red) | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Headquarters | Layyah |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Ameera Baidar |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| • District Naib Nazim نائب ناظم | N/A |
| Area | |
| 6,289 km2 (2,428 sq mi) | |
| Population | |
| 2,102,386 | |
| • Density | 330/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 386,282 |
| • Rural | 1,716,104 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0606 |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Website | layyah |
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 Sindh 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.[3]
Administrative divisions
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.[9] 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.[9] The score reflects that most schools in Layyah have all basic facilities e.g. electricity, drinking water and functional toilets.
The issues reported in TaleemDo! App by the residents of Layyah suggest that students of government schools have low confidence as compared to private schools, but the students are unable to attend private schools because of high fees. Complaints about quality of teachers and a few basic facilities are also the issues reported in the app.
Higher Education
Public Sector Colleges
There are 20 colleges available for the education of males and females of Layyah.[10]
- 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 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.[11][12][13]
Demography
Summarize
Perspective
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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:[14] | ||
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.[1][2] 604,722 (28.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[15] 386,282 (18.37%) live in urban areas.[1]
| Religion in Layyah district (2023)[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 99.23% | |||
| Christianity | 0.69% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.08% | |||
| Religion | 1941[17]: 62–63 [a] | 2017[18] | 2023[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
138,201 | 85.8% | 1,812,173 | 99.35% | 2,086,076 | 99.23% |
Hinduism  [b] |
21,882 | 13.59% | 553 | 0.03% | 242 | 0.01% |
Sikhism  |
882 | 0.55% | — | — | 27 | 0% |
Christianity  |
4 | 0% | 9,673 | 0.53% | 14,427 | 0.69% |
| Ahmadi | — | — | 1,481 | 0.08% | 1,393 | 0.07% |
| Others [c] | 101 | 0.06% | 115 | 0.01% | 186 | 0.01% |
| Total Population | 161,070 | 100% | 1,823,995 | 100% | 2,102,361 | 100% |
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.[19] The dialect spoken here is Thali, which blends into Multani in the south.
Gallery
Railway Station ریلوے اسٹیشن Layyah
Sadar Bazaar صدر بازار Layyah
Vegetable and Fruit Market سبزی منڈی of Layyah at twilight
D.H.Q Hospital Layyah, By: Ashiq Hussian Saggu Kot Sultan
Notes
- 1941 figures are for Layyah tehsil of Muzaffargarh District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Layyah district. Historic district borders may not be an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
- 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis
- Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, or not stated
References
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