| Layyah District | |
| Official Name: | Layyah |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Layyah |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 6,289 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 2102386 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 386282 |
| Population Rural: | 1,716,104 |
| Demographics Type2: | Literacy |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Literacy rate |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Ameera Baidar |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Leader Name3: | N/A |
| Leader Title3: | District Naib Nazim |
| Area Code: | 0606 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | District Council |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 3 |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
Layyah District (skr|{{Nastaliq|ضلع ليّہ, ur|{{Nastaliq|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.[1]
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 and a length from north to south of .
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.[2]
The district of Layyah is made up of three tehsils:[3] [4]
| Tehsil[5] | Area(km²)[6] | 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% |
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.[7] 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. 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.
There are 20 colleges available for the education of males and females of Layyah.[8]
Total 20
Total 14
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.[9] [10] [11]
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.[12] [13] 604,722 (28.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[14] 386,282 (18.37%) live in urban areas.[12]
| 1941[15] | 2017[16] | 2023[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138,201 | 1,812,173 | 2,086,076 | 99.23% | ||||
| 21,882 | 553 | 242 | 0.01% | ||||
| 882 | 27 | 0% | |||||
| 4 | 9,673 | 14,427 | 0.69% | ||||
| Ahmadi | 1,481 | 1,393 | 0.07% | ||||
| Others | 101 | 115 | 186 | 0.01% | |||
| Total Population | 161,070 | 1,823,995 | 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.[18] The dialect spoken here is Thali, which blends into Multani in the south.
