Bhakkar District


Bhakkar District , is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. The district was created out of parts of Mianwali in 1982, and has the city of Bhakkar as its headquarters. Part of its area consists of a riverine tract along the Indus, called Kaccha, while most of the district area lies in the desolate plain of the Thal Desert.
Located in the west of the Punjab province, Bhakkar district is bordered by Layyah to the south, Jhang to the southeast, Dera [Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan] to the west, Khushab to the northeast, and Mianwali to the north.

Administration

The district is administratively divided into four Tehsils and 64 Union Councils. The Tehsils are:
TehsilArea
Pop.
Density
Literacy rate
Union Councils
Bhakkar2,427809,789333.6658.56%...
Darya Khan1,719421,309245.0951.09%...
Kaloorkot2,239415,708185.6755.43%...
Mankera1,768310,664175.7154.83%...

Khansar Union Council is one of the major Union Councils in Bhakkar. Mari Shah Sakhira Union Council is very close to Bhakkar District boundary.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Bhakkar district has 313,311 households and a population of 1,957,470. The district has a sex ratio of 108.00 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 55.68%: 66.81% for males and 43.87% for females. 593,924 are under 10 years of age. 352,434 live in urban areas.

Religion

Languages

At the time of the 2023 census, 79.42% of the population spoke Saraiki, 9.73% Punjabi, 7.5% Urdu and 2.41% Pashto as their first language.

Education

According to the 2017 census, the literacy rate of Bhakkar is about 55%. There are 19 colleges, and 1300 primary, elementary, secondary, and higher secondary schools.

Notable people