..::BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT LAYYAH::..

PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT

District Layyah is bounded o the North by district Bhakkar, on East by district Jhang. River Indus flows on its Western side across which lies district D.G.Khan and on the South district Muzaffargarh. District Layyah has an area of 6291 square kilometres and comprises the three tehsils of:

1. Layyah

2. Chaubara

3. Karor Lal Esan

CLIMATE AND GENERAL SOIL CONDITIONS

The district Layyah has an extremely hot climate. The temperature in winter is low due to nearness to Koh-Suleman range of mountains. The tehsil Chaubara is almost barren and consists of forest and sand dunes. It is actually a ‘Rakh’ under the control of Forest Department. The thesil of Layyah and Karor Lal Esan are comparatively better developed agriculturally but they have also large tracks of sand dunes and uncultivated land. The river Indus passes from North to South on Western side of the district and touches D.G.Khan.

District :

This District was carved out from Muzaffargarh Distt. in the year 1982.

The District has 03 Sub Divisions (Tehsils) namely Layyah,

Karor & Choubara.

Situation :

The Layyah is situated between the River Indus and Chenab in Sindh

Sagar Doab in central area of Pakistan. In the North, there is

District Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh in the South, Jhang in the East and

D.G.Khan in the West across the river. The District is of semi

rectangular shape and has sandy land.

Area :

Total area of the District is 6291 Sq.KM. It is 88 KM Long from

East to West & 75KM Wide from North to South.

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