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 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:
TehsilDivisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division namesArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsBhakkar2,427809,789333.6658.56%...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 of Jhang District 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 (30.35% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 352,434 (18.00%) live in urban areas.
Religion
+ Religion in contemporary Bhakkar DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023 Islam 169,2761,646,0141,950,820 Hinduism 32,7401317 Sikhism 3,99630 Christianity 231,6615,913Ahmadi112124 Others05259 Total Population 206,035 1,647,852 1,956,971
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 Rasheed Akbar Khan Nawani, member of Pakistan's National Assembly P. C. Gupta, writer and professor of English Amjad Qureshi, cricket umpire Sanaullah Khan Mastikhel, member of Pakistan's National Assembly Inamullah Niazi, former member of Pakistan's National Assembly Lekh Raj Batra, a distinguished mycologist and linguist Asghar Khan Nawani, former policeman and MNA Amir Inayat Khan Shahani, MPA from Bhakkar
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