Bhakkar District

Bhakkar
بهكّر
District of Punjab
Jamia Masjid, Mankera
Jamia Masjid, Mankera
Location of Bhakkar District within Punjab.
Location of Bhakkar District within Punjab.
Coordinates: 31°37′23″N 71°03′45″E / 31.6230°N 71.0626°E / 31.6230; 71.0626
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionMianwali
Established1981
HeadquartersBhakkar
Tehsils (4)
List
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerNoor Muhammad Awan
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]: 1 
 • District of Punjab8,153 km2 (3,148 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • District of Punjab1,957,470
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
 • Urban
352,434
 • Rural
1,605,036
Literacy
[3]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (55.68%)
  • Male:
    (66.81%)
  • Female:
    (43.87%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Area code0453
LanguagesSaraiki, Punjabi Urdu
Websitebhakkar.punjab.gov.pk

Bhakkar District (Urdu: ضِلع بهكّر), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. The district was created out of parts of Mianwali in 1982,[4] 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.[5]

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.

  1. ^ 1998 District Census report of Bhakkar. Census publication. Vol. 74. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Bhakkar". Punjab Portal, Government of Punjab websitel. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ Bhakkar Tahsil - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 43