Khushab District

Khushab
ضِلع خُوشاب
Khushab District highlighted within Punjab Province
Khushab District highlighted within Punjab Province
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionSargodha Division
Established2 July 1982[1]
HeadquartersJauharabad
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerMs. Sarosh Fatima Sherazi
 • District Police OfficerTouqeer Muhammad Naeem
 • District Health OfficerDr Rao Gulzar Yousaf
Area
 • District of Punjab6,511 km2 (2,514 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[3]
 • District of Punjab1,501,089
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 • Urban
418,745
 • Rural
1,082,344
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (62.52%)
  • Male:
    (75.59%)
  • Female:
    (49.03%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0454
Number of Tehsils4
Main languagePunjabi
Websitekhushab.punjab.gov.pk

Khushab District (Punjabi: ضِلع خُوشاب), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab.

The district consists of four tehsils: Khushab, Noorpur Thal, Quaidabad and Naushera.[5] Khushab is home to the Heavy Water and Natural Uranium Research Reactor,[6] part of Pakistan's Special Weapons Program.[7] District Khushab shares boundaries with the districts of Sargodha, Jhelum, Chakwal, Mianwali, Bhakkar and Jhang.

  1. ^ "District Courts Khushab".
  2. ^ "Khushab – Punjab Portal". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Tehsil Codes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ^ Special Weapons Program of Pakistan (Federation of American Scientists)
  7. ^ South Asia arms race - is it paranoia? (BBC News).