Lodhran District

Lodhran District
ضِلع لودھراں
District of Punjab
Shrine of Sheikh Ahma Kabir
Shrine of Sheikh Ahma Kabir
Map of Punjab with Lodhran District highlighted
Map of Punjab with Lodhran District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionMultan
HeadquartersLodhran
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAbdul Rauf Mahar
 • District Police OfficerHassam Bin Iqbal
 • Chief executive officer healthFaisal Waheed
Area
 • District of Punjab
2,778 km2 (1,073 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Punjab
1,928,299
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Urban
325,053
 • Rural
1,603,246
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (51.68%)
  • Male:
    (60.63%)
  • Female:
    (42.12%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0608
Number of Tehsils3
Websitelodhran.punjab.gov.pk

Lodhran District (Saraiki: ضِلع لودهراں), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with the city of Lodhran as its capital. Located on the northern side of the River Sutlej, it is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan, Khanewal and Vehari, to the south by Bahawalpur, to the east lie the districts of Vehari and Bahawalpur; while district Multan lies on the western side.

Lodhran was split off as a separate district from Multan in 1991.[3] It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Punjab, and is among the thirty poorest districts in Pakistan.[4]: 85  It is a well-known cotton-growing area.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b Khan, Ahmad Fraz (18 January 2021). "Multan's mangoes and multinationals". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mughal2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).