Layyah Tehsil
Layyah Tehsil
تحصِيل ليّہ | |
|---|---|
Tehsil | |
 Tehsil Municipal Administration logo | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Layyah |
| Capital | Layyah |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 23 |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,712 km2 (661 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 1,118,575 |
| • Density | 653.4/km2 (1,692/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 238,650 (21.34%) |
| • Rural | 879,925 (78.66%) |
| Literacy (2023) | |
| • Literacy rate | 62.34% |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Layyah (Urdu: تحصِيل ليّہ) is a tehsil (sub division) of Layyah District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 23 Union Councils, three of which form the tehsil and district capital Layyah.[2]
History
[edit]The tehsil was created during British rule in India. At the 1891 census, the population was 113,451. This had risen to 122,578 in 1901, when the tehsil was part of Mianwali District. At the 1901 census, it contained 2 towns - the capital Layyah (population 7,546) and Karor Lal Esan (population 3,243) as well as 118 villages. The land revenue and cess in 1903-4 amounted to 1.6 lakh rupees. The tehsil was divided into the Thal and the Kacchi, the former a high sandy tract to the east and the latter a low-lying strip of country along the Indus.[3] The tehsil was subsequently divided and Karor Tehsil now exists as a separate tehsil.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 96,228 | — |
| 1961 | 145,144 | +4.20% |
| 1972 | 256,448 | +5.31% |
| 1981 | 345,634 | +3.37% |
| 1998 | 591,042 | +3.21% |
| 2017 | 977,088 | +2.68% |
| 2023 | 1,118,575 | +2.28% |
| Source: [5][6] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Layyah Tehsil has population of 1,118,575.[7]
At the time of the 2023 census, 73.07% of the population spoke Saraiki, 20.57% Punjabi, 4.20% Urdu and 1.78% Pashto as their first language.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Layyah - Government of Pakistan Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 16, page 159 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ↑ District Profile: Central Punjab- Layyah
- ↑ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
pmsipwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ↑ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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