District Layyah (formerly spelled as Leiah) is bounded to the North by Bhakkar District, to East by Jhang District. River Indus flows to its Western side across which lies district D.G.Khan and to the South district Muzaffargarh. District Layyah has an area of 6291 square kilometres and comprises the three tehsils and two sub tehsils of:
Two new sub Tehsils have been made on January 07, 2007 by Chaudhary Pervez Elahi (Chief Minister Punjab) which are as follows:
- Chowk Azam
- Fatehpur
A mega project of Thal garater Canal has been started in Layyah from January 2007.
The word 'Leiah' itself is believed to be derived from 'Leian' in Saraiki language, a plural form of 'Lai' which is a name of bush. In former times, the land in Layyah (Leiah) was mostly covered by sand dunes with bushes (Leian). Therefore this place was known as 'Leian' which became 'Leiah' afterwards.
Majority of people in Layyah are native speakers of Saraiki or Punjabi language, although Urdu is widely understood and spoken. The medium of education is Urdu and English. The district had a population of 1,520,951 of which only 20.47% are urban in 2005. It is thus the fifth-most backward district in Punjab.
There is hugh pharmacy market in Layyah. Danial Pharma near aslam mor is famous in this respect.
- Chowk Azam
- Fatehpur
A mega project of Thal garater Canal has been started in Layyah from January 2007.
The word 'Leiah' itself is believed to be derived from 'Leian' in Saraiki language, a plural form of 'Lai' which is a name of bush. In former times, the land in Layyah (Leiah) was mostly covered by sand dunes with bushes (Leian). Therefore this place was known as 'Leian' which became 'Leiah' afterwards.
Majority of people in Layyah are native speakers of Saraiki or Punjabi language, although Urdu is widely understood and spoken. The medium of education is Urdu and English. The district had a population of 1,520,951 of which only 20.47% are urban in 2005. It is thus the fifth-most backward district in Punjab.
There is hugh pharmacy market in Layyah. Danial Pharma near aslam mor is famous in this respect.
Sources: [1] wikipedia [2] www.layyah.com
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