Back ভাক্কার জেলা Bengali/Bangla Bhakkar District CEB Bhakkar (Distrikt) German ناحیه بهکر Persian Bhakkarin piirikunta Finnish District de Bhakkar French भक्कर जिला Hindi Distretto di Bhakkar Italian ഭാക്കാർ ജില്ല Malayalam ਭੱਕਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ Punjabi
Bhakkar
بهكّر | |
|---|---|
 Jamia Masjid, Mankera | |
 Location of Bhakkar District within Punjab. | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′23″N 71°03′45″E / 31.6230°N 71.0626°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Mianwali |
| Established | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Bhakkar |
| Tehsils (4) | |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Syed Musa Raza |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area [1]: 1 | |
| • Total | 8,153 km2 (3,148 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,957,470 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Languages | Saraiki, Punjabi |
| Website | bhakkar |
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,[3] 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.[4]
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.
- ^ 1998 District Census report of Bhakkar. Census publication. Vol. 74. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2023censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Bhakkar". Punjab Portal, Government of Punjab websitel. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Bhakkar Tahsil - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 43