Layyah Tehsil تحصِيل ليّہ | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Layyah |
| Capital | Layyah |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 23 |
| Population | |
• City | 977,391 |
| • Urban | 193,860 |
| • Rural | 783,531 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Layyah (Urdu:تحصِيل ليّہ) is atehsil located inLayyah District,Punjab,Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 23Union Councils, three of which form the tehsil and district capitalLayyah.[2]
The tehsil was created duringBritish 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 ofMianwali District. At the 1901 census, it contained 2 towns - the capital Layyah (population 7,546) andKaror Lal Esan (population 3,243) as well as 118 villages. The land revenue andcess in 1903-4 amounted to 1.6lakh 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 theIndus.[3] The tehsil was subsequently divided andKaror Tehsil now exists as a separate tehsil.[4]
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