Darya Khan

Darya Khan
درياخان
City
Darya Khan
Coordinates: 31°47′12″N 71°06′26″E / 31.78667°N 71.10722°E / 31.78667; 71.10722Coordinates: 31°47′12″N 71°06′26″E / 31.78667°N 71.10722°E / 31.78667; 71.10722
Pakistan  Pakistan
Province Punjab
Elevation 1,487 m (4,879 ft)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
30110 30100
Number of Union councils 2
Website http://www.bhakkar.com.pk

Darya Khan (Urdu: درياخان), is a town in Bhakkar District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil.[1] The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils.[1] During British rule the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway route.[2] Darya Khan has a boy's secondary school built in 1928 by Englishmen and a college at the middle of the town. It is situated to the left of the great Indus River. The famous school in this town is Oxford public high school.

Languages

Thalochi and Shapuri dialects of Punjabi is the main languages of people. Urdu are also spoken by majority of people In Darya Khan.

Demography

Darya Khan is now a Tehsil of District Bhakkar, with population of more than 100000

References

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