Layyah

Layyah district, Punjab — 2,102,386 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	66,651	1,120,951	1,823,995	2,102,386
Urban population		144,203	321,174	386,282
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.10%	2.59%	2.40%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		38.7%		61.8%
Female literacy rate		23.4%		52.2%
Average household size		7.30	6.42	6.10
Males per 100 females		106.8	102.9	106.2
Urban share		12.9%	17.6%	18.4%
People per km²		178	290	334
Area		6,291 km²	6,289 km²	6,289 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	58.0%	58.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	87.0%	85.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		16.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		7.84%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		45.1%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		19.1%	34.4%
Households with tap water	6.00%	0.67%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	76.0%	85.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		24.5%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		79.1%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		99.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		25.8%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	72,227
People working in them (2023)	177,858
Farms (2024)	150,493
Cultivated area (2024)	1,137,336 acres
Tractors (2024)	18,084
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	79,160
Cattle (2024)	1,067,314
Buffaloes (2024)	522,919
Goats (2024)	1,129,233

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts