Bhakkar District

The district is administratively divided into four Tehsils and 64 Union Councils. The Tehsils are: Khansar Union Council is one of the major Union Councils in Bhakkar. Mari Shah Sakhira Union Council is very close to Bhakkar District boundary. ==Demographics==

Population As of the 2023 census, Bhakkar district has 313,311 households and a population of 1,957,470. The district has a sex ratio of 108.00 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 55.68%: 66.81% for males and 43.87% for females. 593,924 (30.35% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 352,434 (18.00%) live in urban areas. ==Education==

According to the 2017 census, the literacy rate of Bhakkar is about 55%. There are 19 colleges, and 1300 primary, elementary, secondary, and higher secondary schools. == Notable people ==

• Rasheed Akbar Khan Nawani, member of Pakistan's National Assembly • P. C. Gupta, writer and professor of English • Amjad Qureshi, cricket umpire • Sanaullah Khan Mastikhel, member of Pakistan's National Assembly • Inamullah Niazi, former member of Pakistan's National Assembly • Lekh Raj Batra, a distinguished mycologist and linguist • Asghar Khan Nawani, former policeman and MNA • Amir Inayat Khan Shahani, MPA from Bhakkar ==See also==