Lodhran District 5.37

Lodhran District, is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan - the city of Lodhran is the capital of the district. It is located on the northern side of River Sutlej. It is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan, Khanewal and Vehari, to the south by Bahawalpur, to the east lie the districts of Vehari and Bahawalpur; while district Multan lies on the western side. Lodhran was split off as a separate district from Multan in 1991. It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Punjab. It is a well-known cotton-growing area.Administrative divisionsLodhran District is spread over an area of 1,790 square kilometres and is subdivided into three tehsils (Lodhran, Kahror Pakka and Dunyapur) which contain a total of 73 Union Councils:DemographyIn the 1998 census, % of the population had Saraiki as their first language, while Punjabi was the first language of % and Urdu – of %.There is also a significant population of Rajput community which have Rangri and Oad language as their first language.