Lodhran District

Lodhran District

ضِلع لودھراں
Lodhran District ضِلع لودھراں
District of Punjab
	Shrine of Sheikh Ahma Kabir
	Map of Punjab with Lodhran District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Multan
Headquarters	Lodhran
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Abdul Rauf Mahar
• District Police Officer	Hassam Bin Iqbal
• Chief executive officer health	Faisal Waheed
Area
• Total	2,778 km2 (1,073 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	1,928,299
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	3
Website	lodhran.punjab.gov.pk

Lodhran District (Saraiki: ضِلع لودهراں), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with the city of Lodhran as its capital. Located on the northern side of the 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.^[2] It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Punjab, and is among the thirty poorest districts in Pakistan.^[3]^: 85 It is a well-known cotton-growing area.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Khan, Ahmad Fraz (18 January 2021). "Multan's mangoes and multinationals". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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[Dawn-2] Khan, Ahmad Fraz (18 January 2021). "Multan's mangoes and multinationals". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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