Darya khan
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Darya Khan is a town of Bhakkar District
in the Punjab Province
of Pakistan
. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil
. The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils
. During British rule
the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway route.
Bhakkar District
Bhakkar is a District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district was created in 1981 with Bhakkar city as the capital. It is located between 31° 10' and 32° 22' N. and 70° 47' and 72° E. with an area of , most of it lies in the desolate plain of the Thal, but the Kachhi or strip of...
in the Punjab Province
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil
Darya Khan Tehsil
Darya Khan is an administrative subdivision, , of Bhakkar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Darya Khan is the headquarters of the tehsil....
. The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
. During British rule
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway route.