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Darya Khan
Darya Khan
Pakistan Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
Elevation
1,487 m (4,879 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
3011030100
Number of Union councils2
Websitehttp://pages.daryakhan.com

Darya Khan is a town (Tehsil) of Bhakkar District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Darya Khan Tehsil.[1] The town of Darya Khan is itself subdivided into two Union councils.[1] During British rule the railway station at Darya Khan was built as part of the North-Western Railway route.[2] Darya Khan has a boy's secondary school built in 1928 by englishmen and a college at the middle of the town. It is situated to the left of the great Indus River. The famous school in this town is Oxford public high school.

Languages

Seraiki is the main languages of people. Urdu are also spoken by majority of people In Darya Khan.

Demography

Darya Khan is now a Tehseel of District Bhakkar, with population of more than 1 hundred thousand.

NOTABLE PERSONALITY DR. SAIFULLAH SIAL BHAKKRY M.D CUBA