Darya Khan

Darya Khan

درياخان
Darya Khan درياخان
City
	Darya Khan Darya Khan
	Coordinates: 31°47′12″N 71°06′26″E
Pakistan	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Elevation	1,487 m (4,879 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
30110	30100
Number of Union councils	2
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20121031120141/http://www.bhakkar.com.pk/

Darya Khan (Urdu: درياخان), is a town in 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. Darya Khan also has a luxurious housing society "Fazal City" in the heart of the city, providing lavish life style to the residents. Darya Khan is situated to the left of the Indus River. Naseer Ahmad Shah is the prominent advocate of this city

References

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[NRB-1] Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bhakkar - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Dera Ismail Khān District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 266.