Layyah is situated at the south west of the district along the River Indus, the latter separating it from Dera Ghazi Khan District. Karor Tehsil is located just above the Layyah Tehsil along the right bank of the Indus and Chaubara is in the north west of this district and is the largest of all the three Tesils, covering most of the eastern half of the district area.There are three Municipal commi
ttees and one Town committee in the district. There are about 200 Patwar circles or land recording and revenue units. The number of Mauzas or the smallest revenue units in the district is about 730. Of the latter, only 26 have a population of above 5000 and about 53% of Mauzas have less than one thousand people while others have between one to two thousand people (District Census 1998-op.cit)
