Back খুশব জেলা Bengali/Bangla Khushāb District CEB Khushab (Distrikt) German ناحیه خوشاب FA District de Khushab French ज़िला ख़ुशाब HI Distretto di Khushab Italian खुशाब जिला MAI Dystrykt Khushab Polish ضلع خوشاب PNB
Khushab
ضِلع خُوشاب | |
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 Khushab District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sargodha Division |
| Established | 2 July 1982[1] |
| Headquarters | Jauharabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Ms. Sarosh Fatima Sherazi |
| • District Police Officer | Touqeer Muhammad Naeem |
| • District Health Officer | Dr Rao Gulzar Yousaf |
| Area | |
| 6,511 km2 (2,514 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023)[3] | |
| 1,501,089 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 418,745 |
| • Rural | 1,082,344 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0454 |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Main language | Punjabi |
| Website | khushab |
Khushab District (Punjabi: ضِلع خُوشاب), is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab.
The district consists of four tehsils: Khushab, Noorpur Thal, Quaidabad and Naushera.[5] Khushab is home to the Heavy Water and Natural Uranium Research Reactor,[6] part of Pakistan's Special Weapons Program.[7] District Khushab shares boundaries with the districts of Sargodha, Jhelum, Chakwal, Mianwali, Bhakkar and Jhang.
- ^ "District Courts Khushab".
- ^ "Khushab – Punjab Portal". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Tehsil Codes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Special Weapons Program of Pakistan (Federation of American Scientists)
- ^ South Asia arms race - is it paranoia? (BBC News).