Important details about District Bhakkar are tabulated below:
| Total Area | 8,153 km2 | |
| Tehsils | 04 | |
| Tehsil Councils | 04 | |
| Municipal Committees | 04 | |
| Live Stocks | 1,959,808* | |
| Major Occupations | Farming, Civil, Armed Services, Overseas | |
| Literacy | 55% |
Land Statistics
| The land statistics for the district taken from Punjab Development Statistics 2013: | ||
| Type | Area (In Thousand Hectares) | |
| Cultivated Area | 813 | |
| Uncultivated Area | 52 | |
| Forest | 26 | |
| Culturable Waste | 19 | |
| Not Available for Cultivation | 33 | |
Population
Statistics taken from 6th Population & Housing Census 2017 (As on Jan 03, 2018)
| Male | 9,37,778 | |
| Female | 8,87,581 | |
| Transgender | 70 | |
| Total | 18,25,429 |
Educational Institutions
Universities
There is only one University in the close vicinity of the district named University of Sargodha.
Colleges
| Boys / Girls | Girls | Commerce | Total | |
| Bhakkar | 02 | 03 | 01 | 06 |
| Darya Khan | 02 | 02 | 01 | 05 |
| Mankera | 01 | 01 | 01 | 03 |
| Kallur Kot | 02 | 02 | 01 | 05 |
| Total | 07 | 08 | 04 | 19 |
Schools
| Tehsil | Higher Secondary | Secondary | Elementary | Primary |
| Boys / Girls | Boys / Girls | Boys / Girls | Boys / Girls | |
| Bhakkar | 02 / 03 | 26 / 19 | 30 / 47 | 134 / 203 |
| Darya Khan | -- / -- | 12 / 07 | 20 / 21 | 106 / 116 |
| Kallur Kot | 01 / 02 | 20 / 10 | 23 / 27 | 79 / 111 |
| Mankera | 03 / -- | 14 / 08 | 23 / 13 | 109 / 69 |
| Sub Total | 06 / 05 | 75 / 44 | 96 / 108 | 428 / 499 |
| Grand Total | 11 | 119 | 204 | 927 |
Electoral Constituencies
| National | 02 (NA -97 & NA-98) | |
| Provincial | 04 (PP-89, PP-90, PP-91 & PP-92) |
Police Stations
| Police Stations | 11 | |
| Police Check Post | 03 | |
| Riverine Post | 03 | |
| Police Post | 07 | |
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Hospitals
| DHQ Hospitals | 01 | |
| THQ Hospitals | 03 | |
| RHCs | 05 | |
| BHUs | 40 | |
| Government Rural Dispensaries | 19 | |
| Rural Dispensaries | 09 | |
| MCH Centers | 02 | |
| Sub Health Centers | 13 | |
| Total | 92 |
Civil Courts
All four tehsils of Bhakkar have one civil court each.
Industries
| Name | Open | Closed |
| Sugar Mill | 0 | 01 |
| Flour Mills | 04 | 0 |
| Chip Board Factories | 0 | 02 |
| Agriculture Implements | 02 | 0 |
| Rice Mills | 0 | 01 |
| Light engineering | 0 | 01 |
| Cotton Factories | 0 | 15 |
| Dall Mills | 0 | 02 |
| Ice Factory | 0 | 24 |
| Total | 06 | 46 |