Vihari

Vehari District, is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Vehari is the capital of the district.Administrative divisionsThe district of Vehari is administratively subdivided into three tehsils: Burewala Mailsi Vehari and 3 subtehsils: Gaggo Karam Pur Jallah Jeem The district was created on 1 July 1976 out of the three tehsils of Multan District (Vehari, Burewala and Mailsi). The name Vehari means low-lying settlement by a flood water channel. The district lies along the right bank of the river Sutlej, which forms its southern boundary.LanguageAccording to the 1998 census, Punjabi was the first language of % of the district's population, Saraiki accounted for % and Urdu – for %.GeographyThe district is located between and and borders with Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur on the southern side, with Pakpattan on the eastern, with Khanewal and Lodhran on western and with Sahiwal and Khanewal on northern side. The total area of the district is 4364km2. It is about 93km in length and approximately 47km in breadth and it is sloping gently from northeast to southwest.