Kallurkot
Kallurkot کلورکوٹ | |
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![]() ![]() Kallurkot | |
Coordinates: 32°47′12″N 71°06′26″E / 32.78667°N 71.10722°ECoordinates: 32°47′12″N 71°06′26″E / 32.78667°N 71.10722°E | |
Pakistan |
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Province | Punjab |
Elevation | 1,487 m (4,879 ft) |
Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
30110 | 30140 |
Number of Union councils | 1 |
Website | http://tmakalurkot.com/History.html |
Kallurkot (Urdu: کلورکوٹ), is a town in Bhakkar District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kaloorkot Tehsil.[1] The town of Kallurkot is itself a Union councils.[1] During British rule the railway station at Kallurkot was built as part of the North-Western Railway route.[2]
Kallur Kot is situated at distance of 60 Kilometers to the north of Bhakkar on the main railway line to Mianwali on the eastern ban of river Indus. There are live stocks Farm Ghulaman. Kallur Kot. Semen Production and Fareeda Garden at Kallur Kot. Likewise other district Tehsil has extreme climate. It is very sizzling hot during summer. The maximum temperature goes up to 42 degree centigrade and minimum to 28 degree centigrade. The hottest months are June, July and August. Winter is equally cold and frosty with maximum at 10 degree centigrade and minimum below freezing point respectively.
The Indus, by the times passes from Kallur Kot tehsil to Bhakkar Tehsil losses much of the velocity with which the water rushed from the gorge at Tehsil Kallur Koy and throughout the Bhakkar Tehsil confines itself to more or less defined course.
Languages
Thalochi and Shapuri dialects of Punjabi is the main languages of people. Urdu are also spoken by majority of people In Kallurkot.
Demography
Kallurkot is now a Tehsil of District Bhakkar, with population of more than 30000