Karor Lal Esan

Karor Lal Esan (Urdu: كروڑ لعل عيسن) is a city of Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Karor Lal Esan Tehsil and the administrative subdivision of the district.^[1]

Karor Lal Esan كروڑ لعل عيسن
Shrine of Lal Esan
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Coordinates: 31.13°N 70.57°E / 31.13; 70.57
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Layyah
Area
• Total	3,721 km2 (1,437 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	38,374
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0606
Number of towns	1
Number of Union councils	1

Geography

It is located at 31°13'0N 70°57'0E with an altitude of 148 metres (488 feet).^[2] This city is located on the west bank of the Indus River. The city is located to east of Indus River and Suleman Mountainous ranges, hence the lands in vicinity of river are much fertile growing especially wheat and rice. The area has great potential for natural resources and have a great potential for oil and gas exploration as well defined geological structures (anticlines) have been mapped during the seismic surveys in different areas of Karor that can be potential reservoirs of oil and gas.

Climate

Karor Lal Esan has extreme weather (as does the whole district of Layyah). Summer lasts from May to September; June is the hottest month with an average monthly temperature of 50 °C with a maximum of up to 53 °C. In winter, however, the December and January temperatures are as low as 0 to 2 °C average monthly.

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Avg high °C	20	23	28	35	41	43	40	38	38	35	28	23	32
Avg low temperature °C	4	8	12	18	24	29	28	28	24	17	9	4	17
Rainfall in. (Cm)	1.2	1.8	3.4	2.4	1.5	1.5	6.1	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	25.4	Source: weatherbase

Floods

In 2010, village area of Karor flooded with Indus river. Houses and crops were destroyed. After that people finally took matters into their own hands and rebuilt their homes on raised dirt platforms five to six feet high.

See also

• Ashu Lal Faqeer – Pakistani Saraiki poet (born c. 1953)