Tehsil Layyah is one of the four tehsils of district Layyah. It spreads over an area of 1,712 square kilometres with a population of 591,042 (as per DCR 1998).

In its north, falls the newly established district of Bhakkar, which was formerly a sub division of Mianwali district. River Indus runs in its west across which lies district of Dera Ghazi Khan. District Jhang lies in the east and district Muzaffargarh in the south.

Layyah was raised to the level of Municipal Committee in 1987. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of TMA.