Chowk Azam

Chowk Azam is a small city and a municipal committee in Layyah District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Layyah city, the headquarters of the Layyah District, on the Mianwali-Multan road (MM road). According to 2023 Census of Pakistan, Chowk Azam has an estimated population of 87,376 people.

The city has many educational and vocational institutions, including Government Muslim High School, Divisional Public School, Government College for Boys and Government College for Girls. The campus of the Government College University Faisalabad and Bahauddin Zakariya University in Layyah and Government Graduate College in Chowk Azam provide point services for students commuting from Chowk Azam and the vicinity.

The city's inhabitants consist mainly of Punjabi, Saraiki, Pashtun, and Rohitky communities, with the majority being Punjabi. Punjabi people came to this region in the pre and post-partition era. Agricultural peasants migrated from upper and central Punjab, mainly from Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad and Narowal, and settled in Chowk Azam to expand their businesses there.

Chowk Azam is located at a latitude of 30.9706551 and a longitude of 71.212303.