 The total area of Chakwal district is 6,609 square kilometres, which is equivalent to .The southern portion runs up into the Salt Range, and includes the Chail peak, above the sea, the highest point in the district.Between this and the Sohan river, which follows more or less the northern boundary, the country consists of what was once a fairly level plain, sloping down from at the foot of the hills to in the neighbourhood of the Sohan; the surface is now much cut up by ravines and is very difficult to travel over.