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Chishtian Tehsil

FieldValue
nameChistian Tehsil
native_name
native_name_langur
settlement_typeTehsil
image_mapChishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan.svg
map_captionLocation of Chishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Pakistan
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_namePakistan
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Punjab, Pakistan Punjab
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Bahawalnagar
seat_typeHeadquarters
seatChishtian
subdivision_type4Towns
subdivision_name41
subdivision_type5Union councils
subdivision_name529
government_footnotes
government_typeTehsil Municipal Administration
leader_titleAdministrator
leader_nameArshad Sidhu
area_total_km21500
population_as_of2023
population_footnotes
population_total845,439
population_rural615,910 (73.73%)
population_urban229529 (26.27%)
population_density_km2563.63
timezonePST
utc_offset+5
area_code063

Chistian Tehsil () is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Chishtian is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 29 Union Councils.

Geography

Chishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km2.

Adjacent Tehsils

  • Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District (north)
  • Bahawalnagar Tehsil (northeast)
  • Haroonabad Tehsil (southeast)
  • Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (south)
  • Hasilpur Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west)
  • Vehari Tehsil, Vehari District (northwest)

Adjacent Small Cities

  • Dahranwala (south)

Demographics

|1951|148,868 |1961|197,437 |1972|254,448 |1981|326,790 |1998|498,270 |2017|691,221 |2023|845,439}}

As of the 2023 census, Chishtian Tehsil had a population of 845,439. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 691,221 people living in Chishtian Tehsil and its population in 1998 was 498,270.

Governance

In June 2016, Tehsil Municipal Administration Chishtian employees staged a sit-in due to two months of non-payment.

References

References

  1. (2016-06-30). "Sit-in as TMA staff unpaid for 2 months". [[Nawa-i-Waqt]].
  2. (2018-01-03). "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
  3. link. (2012-02-09)
  4. (2008). "PLANNING REPORT BAHAWALNAGAR 2008". Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP).
  5. "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
  6. (2017). "PROVINCE WISE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF CENSUS - 2017". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
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