tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
located in
Bahawalnagar District
Bahawalnagar District (Urdu and pa, ), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan. Before the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar was part of Bahawalpur state governed by the Nawab of Bahawalpur. The city of Bahawalnagar is the capital o ...
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Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. There are two towns in Bahawalnagar Tehsil:
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar ( Punjabi, ur, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.
and
Dunga Bunga
Dunga Bunga ( ur, ), is a town in Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. It located on the Bahawalnagar-Fort Abbas road away from Bahawalnagar. away from Haroonabad (Bahawalnagar), Haroonabad. away from Fa ...
. The city of
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar ( Punjabi, ur, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.
Tehsil Municipal Administration
A Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) is an organization associated with each Tehsil of Pakistan. TMAs are responsible for spatial planning and municipal services, and work closely with union councils.
Responsibilities
Key functions of a TMA ...
Arif Wala Tehsil
Arifwala ( pa, ) is a tehsil of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Administration
The tehsil of Arifwala is administratively subdivided into 30 Union Councils.
Demography
Most of the population are farmers; about 75% ...
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Pakpattan District
Pakpattan District (Urdu and pnb, ), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan is the district capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 1,286,680 of which 14% were urban. It has since risen to 1, ...
(north)
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Pakpattan Tehsil
Pakpattan Tehsil ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Pakpattan
Pakpattan (Punjabi and ), often referred to as Pākpattan Sharīf (; ''"Noble Pakpattan"''), i ...
, Pakpattan District (north)
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Minchinabad Tehsil
Minchinabad Tehsil ( ur, ), is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Minchinabad is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 25 Union Councils.Karanpur Tehsil,
Sri Ganganagar District
Sri Ganganagar district is the northernmost district of Rajasthan States and territories of India, state in western India.
History
Named after Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar district was part of Bikaner state. This was a m ...
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Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
(east)
* Raisinghnagar Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast)
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Haroonabad Tehsil
Haroonabad Tehsil ( ur, ) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Haroonabad is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 22 Union Councils.Chishtian Tehsil
Chistian Tehsil ( ur, ) 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.Burewala Tehsil
Burewala ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Burewala
Burewala ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a city of Vehari District in Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Burewala ...
2017 Census of Pakistan
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after 1998 Census of Pakist ...
, Bahawalnagar Tehsil has a total population of 815,143 (133,106 households), with 621,101 people (101,148 households) residing in rural areas and 194,042 people (31,958 households) residing in urban areas.
The population recorded in the
1998 Census of Pakistan
The 1998 Census of Pakistan was the fifth Pakistani national census. It provided a detailed enumeration of the population of Pakistan at the time it was conducted under the authority of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, an agency of the Gover ...
was 541,553.
Governance
In February 2015, an action by Bahawalnagar TMA imposed commercial fees on buildings, prompting protests from local students and teachers due to the sealing of seven schools which could not afford to comply with TMA notices.
In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.
Economy
Major industries in the tehsil include cotton ginning & pressing, flour mills, marble, oil milles, paper & paper board, rice mills, sugar, tea blending, and textile spinning.
Infrastructure
The Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company made an agreement with the Bahawalnagar TMA for the construction of a landfill site in 2008. Nine acres and three kanals were acquired at Mauza Musa Bhota for the site, and the project was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in October, 2012. The project cost Rs90 million.
Settlements
Municipal Committees
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Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar ( Punjabi, ur, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.
List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
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