Bahawalpur Saddar is a

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 Bahawalpur District in the Pakistani province of

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 ...

. The city of

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...

is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils. The tehsil is traversed by the

Hakra The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending ...

depression, south of which lies the desert. The north lies in the Sutlej riverain, and between this and the Hakra are the central uplands.

History

Prior to the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalpur was the headquarters tehsil of the state and nizamat of

. The population, according to the 1901 of census, was 91,954, compared with 90,031 in 1891. The chief city Bahawalpur, also the capital of the State, had a population of 18,546. The tehsil contained 107 villages. The total land revenue and

cess Cess is a tax that is generally levied for promoting services like health and education. Governments often charge cess for the purpose of development in social sectors. The word is a shortened form of "assess". The spelling is due to a mistaken ...

es between 1905 and 1906 was one hundred thousand. Saraiki is the most spoken language in Bahawalpur. Punjabi is also spoken by number of people.

References

Tehsils of Bahawalpur District {{Bahawalpur-geo-stub