Lalian Tehsil ( ur, ) 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 ...

of the

Chiniot District Chiniot District ( Punjabi and ur, ), became the 36th district of the Punjab province of Pakistan in February 2009. Before this, it was a tehsil of Jhang District. History Chiniot region was an agricultural region with forests during the I ...

and a city in

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

. It is located on

Sargodha Sargodha ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as ...

road, 22 km from

Chiniot Chiniot (Urdu and pa, ) is a city and the administrative headquarter of Chiniot District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the river Chenab, it is the 28th largest city of Pakistan. It is also known for its intrica ...

. It became a tehsil of

on 2 February 2009. Prior to this, it was a known as town in the

Chiniot Tehsil Chiniot ( ur, ) is a tehsil of Chiniot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Prior to February 2009 Chiniot District and tehsil were part of Jhang District Jhang District (Punjabi and ur, ) is a district of Faisalabad division in ...

and now with the addition of 12 more union councils it has become a Tehsil with a large amount of population in towns and villages.

Demography

The major language of this sub-district is the

Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...

Notable people

Notably, Lalian is the birthplace of Khawar Mahmood, father of Canadian businessman Badar Mahmood.

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Map of Lalian
Chiniot District Populated places in Chiniot District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan {{Chiniot-geo-stub

Demography

Notable people

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