Gujar Khan Tehsil ( Pothwari , ur, ), headquartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the seven

Tehsils 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 ...

(sub-divisions) of

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...

in the

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of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils and according to the 1998 census has a population of 42,000. In 2017 census Gujar Khan has a population of 678,503

History

The tehsil of Gujar Khan was described in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled during the first decade of the twentieth century, as follows:Gujar Khān, v. 12, p. 353
/ref> "Southern tahsil of

, lying between 33°4′ and 33°26′ N. and 72°56′ and 73°37′ E., with an area of 567 square miles. It is bounded on the east by the Jhelum river, which cuts it off from Kashmir territory. Except for a low ridge of sandstone hills along the Jhelum, the tehsil consists of a plain intersected by numerous ravines. The population in 1901 was 150,566, compared with 152,455 in 1891. It contains 381 villages, of which Gujar Khan is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-7 lakhs." During the period of British rule, Gujar Khan Tehsil increased in population and importance. The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. After the

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of Pakistan in 1947, the minority

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s and

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s migrated to

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while the

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refugees from India settled down in the

Administration

The tehsil of Gujar Khan is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils, these are: *

Bewal Bewal ( Punjabi and ur, بیول) is a town and Union Council in Pakistan's Punjab province. It is situated in the eastern part of Gujar Khan Tehsil, in Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located ...

* Bhata Sharif * Noor Dolal * Bhadana * Changa Bangial * Changa Maira *

Daultala Daultala ( ur, ), is a town and union council located in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the ...

Devi, Punjab Devi ( ur, ديوى) is a town and union council, an administrative subdivision, of Gujar Khan Tehsil in the Punjab province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country i ...

* Gujar Khan-I * Gujar Khan-II * Gujar Khan-III *

Gulyana Gulyana (Urdu: , Potohari Punjabi: ) is a town in the Gujar Khan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Gulyana is also chief town of Union Council Gulyana which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil. It is ...

* Gungrila * Jand Mehlo *

Jarmot Kalan Jarmot Kalan ( ur, جرموٹ كلاں) is a town, Union council and administrative subdivision of Gujar Khan Tehsil in the Punjab Province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), ...

* Jatli * Jhungle * Kalyam Awan * Kaniat Khalil * Karumb Ilyas * Kauntrila * Kuri Dolal *

Mandrah Mandra (Urdu: مندره) is a town of Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also known as the city of Rajput and Mirzas with castes like Jasgam, Janjua and Bhatti. Mandra itself is also the chief town of Union Counci ...

Manghot Manghot ( ur, منگھوٹ) is a town which is located in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Kayani is a major tribe in Gujar Khan Tehsil which claims ancestry from Persian Kayanian dynasty and Janjua Rajput is also a majo ...

* Mankiala Branmma * Matwa * Mohra Noori * Narali * Punjgran Kalan * Qazian * Raman * Sahang * Sui Cheemian *

Sukho Sukho ( ur, سُكھو) is a Union Council of Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 3.5 km south of the Sukho Mor stop at the Mandra-Chakwal Road and is connected with Gujar Khan Gujar Khan (Punjabi/ ur, گُو ...

Syed Kasran The Syed Kasran is a village with a population of about 10,000. The village was built by two brothers who came from Gujrat, Syed Muhammad and Syed Mehmood, son of Zain ul Abideen. They came to this region at the request of Raja Sarang wal e Rawat ...

* Thathi * Islampura Jabbar

References

{{Union Councils in Gujar Khan Tehsils of Rawalpindi District

History

Administration

See also

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