Chishtian Tehsil
Chistian Tehsil تحصیل چشتیاں | |
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Tehsil | |
Location of Chishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan | |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Punjab |
District | Bahawalnagar |
Towns | 1 |
Union councils | 29 |
Headquarters | Chishtian |
Government [1] | |
• Type | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
• Administrator | Arshad Sidhu |
Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,500 km2 (600 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Tehsil | 691,221 |
• Density | 460.814/km2 (1,193.50/sq mi) |
• Urban | 149,939 |
• Rural | 541,282 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Area code(s) | 063 |
Chistian Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل چشتیاں) 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.[3]
Contents
1 Geography
1.1 Adjacent tehsils
2 Demographics
3 Governance
4 References
Geography
Chishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km2.[4]
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)
Demographics
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1951 | 148,868 | — |
1961 | 197,437 | +2.86% |
1972 | 254,448 | +2.33% |
1981 | 326,790 | +2.82% |
1998 | 498,270 | +2.51% |
2017 | 691,221 | +1.74% |
Source: [5][4] |
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 691,221 people living in Chishtian Tehsil and its population in 1998 was 498,270.[6]
Governance
In June 2016, Tehsil Municipal Administration Chishtian employees staged a sit-in due to two months of non-payment.[1]
References
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^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ ab "PLANNING REPORT BAHAWALNAGAR 2008" (PDF). Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP). 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
^ "PROVINCE WISE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF CENSUS - 2017" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-05-02.