Chishtian Tehsil




Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan





































































Chistian Tehsil




تحصیل چشتیاں‬

Tehsil

Location of Chishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
Location of Chishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan

Country
 Pakistan
Region
Punjab, Pakistan 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
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





  1. ^ ab "Sit-in as TMA staff unpaid for 2 months". The Nation. Lahore, Pakistan: Nawa-i-Waqt. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-24.


  3. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine


  4. ^ ab "PLANNING REPORT BAHAWALNAGAR 2008" (PDF). Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP). 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-02.


  5. ^ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-13.


  6. ^ "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.











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