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]
Chistian Tehsil
تحصیل چشتیاں | |
|---|---|
 Location of Chishtian Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 29 |
| Headquarters | Chishtian |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
| • Administrator | Arshad Sidhu |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,500 km2 (600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 845,439 |
| • Density | 563.63/km2 (1,459.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 229,529 (26.27%) |
| • Rural | 615,910 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 063 |
Geography
editChishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km2.[4]
Adjacent tehsils
edit- 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
edit| 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
editIn June 2016, Tehsil Municipal Administration Chishtian employees staged a sit-in due to two months of non-payment.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sit-in as TMA staff unpaid for 2 months". The Nation. Lahore, Pakistan: Nawa-i-Waqt. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "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
- ^ a b "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.