Chakwal Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل چکوال), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 30 Union Councils - five of which form the capital Chakwal.[1] During British rule the tehsil was part of Jhelum District, according to the 1901 census the population was 160,316 compared to 164,912 in 1891. At the time the tehsil contained 248 villages.[2]
Chakwal Tehsil تحصِيل چکوال | |
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Tehsil | |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| District | Chakwal District |
| Capital | Chakwal |
| Towns | 1 |
| District Council | Chakwal |
| No. of Union Councils | 30 (5 urban+ 25 rural) |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 3,120 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
• Tehsil | 490,000 |
• Estimate (December 31, 2016) | 634,000 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 104,000 |
| • Rural | 530,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (PDT) |
| Website | TMA Chakwal |
| Name Of Union Council & Its Population (1998) | |||||||||||
| Union Council | Population ( Thousand Persons) | ||||||||||
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| Chakwal City-1 | 15475 | ||||||||||
| Chakwal City-2 | 16172 | ||||||||||
| Chakwal City-3 | 14909 | ||||||||||
| Chakwal City-4 | 17302 | ||||||||||
| Chakwal City-5 | 16650 | ||||||||||
| Mureed | 15971 | ||||||||||
| Odherwal | 18973 | ||||||||||
| Karyala | 16212 | ||||||||||
| Dab | 21397 | ||||||||||
| Balkassar | 20408 | ||||||||||
| Dhudial | 13682 | ||||||||||
| Saral | 15253 | ||||||||||
| Mangwal | 17245 | ||||||||||
| Chak Umra | 17288 | ||||||||||
| Padshahan | 15760 | ||||||||||
| Chak Malook | 19888 | ||||||||||
| Bheen | 10050 | ||||||||||
| Balkassar | 19866 | ||||||||||
| Warwal | 14097 | ||||||||||
| Dullah | 14859 | ||||||||||
| Begal | 15149 | ||||||||||
| Kot Chaudhrian | 15429 | ||||||||||
| Karsal | 11991 | ||||||||||
| Jand | 16413 | ||||||||||
| Mulhal Mughlan | 19390 | ||||||||||
| Jandkhan Zada | 11366 | ||||||||||
| Dumman | 9842 | ||||||||||
| Khotian (Sehgalabad) | 18755 | ||||||||||
| Choa Ganj Ali Shah | 12225 | ||||||||||
| Jaswal | 14186 | ||||||||||
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