Minchinabad (Urdu: مِنچِن آباد), is a city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Minchinabad Tehsil.[1] It underwent rapid development in the late 1860s and 1870s.[2] The city is named after Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829-1899), the British Political Agent overseeing the Bahawalpur Princely State from 1866 to 1876[3]
Minchinabad | |
|---|---|
  Minchinabad Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 30°10′N 73°34′E / 30.167°N 73.567°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar District |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 67,164 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +6 |
Demographics
editThe population of city in 1972 was 7,112 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 67,164.[4]
| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 7,112 |
| 1981 | 14,550 |
| 1998 | 25,480 |
| 2017 | 56,563 |
| 2023 | 67,164 |
References
edit- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Punjab (1869). Selections from the records of the government of the Punjab and its dependencies. Punjab. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sir William Stevenson Meyer (1908). James Sutherland Cotton; Sir Richard Burn (eds.). Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series. Vol. 22. p. 353.
- ^ "Punjab (Pakistan): Urban Localities in Districts - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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