Ārifwāla () is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

of Pakpattan District in the

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province of

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Administration

The tehsil of Arifwala is administratively subdivided into 30 Union Councils.

Demography

Most of the population are farmers; about 75% of the population live in villages and only 25% live in the municipal urban area. But the trend is shifting with the increase of industrialization in the premises of Arifwala and people are moving to the urban area. Arifwala Tehsil covers an area of 295,146 acres (1195 km²) with a population of about 720,000. The urban area covers 457 acres (1.85 km²) and the agriculture area covers 1274 acres (3.18 km²). Punjabi is the native spoken language, but

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is also widely used.

Notable Personalities

* 1- Muhammad Ahmad Naveed Akhtar—Software Expert ( Cyber Security ) * 2- Ali Raza Zahid Hameed—Founder & chief of All Pakistan Crime Control PVT Limited * 3- Muhammad Ateeq—CEO Medicine Corporation Punjab Pakistan

References

{{Tehsils of Punjab (Pakistan) Populated places in Pakpattan District Pakpattan District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan Cities in Punjab (Pakistan)