Bahawalnagar Tehsil () 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 ...

located in

Bahawalnagar District Bahawalnagar District (Urdu and ), is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province in Pakistan. Before the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar was part of Bahawalpur (princely state), Bahawalpur state governed by t ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

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. There are two towns in Bahawalnagar Tehsil:

Bahawalnagar Bahawalnagar ( Punjabi, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.

and Dunga Bunga. The city of

is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 31 Union Councils.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar – Government of Pakistan

History

Bahawalnagar Tehsil was given the status of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) after the implementation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001.

Geography

Bahawalnagar Tehsil has an area of 1,729 km².

Adjacent tehsils

Arif Wala Tehsil Ārifwāla () is a tehsil of Pakpattan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Administration The tehsil of Arifwala is administratively subdivided into 30 Union Councils. Demography Most of the population are farmers; about 75% of ...

Pakpattan District Pakpattan District ( Punjabi and ), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan, Pakpattan city is the district capital. Administrative division The district is divided into two tehsils, which contain a total of 63 Union Councils: Location ...

(north) * Pakpattan Tehsil, Pakpattan District (north) *

Minchinabad Tehsil Minchinabad Tehsil (), is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Minchinabad is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 25 Union Councils. Mandi Sadiq Gunj TC and Mcload Gunj T ...

(northeast) * Karanpur Tehsil,

Sri Ganganagar District Sri Ganganagar district is the northernmost district of Rajasthan state of India. History Named after Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner State, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar district was part of Bikaner state. This was a mostly uninhabited region. T ...

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(east) * Raisinghnagar Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast) * Haroonabad Tehsil (southwest) *

Chishtian Tehsil Chistian Tehsil () 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.Burewala Tehsil Burewala (Punjabi: تحصیل بورے والہ, is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Burewala Burewala ( Punjabi: بورے والہ), is a city of Vehari District in ...

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(northwest)

Demographics

According to the

2017 Census of Pakistan The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one i ...

, Bahawalnagar Tehsil has a total population of 815,143 in 133,106 households, with 621,101 people (101,148 households) residing in rural areas and 194,042 people (31,958 households) residing in urban areas. The population recorded in the

1998 Census of Pakistan The 1998 Census of Pakistan was the fifth Pakistani national census. It provided a detailed enumeration of the population of Pakistan at the time it was conducted under the authority of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, an agency of the Govern ...

was 541,553.

Governance

In February 2015, an action by Bahawalnagar TMA imposed commercial fees on buildings, prompting protests from local students and teachers due to the sealing of seven schools which could not afford to comply with TMA notices. In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.

Economy

Major industries in the tehsil include cotton ginning & pressing, flour mills, marble, oil milles, paper & paper board, rice mills, sugar, tea blending, and textile spinning.

Infrastructure

The Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company made an agreement with the Bahawalnagar TMA for the construction of a landfill site in 2008. Nine acres and three kanals were acquired at Mauza Musa Bhota for the site, and the project was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in October, 2012. The project cost Rs90 million.

Settlements

Municipal Committees

* Donga Bonga

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Punjab, Pakistan Bahawalnagar District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan