Bhawana (also spelled as Bhowana) (

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, ) is a sub-division (

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

Chiniot District Chiniot District ( Punjabi and ), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It became the district in July 2009. Before this, it was a tehsil of Jhang District. History Chiniot region was an agricultural region with forests during th ...

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. Before February 2009, it was a part of

Jhang district Jhang District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Faisalabad Division, Faisalabad division in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang is the capital and administrative seat of the district. ...

as a sub-division (sub-tehsil) of Chiniot Tehsil.

Bhawana City

Bhawana (also spelled as Bhowana) (

: بھوآنہ,

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: بھوانہ) is the capital city of

Bhawana Tehsil Bhawana (also spelled as Bhowana) (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a sub-division (tehsil) of Chiniot District in Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Before February 2009, it was a part of Jhang District, Jhang district as a sub-division (sub- ...

. It is located on the Jhang Chiniot Road on the left bank of the

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. It is situated 37 km from

Chiniot Chiniot ( Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Chiniot District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the river Chenab, it is the 28th most populous city in Pakistan. It is also known for ...

, 50 km from

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, 48 km from

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and 70 km from

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. Much like the rest of Punjab's plains, the tehsil experiences long and intense summers, and relatively short but cold winters.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Bhawana tehsil has population of 428,617. Out of which, Urban population is 39,270 which is nearly 9.16% and rural population is 389,347. As of the 2023 census, Bhawana Tehsil has a total literacy rate of 48.94%, with male literacy at 61.48% and female literacy at 36.07%.

Villages and Towns

Source: * Harsa Buliah * Lodhia * Kot Sahib * Hussain Khan * Tibi Kamoka * Jani Shah * Sadev * Hid * Nur Allah Dad * Adlana * Thatta Rasalu * Sambhal * Fateh Kot Taja * Shah Fateh Ali * Thatta Kundal * Darohata Kharlan * Harsah Nahre * Bulharke * Sajjanke * Abhulke * Kurk Mohammadi * Ubhan * Malake Rajoke * Saike Saloke * Barkhurdar * Kotla Shahzada * Thatta Luna * Saghar Wale * Samundar * Thatta Jhamb * Chak No. 466/Jb * Chak No. 189/Jb * Thatta Fateh Ali * Chak No. 158/Jb * Chak No. 188/Jb * Chak No. 156/Jb * Chak No. 155/Jb * Chak No. 154/Jb * Chak No. 157/Jb * Chak No. 234/Jb * Chak No. 237/Jb * Chak No. 235/Jb * Chak No. 206/Jb * Chak No. 236/Jb * Chak No. 184/Jb * Chak No. 185/Jb * Chak No. 204/Jb * Chak No. 197/Jb * Chak No. 200/Jb * Chak No. 199/Jb * Chak No. 201/Jb * Chak No. 207/Jb * Chak No. 239/Jb * Chak No. 208/Jb * Chak No. 238/Jb * Chak No. 186/Jb * Chak No. 240/Jb * Chak No. 203/Jb * Chak No. 202/Jb * Chak No. 249/Jb * Chak No. 212/Jb * Chak No. 247/Jb * Chak No. 245/Jb * Chak No. 205/Jb * Chak No. 198/Jb * Chak No. 210/Jb * Chak No. 211/Jb * Chak No. 209/Jb * Chak No. 242/Jb * Chak No. 244/Jb * Chak No. 241/Jb * Chak No. 243/Jb * Chak No. 226/Jb * Chak No. 225/Jb * Chak No. 246/Jb * Chak No. 227/Jb * Chak No. 228/Jb * Chak No.187/Jb * Chak No.221/Jb * Chak No.190/Jb * Chak No.191/Jb * Chak No.192/Jb * Chak No.224/Jb * Chak No.222/Jb * Chak No.223/Jb * Bunga * Nitharke * Chak No.193/Jb * Chak No.194/Jb * Chak No.195/Jb * Chak No.229/Jb * Chak No.196/Jb * Naushehra * Taja Barwala * Lodhre * Maingni * Tahli * Ahmad Wala * Thatta Mohammad Shah * Suleman * Maral Wala

Infastructure

Dost Muhammad Lali Bridge

Tehsil also has a small bridge over Chenab River known as Dost Muhammad Lali Bridge named after former provincial assembly member Dost Muhammad Lali, father of Imtiaz Ahmad Lali and uncle of Muhammad Masood Lali and Ghulam Muhammad Lali. The bridge came in news headlines when in 2021, two families of 12 people while boating had gone missing and only 4 of the people were rescued.

Tehsil Head Quarter Hospital

Tehsil also has a THQ hospital in Bhawana city. On July 26, 2023 then, Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab

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made a visit to the hospital to assess post-rain situation of the area.

Roads

Source: * Bhawana-Aminpur Road * Bhawana-Jhang Road * Bhawana-Chiniot Road * Bhawana-Painsra Road

References

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