Gujar Khan Tehsil (; ), headquartered at

Gujar Khan Gujar Khan ( ; ) is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab by land area. Gujar Khan is located approximately southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pak ...

, is one of the

Tehsils 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 district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ce ...

(sub-divisions) of

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropo ...

in the

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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of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils and according to the 1998 census has a population of 42,000. In 2017 census Gujar Khan has a population of 678,503.

History

The tehsil of Gujar Khan was described in the

Imperial Gazetteer of India ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.< ...

, compiled during the first decade of the twentieth century, as follows:Gujar Khān, v. 12, p. 353
/ref> "Southern tahsil of

, lying between 33°4′ and 33°26′ N. and 72°56′ and 73°37′ E., with an area of 567 square miles. It is bounded on the east by the

Jhelum river The Jhelum River is a major river in South Asia, flowing through India and Pakistan, and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian-administered territory of Jammu ...

, which cuts it off from Kashmir territory. Except for a low ridge of sandstone hills along the Jhelum, the tehsil consists of a plain intersected by numerous ravines. The population in 1901 was 150,566, compared with 152,455 in 1891. It contains 381 villages, of which

is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-7 lakhs." During the period of

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, Gujar Khan Tehsil increased in population and importance. The predominantly Muslim population supported

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and

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. After the

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of Pakistan in 1947, the minority

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s and

Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...

s migrated to

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while the

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refugees from India settled down in the

Administration

The tehsil of Gujar Khan is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils, these are: *

Bewal Bewal ( Punjabi and ) is a town and Union Council in Pakistan's Punjab province. It is situated in the Kallar Syedan Tehsil of Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district loca ...

* Bhata Sharif * Noor Dolal *

Bhadana Bhadana () is a town and union council in Gujar Khan Tehsil Punjab, Pakistan. Bhadana is also chief town of Union Council Union council may refer to: *Union Council of Ministers The Union Council of Ministers is the Cabinet (government) ...

* Changa Bangial * Changa Maira *

Daultala Daultala (), is a town and union council located in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by ...

* Devi, Punjab * Gujar Khan-I * Gujar Khan-II * Gujar Khan-III * Gulyana * Gungrila * Jand Mehlo * Jarmot Kalan * Jatli * Jhungle * Kalyam Awan * Kaniat Khalil * Karumb Ilyas * Kauntrila * Kuri Dolal *

Mandrah Mandra (Urdu: مندره) is a town of Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is also known as the city of Rajputs with castes like Chib, Jasgam and Bhatti. Mandra itself is also the chief town of Union Council Mandra whi ...

* Manghot * Mankiala Branmma *

Matwa Matwa () is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a pop ...

Mohra Noori Mohra Noori () is a town in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan. Administration Mohra Nooris is also the principal town of Mohra Noori Union council which is one of the 33 Union Councils (i.e. subdivisions) of Gujar Khan Tehsil ...

Narali Narali (Urdu: نڑالى, Alternate spellings: Nirali) is one of the oldest and largest towns of Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab province of Pakistan. Narali used to be the hub of trade before partition. It had large Hindu and Sikh populations that domi ...

* Punjgran Kalan * Qazian * Raman * Sahang * Sui Cheemian * Sukho * Syed Kasran * Thathi * Islampura Jabbar

History

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