Isakhel Tehsil () is an administrative subdivision (

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

Mianwali District The Mianwali District () is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the Sargodha Division of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Mianwali District remained part of Rawalpindi Division until 1963, when Mianwali District beca ...

in the

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province of

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. The city of Isakhel is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 3 Municipal Committees and 13 Union Councils. It is located between 32° 30′ and 33° 14′ N. and 71° 7′ and 71° 44′ E., with an area of and contains the towns of Isakhel, Kammar Mushani and Kalabagh

Administration

The tehsil of Isakhel is administratively subdivided into 3 Municipal Committees * MC Isakhel * MC Kamar Mushani * MC Kala Bagh and 13 Union Councils, these are: * Chapri * Khaglan Wala * Kaloaan Wala * Kallur Shareef * Kamar Mushani Pakka * Kot Chandna * Manda Khel * Sultan Khel * Tabisar * Tanikhel * Tola Bhangi Khel * Trag * Vanjari

History

During

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Isakhel became part of Mianwali District when the

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November ...

was created in 1901. According to the 1901 census, it contained the municipalities of Isakhel (population, 7,630), the headquarters, and Kalabagh (5,824); and 43 villages. The land revenue and

cess Cess (pronounced ) is a tax - generally one levied for promoting services like health and education. Governments often charge a cess for the purpose of development in social sectors. The word is a shortened form of "assess". The spelling is due ...

es in 1903-4 amounted to 1.6 lakhs. Lying on the west bank of the

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, this tehsil is cut off from the rest of the District, and would seem to belong more properly to the North-West Frontier Province, but is separated even more completely from

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by the semicircular fringe of the Chichali and Maidani hills, which leave it open only on the river side. These hills drain into Isakhel and make it fertile. Its extreme northern portion, known as the Bhangi Khel country, is a wild and rugged region, a continuation of the Khattak hills.Isa Khel Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 370.
/ref> The tehsil derives its name from the Isa Khel tribe, sub-tribe of the Niazi Afghans, who, settling here during the sixteenth century, long maintained their independence of the Mughal empire, and at last succumbed to the Nawab of

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Demography

The total population as of the 1998 census was . The main first languages are Punjabi (%),

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(%) and Saraiki (%).

References

External links

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