Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

تحصِيل ڈيره غازى خان
Tehsil
Country Pakistan
RegionPunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DistrictDera Ghazi Khan
CapitalDera Ghazi Khan
Towns1
Union councils41
Area
 • Tehsil
1,457 km2 (563 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil
1,226,612
 • Urban
399,064
 • Rural
827,548
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu: تحصِيل ڈيره غازى خان), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The capital of the tehsil is Dera Ghazi Khan.

History

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil was created as a subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District during British rule. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 193,744, compared with 177,062 in 1891.[2]

Administration

The tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils, seven of which form the capital - Dera Ghazi Khan, the remaining 34 Unions are:[3]

  • Aaliwala
  • Bahadur Garh
  • Basti Fauja
  • Basti Malana
  • Bela union council
  • Chhabri
  • Choti Zareen
  • Chotibala
  • Churatta
  • Darkhast Jamal Khan
  • Drahma
  • Gadai
  • Ghaus Abad
  • Haji Ghazi
  • Jakhar Imam Shah
  • Jhoke Uttra
  • Kala
  • Khakhi
  • Kot Chutta
  • Kot Haibat
  • Kot Mubarak
  • Mamoori
  • Mana Ahmadani
  • Mutafariq Chahan
  • Nawan
  • Notak
  • Paigah
  • Pir Adil
  • Ramin
  • Sakhi Sarwar
  • Samina
  • Shadan Lund
  • Shah Sadar Din
  • Wadore
  • Yaroo

Basti Ahmadani

References

  1. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. ^ Dera Ghāzi Khān Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 257.
  3. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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