Minchinabad Tehsil
تحصِيل مِنچِن آباد | |
|---|---|
 Tehsil Municipal Administration logo | |
 Location of Minchinabad Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 30.1622° N, 73.5653° E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Bahawalnagar |
| Capital | Minchinabad |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 25 |
| Government | |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Wahab Hero |
| • Chief Officer | Syed Rashid Ghaznavi |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,818 km2 (702 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 603,125 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 118,236 (19.60%) |
| • Rural | 484,889 (80.40%) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Minchinabad Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل مِنچِن آباد), 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.[2]
The smaller cities of Mandi Sadiq Gunj TC and McLeod Gunj TC are also included in Tehsil Minchinabad.
Through Minchinabad city passes a canal named Head Ford Wah passes and a suspended bridge on this canal built during the British Raj is worth seeing.
Geography
[edit]Minchinabad Tehsil has an area of 1,818 km2.[3]
Adjacent tehsils
[edit]- Depalpur Tehsil, Okara District (north)
- Fazilka Tehsil, Fazilka District, Punjab, India (northeast)
- Sri Ganganagar Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (south)
- Karanpur Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southwest)
- Bahawalnagar Tehsil (southwest)
- Pakpattan Tehsil, Pakpattan District (northwest)
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 118,846 | — |
| 1961 | 138,200 | +1.52% |
| 1972 | 185,985 | +2.74% |
| 1981 | 225,838 | +2.18% |
| 1998 | 354,261 | +2.68% |
| 2017 | 526,428 | +2.11% |
| 2023 | 603,125 | +2.29% |
| Source: [4][3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Minchinabad Tehsil had a population of 603,125.[5] According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, there are 526,428 people living in Minchinabad Tehsil and 83,173 households.[1] Its population recorded in the 1998 census was 354,261.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "PLANNING REPORT BAHAWALNAGAR 2008" (PDF). Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP). 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
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