Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil

تحصِيل ڈيره غازى خان‬
Tehsil
Country  Pakistan
Region Punjab, Pakistan Punjab
District Dera Ghazi Khan
Capital Dera Ghazi Khan
Towns 1
Union councils 41
Area
 • Tehsil 1,457 km2 (563 sq mi)
Population (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil 1,226,612
 • Urban 399,064
 • Rural 827,548
Time zone UTC+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. 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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