| Bahawalnagar Tehsil | |
| Native Name: | |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Tehsil Municipal Administration Bahawalnagar.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Tehsil Municipal Administration logo |
| Blank Emblem Alt: | Tehsil Municipal Administration Bahawalnagar |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Bahawalnagar |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bahawalnagar |
| Subdivision Type3: | Towns |
| Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Union councils |
| Subdivision Name4: | 31 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
| Leader Title: | Administrator |
| Leader Name: | Manzar Javed Ali |
| Leader Title1: | Municipal Officer |
| Leader Name1: | Muhammad Boota Mazhar |
| Leader Title2: | Officer (Finance & Regulations) |
| Leader Name2: | Shahbaz Ahmad Cheema |
| Leader Title3: | Officer (I & S) |
| Leader Name3: | Ch. Abdul Razzaq |
| Leader Title4: | Officer (P & C) |
| Leader Name4: | Ashiq Ali Javed |
| Established Title: | TMA established |
| Established Date: | 2001 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,729 |
| Area Blank1 Acre: | 24,195 |
| Area Blank1 Title: | Forest |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 815,143 |
| Population Urban: | 194,042 |
| Population Rural: | 621,101 |
| Population Density Km2: | 471.4 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
Bahawalnagar Tehsil (Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل بہاولنگر) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. There are two towns in Bahawalnagar Tehsil: Bahawalnagar and Dunga Bunga. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 31 Union Councils.[3]
Bahawalnagar Tehsil was given the status of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) after the implementation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001.[4]
Bahawalnagar Tehsil has an area of 1,729 km2.[4]
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar Tehsil has a total population of 815,143 (133,106 households), with 621,101 people (101,148 households) residing in rural areas and 194,042 people (31,958 households) residing in urban areas.[2]
The population recorded in the 1998 Census of Pakistan was 541,553.[4]
In February 2015, an action by Bahawalnagar TMA imposed commercial fees on buildings, prompting protests from local students and teachers due to the sealing of seven schools which could not afford to comply with TMA notices.[5]
In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.[6]
Major industries in the tehsil include cotton ginning & pressing, flour mills, marble, oil milles, paper & paper board, rice mills, sugar, tea blending, and textile spinning.[7]
The Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company made an agreement with the Bahawalnagar TMA for the construction of a landfill site in 2008. Nine acres and three kanals were acquired at Mauza Musa Bhota for the site, and the project was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in October, 2012. The project cost Rs90 million.[8]