Chistian Tehsil | |
Native Name: | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahawalnagar |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Chishtian |
Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
Subdivision Name4: | 1 |
Subdivision Type5: | Union councils |
Subdivision Name5: | 29 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
Leader Title: | Administrator |
Leader Name: | Arshad Sidhu |
Area Total Km2: | 1500 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 691,221 |
Population Rural: | 541,282 |
Population Urban: | 149,939 |
Population Density Km2: | 460.814 |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Area Code: | 063 |
Chistian Tehsil (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|تحصیل چشتیاں) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Chishtian is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 29 Union Councils.[3]
Chishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km2.[4]
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 691,221 people living in Chishtian Tehsil and its population in 1998 was 498,270.[5]
In June 2016, Tehsil Municipal Administration Chishtian employees staged a sit-in due to two months of non-payment.[1]