| Type: | town |
| Pawtella | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 39 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7120 |
| Region: | Central |
| Location1: | Oatlands |
| Dist1: | 18 |
| Dir1: | E |
| Lga: | Southern Midlands |
| Stategov: | Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Near-Nw: | York Plains |
| Near-N: | York Plains |
| Near-Ne: | York Plains |
| Near-E: | Lemont |
| Near-W: | York Plains |
| Near-Sw: | Andover |
| Near-S: | Andover |
| Near-Se: | Lemont |
Pawtella is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Southern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Oatlands. The 2016 census recorded a population of 39 for the state suburb of Pawtella.[1]
Pawtella was gazetted as a locality in 1972. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word for ringtail possum.[2]
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route C309 (Nala Road) runs through from north to south.[2] [3]