Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil Explained

Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil
Settlement Type:	Tehsil
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Pakistan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Type3:	Tehsil
Subdivision Type4:	Towns
Subdivision Type5:	Union councils
Subdivision Name1:	Punjab
Subdivision Name2:	Jhelum District
Subdivision Name3:	Pind Dadan Khan
Subdivision Name4:	1
Subdivision Name5:	16
Timezone:	PST
Utc Offset:	+5

Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil (Urdu/Punjabi: تحصیل پنڈ دادن خان) is a subdivision of Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1] It is headquartered at the town of Pind Dadan Khan located on the bank of River Jhelum, about 22 kilometres from the M2 motorway.

The area is well known for Khewra Salt Mines, Asia's largest salt mine.

Union Councils

Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil is subdivided into 15 Union Councils:

• • Ahmedabad
  • Chak Shadi
  • Daulatpur
  • Dharyala Jalap
  • Gharibwal
  • Golepur
  • Gujjar
  • Haranpur
  • Pinanwal
  • Jalalpur Sharif
  • Kandwal
  • Khewra
  • Lilla
  • Pindi SaidPur
  • Pind Dadan Khan
  • Sauwal
  • Tobah

History

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago during British rule, describes the tehsil as follows:^[2]

Tribes

• Khokhar Rajput
• Kharal Rajput
• Janjua Rajput
• Gakhar Rajput
• Mughal Phaphra
• Lilla Ansari

External links

• Pind Dadan Khan . 21 . 621.
• Tehsil's and Union Councils of District Jehlum

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Notes and References

1. http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan
2. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_151.gif Pind Dādān Khān Tahsīl – Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 145-146