Bhalwal | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Sargodha |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sargodha |
Population Total: | 256,500 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Administrator |
Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union Councils |
Blank Info Sec2: | 6 Urban |
Area Code: | 04862 |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Bhalwal (Punjabi and Urdu: {{Nastaliq|بھلوال), is a city and capital of Bhalwal Tehsil of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan.[2] It is the 99th largest city of Pakistan, according to 2017 census. The city of Bhalwal is the headquarters of Bhalwal Tehsil and lies in an agricultural area, close to the M-2 motorway.[3] Bhalwal is famous for Orange crops of Pakistan[4]
In 2011, Government of Punjab decided to urbanize 154 small cities and towns near Punjab, in the result of colossal migration of people from small cities to larger cities like Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, and Islamabad. The master urbanization plan included Bhalwal, due to sharp increase of migration to larger cities.[5]