Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
تحصِيل ڈيره غازى خان | |
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Tehsil | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Capital | Dera Ghazi Khan |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 41 |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,457 km2 (563 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 1,226,612 |
| • Urban | 399,064 |
| • Rural | 827,548 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu: تحصِيل ڈيره غازى خان), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The capital of the tehsil is Dera Ghazi Khan.
History
[edit]Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil was created as a subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District during British rule. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 193,744, compared with 177,062 in 1891.[2]
Administration
[edit]The tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils, seven of which form the capital - Dera Ghazi Khan, the remaining 34 Unions are:[3]
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Basti Ahmadani
References
[edit]- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Dera Ghāzi Khān Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 257.
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.G. Khan - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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