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Wazirabad Tehsil

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Wazirabad Tehsil

تحصيل وزير آباد‬
city of cutlery
Tehsil
Tehsil Municipal Administration Wazirabad
Tehsil Municipal Administration logo
Country Pakistan
RegionPunjab
DistrictWazirabad
HeadquartersWazirabad
Area
 • Tehsil1,206 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil830,396
 • Density688.5/km2 (1,783/sq mi)
 • Urban
299,751
 • Rural
530,645
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

Wazirabad Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل وزِيرآباد), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Wazirabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is headquartered at the city of Wazirabad and is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils.[2]

History

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During colonial rule the tehsil was formed as a subdivision of the Gujranwala District of British Punjab. According to the 1901 census, the population was 183,205, a slight increase from the 1891 census (183,606). According to the 1901 census, the main towns were Wazirabad (population, 18,069), Ramnagar (7,121), Sodhra (5,050), and Akalgarh (4,961). The tehsil also contained 254 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-04 amounted to RS. 270,000.[3]

The Imperial Gazetteer of India (written over a century ago during the rule of the British) describes the tehsil as follows: "The tahsīl consists of a riverain belt along with the Chenab rich and highly developed tract along the Siālkot border, with abundant well-irrigation; and the level uplands known as the Bāngar. The head-works of the Chenāb Canal are at Khānkī in this tahsīl."[3]

Wazirabad villages

References

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  1. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ Towns & Unions in the City District of Gujranwala - Government of Pakistan
  3. ^ a b Wazīrābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 378.


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