Bahawalnagar Tehsil
Bahawalnagar Tehsil
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Bahawalnagar Tehsil (
History
Bahawalnagar Tehsil was given the status of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) after the implementation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001.[4]
Geography
Bahawalnagar Tehsil has an area of 1,729 km2.[4]
Adjacent tehsils
- Arif Wala Tehsil, Pakpattan District (north)
- Pakpattan Tehsil, Pakpattan District (north)
- Minchinabad Tehsil (northeast)
- Karanpur Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (east)
- Raisinghnagar Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast)
- Haroonabad Tehsil (southwest)
- Chishtian Tehsil (west)
- Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District (northwest)
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 182,683 | — |
| 1961 | 228,598 | +2.27% |
| 1972 | 309,199 | +2.78% |
| 1981 | 367,367 | +1.93% |
| 1998 | 541,553 | +2.31% |
| 2017 | 815,143 | +2.18% |
| Source: [5][4] | ||
According to the
The population recorded in the
Governance
In February 2015, an action by Bahawalnagar TMA imposed commercial fees on buildings, prompting protests from local students and teachers due to the sealing of seven schools which could not afford to comply with TMA notices.[6]
In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.[7]
Economy
Major industries in the tehsil include cotton ginning & pressing, flour mills, marble, oil milles, paper & paper board, rice mills, sugar, tea blending, and textile spinning.[8]
Infrastructure
The
Settlements
Municipal Committees
- Bahawalnagar
- Donga Bonga
See also
References
- ^ "Tehsil Municipal Administration Bahawal Nagar". Local Government Punjab. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ a b "District and Tehsil Level Population Summary With Regional Breakup: Punjab" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar – Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "Planning Report Bahawalnagar 2008" (PDF). Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company: Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP). 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Area & Population of Administrative Units by Rural/Urban: 1951-1998 Censuses" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Schools protest commercial fees". Dawn. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Bahawalnagar: Residents protest against TMA". HTV. Karachi, Pakistan. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "TMA Bahawalnagar: Industry". Local Government Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Ahmed, Gulzar (2016-03-13). "Rs90m project reels under garbage heaps". Dawn. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
External links
- TMA Bahawalnagar on Facebook
