Sahiwal Tehsil, Sargodha

Sahiwal
Tehsil
Country Pakistan
Region Punjab
District Sargodha District
Capital Sahiwal
Union Councils 17
Sahiwal 1540 - 1545 (Date Provided by Faseeh Haider)
Government
 • MNA Sardar Shafqat Hayat Khan Baloch MNA 2013 ELECTION
Population (1998)
 • Total 235,600
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC+6)
Area code(s) 048

Sahiwal Tehsil (Punjabi,Urdu: تحصِيل ساہِيوال‎), is a subdivision (Tehsil) of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is approx. 38 km from Sargodha at main Sargodha-Multan highway. It is administratively subdivided into 17 Union Councils, two of which form the Tehsil capital Sahiwal.[1] The population is 236,000 (2015 estimate) most being Muslim and speak the Punjabi language.

Administration

The Tehsil of Sahiwal is administratively subdivided into 17 Union Councils, these are:[2]

  • Azmatwala
  • Dera Jara
  • Farooqa (metropolitan corporation)
  • Jahanian Shah
  • Kudlathi Ara
  • Lakhiwal Sharif
  • Majoka
  • Radhan
  • MC Sahiwal
  • Sajoka
  • Sial Sharif
  • Nooray Wala
  • Vijh
  • Thati Sargodha
  • Kot Mosa Khan Sargodha
  • Kalyar Sargodha
  • Mubhara Khan Sargodha

References

  1. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sargodha - Government of Pakistan
  2. ↑

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