Bahawalnagar Tehsil
Bahawalnagar Tehsil is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. There are two towns in Bahawalnagar Tehsil: Bahawalnagar and Dunga Bunga. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 31 Union Councils.
History
Bahawalnagar Tehsil was given the status of Tehsil Municipal Administration after the implementation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001.Geography
Bahawalnagar Tehsil has an area of 1,729 km2.Adjacent tehsils
- Arif Wala Tehsil, Pakpattan District
- Pakpattan Tehsil, Pakpattan District
- Minchinabad Tehsil
- Karanpur Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India
- Raisinghnagar Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India
- Haroonabad Tehsil
- Chishtian Tehsil
- Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District
Demographics
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar Tehsil has a total population of 815,143 in 133,106 households, with 621,101 people residing in rural areas and 194,042 people residing in urban areas.The population recorded in the 1998 Census of Pakistan was 541,553.
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.In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.