Chishtian Tehsil

Chistian Tehsil is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Chishtian is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 29 Union Councils.

Geography

Chishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km².

Adjacent Tehsils

Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District
Bahawalnagar Tehsil
Haroonabad Tehsil
Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District
Hasilpur Tehsil, Bahawalpur District
Vehari Tehsil, Vehari District

Adjacent Small Cities

Dahranwala

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Chishtian Tehsil had a population of 845,439. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 691,221 people living in Chishtian Tehsil and its population in 1998 was 498,270.

Governance

In June 2016, Tehsil Municipal Administration Chishtian employees staged a sit-in due to two months of non-payment.