Fort Abbas Tehsil

Fort Abbas is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan.

History

The area currently encompassed by Fort Abbas Tehsil was a thriving center of ancient Hakra civilization. A survey of the Cholistan region from 1947 to 1977 dated Hakra ceramics to 5000 BCE.

Geography

Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 km².

Adjacent tehsils

Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District
Haroonabad Tehsil
Anupgarh, Gharsana, and Khajuwala Tehsils of India in the northeast, southeast and southwest, respectively

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Fort Abbas Tehsil had a population of 510,253. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, there were 422,768 people living in Fort Abbas Tehsil in 67,121 households. Its population in 1998 was 285,596.