Sialkot Tehsil

تحصِيل سيالكوٹ
Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Sialkot District
Capital	Sialkot
Union councils	52
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC+6)

Sialkot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل سيالكوٹ‎), is a subdivision (tehsil) of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 52 Union Councils.^[1]

History

According to the 1901 census, taken during British rule the tehsil of Sialkot contained 637 villages and a population of 312,688 an increase of almost 10,000 since the 1891 census (302,866). The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs.4,00,000.^[2]

Administration

The tehsil is subdivided into 52 Union Councils, these are:

Adalatgarh Ahmadpura Ballanwala Baonkan Bhagowal Bhagwal Awanan Bherath Chaprar Charind Dalowali Doburji Araian Fathgarh Goharpur(gohdpur) Gondal Gurhi Habibpura Hajipura Head Marala

Hundal Imam Sahib Jurian Kalan Kachimand Kallowal Kammanwala Karimpura Kapurowali Kharota Sydan Kotli Behram Kotli Loharan Langreali(MUHAMMAD UMAR LANGREALL) Mianapura Miani (Butter) Model Town Moh. Shah Syedan Momman Kalan Moonger

Muhammad Pura Muzafferpur Naikapura Paragpur Phukalian Pindi Araian Pindi Khokhar Ploura Kalan Pura Heeran Rasoolpur Roras Sheehani (Shadiwal) Shohabpura Syedanwali Talwara Mughlan Uggoki Water Works

References

1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sialkot - Government of Pakistan
2. Siālkot Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 328.

Notable people of Sialkot

Allama Iqbal, poet and philosopher Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar Shoaib Malik, Former caption of Pakistani cricket team Harbans Lal,Chairman International Group Ludhiana

     Abubaker Ashraf, Scientist, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commiss MUHAMMAD UMAR LANGREALL