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.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan
Geography Chishtian Tehsil has an area of 1,500 km2.
Adjacent Tehsils Burewala Tehsil, Vehari District (north) Bahawalnagar Tehsil (northeast) Haroonabad Tehsil (southeast) Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (south) Hasilpur Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west) Vehari Tehsil, Vehari District (northwest)
Adjacent Small Cities
Dahranwala (south)
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.
See also
Districts of Pakistan Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Districts of Punjab, Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan Districts of Sindh, Pakistan Districts of Azad Kashmir Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Divisions of Punjab Divisions of Sindh Divisions of Azad Kashmir Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
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