Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
| Sialkot Tehsil تحصیل سیالکوٹ | |
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| Tehsil | |
 Tehsil Municipal Administration logo | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Punjab |
| District | Sialkot |
| Capital | Sialkot |
| Union councils | 52 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
| • Administrator | Muhammad Umer Sher Chatta |
| • Municipal Officer | Muhammad Zaffar Qureshi |
| Area | |
| • Tehsil | 901 km (348 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Tehsil | 2,088,201 |
| • Density | 2,300/km (6,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 948,880 (45.44%) |
| • Rural | 1,139,321 (54.56%) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Website | TMA Sialkot |
Sialkot (Urdu: تحصیل سیالکوٹ), is a tehsil located in Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 52 Union Councils.
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.
Administration
The tehsil is subdivided into 52 union councils , these are:
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References
- "TMA Sialkot: Administrative Setup". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: PUNJAB" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sialkot - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Siālkot Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 328.
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