Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

) of Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan District

Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 m...

 in the Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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History

Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil was created as a subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District during British rule

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 193,744, compared with 177,062 in 1891.

Administration

The tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

, seven of which form the capital - Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan is a city located in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the most populous cities in Southern Punjab, and it is the largest district in Punjab in terms of area, being approximately in extent....

, the remaining 34 Unions are:

Aaliwala Bahadur Garh Basti Fauja Basti Malana Chhabri Choti Zareen Chotibala Churatta Darkhast Jamal Khan Drahma Gadai Ghaus Abad

Haji Ghazi Jakhar Imam Shah Jhoke Uttra Kala Khakhi Kot Chutta Kot Haibat Kot Mubarak Mamoori Mana Ahmadani Mutafariq Chahan Nawan

Notak Paigah Pir Adil Ramin Sakhi Sarwar Samina Shadan Lund Shah Sadar Din Wadore Yaroo