Gujar Khan Tehsil, head-quartered at Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab. It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab...

, is one of the seven Tehsils (sub-divisions) of Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi District

Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...

 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

Subdivisions of Pakistan

The administrative units of Pakistan consist of four provinces, one federal capital territory, and a group of federally-administered tribal areas...

 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...

. It is administratively subdivided into 33 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...

 and according to the 1998 census has a population of 493,000.

History

The region was named after Gujjar

Gujjar

The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....

s, while they formerly ruled the Gurjara Pratihara Kingdom for centuries.

The tehsil of Gujar Khan was described in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled during the first decade of the twentieth century, as follows:

"Southern tahsil of Rawalpindi District, Punjab, lying between 33°4′ and 33°26′ N. and 72°56′ and 73°37′ E., with an area of 567 square miles. It is bounded on the east by the Jhelum river

Jhelum River

Jehlum River or Jhelum River , ) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District...

, which cuts it off from Kashmir territory. Except for a low ridge of sandstone hills along the Jhelum, the tahsil consists of a plain intersected by numerous ravines. The population in 1901 was 150,566,compared with 152,455 in 1891. It contains 381 villages, of which Gujar Khan is the head-quarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2-7 lakhs."

Administration

The tehsil of Gujar Khan is administratively subdivided into 33 Union Councils, these are:
1. chehari bangla' - 2. Bhadana

Bhadana

Bhadana is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil Punjab, Pakistan. Bhadana is also chief town of Union Council Bhadana which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil.-History:...

 - 3. Changa Bangial

Changa Bangial

Changa Bangial is a town and Union Council, an administrative subdivision, of Gujar Khan Tehsil in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.- Location :...

 - 4. Daultala

Daultala

Daultala is a town and union council located in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is an historic Town of Rawalpindi District. Daultala is famous for natural reserves of Oil, natural gas, in Village Dhoong , Mastala and PPL Ahdi Only 7 km From Daultala. Daultala is...

 - 5. Devi

Devi

Devī is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism, its related masculine term is deva. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents...

 - 6. Gujar Khan-I - 7. Gujar Khan-II - 8. Gujar Khan-III - 9. Guliana - 10. Gungrila - 11. Jand Mehlo

Jand Mehlo

Jand Mahlo is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil Punjab, Pakistan. Jand Mehlo is also chief town of Union Council Jand Mehlo which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 12. Jarmot Kalan

Jarmot Kalan

Jarmot Kalan is a town, Union council and administrative subdivision of Gujar Khan Tehsil in the Punjab Province of Pakistan....

 - 13. Jatli

Jatli

Jatli is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Jatli is also chief town of Union Council Jatli which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil.-History:...

 - 14. Jhungle

Jhungle

Jhungle is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Jhungle is also chief town of Union Council Jhungle which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 15. Kalyam Awan - 16. Kaniat Khalil

Kaniat Khalil

Kaniat Khalil is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Kaniat Khalil is also chief town of Union Council Kaniat Khalil which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil...

 - 17. Karumb Ilyas

Karumb Ilyas

Karumb Ilyas is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Karumb Ilyas is also chief town of Union Council Karumb Ilyas which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 18. Kauntrila

Kauntrila

Kauntrila is the name of a village and union council of Gujar Khan Tehsil in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan....

 - 19. Kuri Dolal

Kuri Dolal

Kuri Dolal is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Kuri Dolal is also the chief town of Union Council Kuri Dolal, which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil. Haji Muhammad Munir Janjua is the Nazim of Kuri Dolal. He is the brother of former Nazim Dr. Muhmmad Ilyas...

 - 20. Mandrah

Mandrah

Mandrah is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Mandrah is also chief town of Union Council Mandrah which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil.-Transport:...

 - 21. Manghot

Manghot

Manghot is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Manghot is also chief town of union council Manghot which is an administrative subdivision of the tehsil.-References:...

 - 22. Mankiala Branmma - 23. Matwa

Matwa

Matwa is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Matwa is also chief town of Union councils Matwa which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 24. Mohra Noori

Mohra Noori

Mohra Noori is a town in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan.-Administration:Mohra Nooris is also the principal town of Mohra Noori Union council which is one of the 33 Union Councils of Gujar Khan Tehsil....

 - 25. Narali

Narali

Narali is one of the oldest & largest towns of Tehsil Gujar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. Narali used to be the hub of trade before partition.It had a large Hindu population that dominated the trade circle.It still has a number of remains & ruins of Hindu culture & temples.It is culturally richer than...

 - 26. Punjgran Kalan

Punjgran Kalan

Punjgran Kalan is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil Punjab, Pakistan. PunjGaran is also chief town of Union Council PunjGaran which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil, according to the 1998 census of Pakistan the population of the Union Councils was 13,419.-References:...

 - 27. Qazian

Qazian

Qazian is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Qazian is also chief town of Union Council Qazian which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 28. Raman

Raman

In the Indo-Iranian world Raman is:*one of the names of the Hindu God Rama*an important divinity in Zoroastrianism----Raman may refer to*Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist and Nobel laureate, discoverer of Raman scattering...

 - 29. Sahang

Sahang

Sahang is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Sahang is also chief town of Union Council Sahang which is an administrative subdivision of the TehsilSahang is one of the most biggest and important union council of tehsil gujar khan.The notable tribes of this union council are Pakhral...

 - 30. Sui Cheemian

Sui Cheemian

Sui Cheemian, also spelt Sui Chimian, and less commonly as Sui Cheema is a Cheema village in Punjab, Pakistan. It is a Union council of Gujar Khan Tehsil . Sui Cheemian gets its name from the Cheema tribe of Jats, who make up the majority of the population...

 - 31. Sukho

Sukho

Sukho |Punjab]], Pakistan. Sukho is also chief town of the Union Council Sukho which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil . Most of the population belong to the Gujjar tribe....

 - 32. Syed Kasran

Syed Kasran

Syed Kasran also Syed is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil Punjab, Pakistan. Syed Kasran is also chief town of Union Council Syed Kasran which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil....

 - 33. Thathi

Thathi

Thathi is a town in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. Thathi is village eastern part of Gujarkhan, and also south east of rawalpindi. Union council Thathi is most wealthy council in Gujarkhan with its large population being settled in uk.. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a...

.

Natural resources

Large reserves of oil and gas were discovered in February 2002 at Tobra, about ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The field is being developed by the Oil and Gas Development Company. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude oil daily.

See also

• Rawalpindi District
  Rawalpindi District
  Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...
  
  
• Demography of Rawalpindi District
  Demography of Rawalpindi District
  The Demography of Rawalpindi District, a district of Punjab in Pakistan, has undergone significant changes over the years. It has been affected by turmoil in the surrounding countries....
  
  
• Gujar Khan
  Gujar Khan
  Gujar Khan is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab. It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab...
  
  
• Dohngi Dam
  Dohngi Dam
  Dohngi Dam is a small dam situated 2 kilometers northwest of Gujar Khan in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan....
  
  
• Jajja Rajput
  Jajja Rajput
  Jajja is a village located in Rawalpindi District, Pakistan on the Mandrah-Chakwal road 20 kilometer from Mandrah. Its union council is Manghot and Tehsil is Gujar Khan. Its population is about 1500 peoples. Many of peoples from this village are Civil & Army servants for their livings, as there...
  
  
• Usman Zada Adra
  Usman Zada Adra
  A village in Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi. It is reputed for its educated people with more than 50% of its population being teachers. The predominant tribe is Hadi Chohan Rajput. There are many people from this village based in the UK, mainly in Manchester and Telford. There is also a...