Taxila Tehsil
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Taxila Tehsil, head-quartered at Taxila
, is one of the seven Tehsils (sub-divisions) of Rawalpindi District
in the Punjab
province
of Pakistan
. According to the 1998 census has a population of 151,000.
these are:
Taxila
Taxila is a Tehsil in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is an important archaeological site.Taxila is situated about northwest of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi in Panjab; just off the Grand Trunk Road...
, 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...
. According to the 1998 census has a population of 151,000.
Administration
The tehsil of Taxila is administratively subdivided into 10 Union CouncilsUnion 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...
these are:
- Ghari Sikander
- Jalala
- Khurram Paracha
- Lab Thatoo
- Taxila Urban (3 Unions)
- Thatha Khalil
- Usman Khattar
- Wah