Sohawa Tehsil

Sohawa تحصیل سوہاوہ
Tehsil
Tomb of Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri
Sohawa Location in Pakistan Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Sohawa Sohawa (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°51′0″N73°0′0″E / 32.85000°N 73.00000°E / 32.85000; 73.00000
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Rawalpindi
District	Jhelum
Area
• Tehsil	1,258 km2 (486 sq mi)
Population  (2017 census) [1] (21.6% urban)
• Tehsil	201,948
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
•  Urban	16,000
•  Rural	185,948
Languages
• Official	Punjabi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal Code	49230
Area code	0092544

Sohawa is an administrative sub-division (Tehsil) of the Jhelum District, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan, ^[2] located in the northwestern part of the district.

Union Councils

Sohawa Tehsil is subdivided into 9 Union Councils: Adrana, Domeli, Jajial, Kohali, Lehri, Nagial, Pail Bane Khan, Phulrey Sydan, Pind Matay Khan Rai Pur and Sohawa.

Demographics

The village of Kot Dhamiak (Fort of Dhamials) was a fort in the 12th century, and was where the Ghurid dynasty ruler Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri was murdered by Khokhars. ^[3] According to the 2017 census of Pakistan, the most widely spoken first languages were Punjabi (98%), Urdu (1.9%) and Pashto (0.1%); Islam was followed by 100% of the population.

References

Footnotes

1. "Table 209". Punjab Development Statistics 2016 (PDF). Bureau of Statistics, Government of The Punjab. p. 334(339). Retrieved 28 May 2017.
2. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. (according to, Allan (1900), p. 210, Imperial Gazetteers Of India.census of India 1901)

Notes

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043508/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum
• http://harrysworldatlas.blogspot.com/2008/03/pakistan-pk-punjab-province-rawalpindi.html

External links

• Government of Punjab