Sohawa Tehsil

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Sohawa
تحصیل سوہاوہ
Tehsil
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Sohawa
Sohawa (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
  Density160/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.

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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 Shehab-ud-din Ghori[ who? ] 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.

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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)

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