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Piplan Tehsil

Piplan Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 2 Municipal committees and 12 Union Councils - one of which forms the capital Liaqatabad. According to 6th Housing and Population Census-2017, the total population of Piplan Tehsil is 403,938, out of which 307,729 people live in rural and 96,209 in urban areas.

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تحصِيل پِپلاں
Tehsil
Piplan Tehsil
Thal Canal
Thal Canal
CountryPakistan
RegionPunjab
DistrictMianwali District
CapitalPiplan
Towns2
Union councils12
Area
 • Tehsil
1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)1
 • Tehsil
475,763
 • Density369.4/km2 (956.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
106,271 (22.34%)
 • Urban density369,492/km2 (956,980/sq mi)
 • Rural
369,492 (77.66%)
Literacy
2
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (63.46%)
  • Male:
    (76.04%)
  • Female:
    (50.05%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Piplan Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل پِپلاں) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 2 Municipal committees and 12 Union Councils - one of which forms the capital Liaqatabad.3 According to 6th Housing and Population Census-2017, the total population of Piplan Tehsil is 403,938, out of which 307,729 people live in rural and 96,209 in urban areas.4

Administration

Piplan tehsil is administratively subdivided into 2 Municipal Committees (MC Piplan and MC Kundian) and 12 Union Councils:5

Urban areas and Towns

Name6 Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Kundian 48,658
Liaqatabad 35,297
Harnoli 22,316

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
1998...—    
2017402,050—    
2023475,763+2.85%
Sources:7

As of the 2023 census, Piplan tehsil has an average household size of 6.2 and a population of 475,763.8

References

References

  1. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  3. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mianwali - Government of Pakistan Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Tehsil Nazims & Naib Tehsil Nazims in the District of Mianwali". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  6. "TABLE 2 : URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).