Khushab Tehsil

Infobox Tehsil Pakistan
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official_name= Khushab


province= Punjab
district= Khushab District
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Khushab Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=15&dn=Khushab Tehsils & Unions in the District of Khushab - Government of Pakistan] ]

History

During British rule Khushab was a tehsil of the old Shahpur District, the tehsil at that time had an area of 2,536 square miles. The population according to the 1901 census was 161,885 a rise of over 10,000 since 1891. [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_304.gifKhushāb Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 298.] ]

Administration

Khushab tehsil is subdivided into 41 Union Councils: [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=15&dn=Khushab Tehsils & Unions in the District of Khushab - Government of Pakistan] ]

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