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]
تحصِيل پِپلاں | |
|---|---|
Tehsil | |
| Piplan Tehsil | |
 Thal Canal | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| District | Mianwali District |
| Capital | Piplan |
| Towns | 2 |
| Union councils | 12 |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,288 km2 (497 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Tehsil | 475,763 |
| • Density | 369.4/km2 (956.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 106,271 (22.34%) |
| • Urban density | 369,492/km2 (956,980/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 369,492 (77.66%) |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
|
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Administration
editPiplan tehsil is administratively subdivided into 2 Municipal Committees (MC Piplan and MC Kundian) and 12 Union Councils:[5]
Urban areas and Towns
edit| Name[6] | Area
(km²) |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kundian | 48,658 | |||
| Liaqatabad | 35,297 | |||
| Harnoli | 22,316 |
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ... | — |
| 1961 | ... | — |
| 1972 | ... | — |
| 1981 | ... | — |
| 1998 | ... | — |
| 2017 | 402,050 | — |
| 2023 | 475,763 | +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
edit- ↑ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mianwali - Government of Pakistan Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "Tehsil Nazims & Naib Tehsil Nazims in the District of Mianwali". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ↑ "TABLE 2 : URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
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