Kahuta Tehsil

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Kahuta کہوٹ
Kahuta is located in the east of Rawalpindi District.
General Information
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Rawalpindi
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
No. of Towns	1
Government
No. of Union Councils	13

Kahuta Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل کہوٹہ ) is one of the seven Tehsils (subdivisions) of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The neighbouring Tehsil of Kotli Sattian used to be part of Kahuta, but was later created as a separate tehsil.

1 History
2 Administration
3 Cities
4 Demography
5 Notable places
6 Notable people
7 References

[edit] History

In the 18th century Kahuta along with much of the subcontinent became part of British India, the undivided tehsil is described in the "Imperial Gazetteer of India" as follows:

“

Kahuta-Eastern tahsil of Rawalpindi District, Punjab, lying in the Lower Himalayas, between 33° 18′ and 33° 48′ N. and 73° 15′ and 73° 39′ E., with an area of 457 square miles. Its eastern border rests upon the Jhelum river. The whole of the tahsil except the south-west corner lies in the hills, which in the north reach an elevation of over 6,000 feet. The population in 1911 was 94,719, compared with 91,371 in 1891. It contains 231 villages, of which Kahuta is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1913-4 to 1.2 lakhs

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[edit] Administration

The tehsil is administratively divided into 13 Union Councils, two of which form the city of Kahuta, these are: ^[2]

UC	Name of Union
Uc-30	Narrar
Uc-31	Punjar
Uc-32	Khadiot
Uc-33	Doberan Khurd
Uc-34	Mowara
Uc-35	Beor
Uc-36	Matore
Uc-37	Nara
Uc-38	Dakhali
Uc-39	Hothla
Uc-47	Kahuta I
Uc-48	Kahuta II
Uc-116	Khalol
Uc-117	Lehri (Musalmanan)

[edit] Cities

The main city is Kahuta, a small city with lots of surrounding villages. In rural areas there are lots of people who work in agriculture growing crops like wheat. Many people have settled in UAE, USA, Canada, UK. And this is also the main source of income for them, from a business point of view Kahuta is not developed as much as Kallar or Gujar khan.

[edit] Demography

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, Kahuta has a total population of 153,000^[2]. The main tribes of the area include, the Kayanis, Sattis , Janjuas and Minhas Rajputs^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Notable places

Kahuta is noted for the Kahuta Research Laboratories, Pakistan's main facility for the development of nuclear weapons. Kahuta is a beautiful place, of many mountain ranges, breathtaking views, snow capped mountains, forests, gushing rivers and a cool climate hot in the summer with more rainfall just giving it that coolness, cold winters, different spices of wildlife,different tribes of people living off the land, keeping live stock, poultry farming.