Pindi Gheb Tehsil

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General Information
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Attock
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
No. of Towns	1
Government
No. of Union Councils	13

Pindi Gheb Tehsil an administrative subdivision (tehsil), of Attock District in the Punjab, Pakistan, the capital is the town of Pindi Gheb. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 13 Union Councils, two of which form the capital - Pindi Gheb^[1].

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago during British rule, described the tehsil as follows:^[2]

"Pindi Gheb Tahsīl.-Tahsīl of Attock District, Punjab, lying between 33°0' and 33° 47'N. and 71° 42' and 72° 40' E., with an area of 1,499 square miles. The Indus bounds it on the north-west. Its highest point lies in the KĀLĀ-CHITTA range. The tahsīl is mainly a bleak, dry, undulating and often stony tract, broken by ravines, and -sloping from east to west: a country of rough scenery, sparse population, and scanty rainfall. West along the Indus are the ravines and pebble ridges which surround Makhad. Only near Pindi Gheb town does the broad bed of the Sil river show a bright oasis of cultivation among the dreary uplands which compose the rest of the tahsīl. The population in 1901 was 106,437, compared with 99,350 in 1891. It contains the town of PINDI GHEB (population, 8,452), the head-quarters; and 134 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 1 -9 lakhs."