Pir Mahal Tehsil

تحصیل پیرمحل
Tehsil Pir Mahal
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
Established 1 February 2013
Population (1998)
  Total 225,000
  Estimate (2010) 500,000
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Calling code 046
Number of Villages 133
Number of Union councils 16

Pir Mahal Tehsil تحصیل پیرمحل is an Administration sub-division of Toba Tek Singh district, Punjab, Pakistan. Pir Mahal is its capital city of Pir Mahal Tehsil. The Government of Punjab, Pakistan issued the notification of Pir Mahal Tehsil on 24 January 2013, with effect from 1 February 2013; before this Pir Mahal was a sub-tehsil of Kamalia Tehsil. According to the notification of Government of Punjab, Pir Mahal Tehsil has 16 Union councils consisting of 133 Revenue Estates (small towns and villages).

Language

Punjabi is the most widely spoken language, followed by Urdu.

Agriculture

Wheat, grain, peas, and barley are the important Rabi crops, while the Kharif crops are cotton, sugarcane and rice in Jawar and Bajra, as well as oil seeds which are shipped by rail and road to other parts of the country.

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