Sialkot Tehsil is a subdivision (tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

) of Sialkot District in the Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

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 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is administratively subdivided into 52 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

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History

According to the 1901 census, taken during British rule

British Raj

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 the tehsil of Sialkot contained 637 villages and a population of 312,688 an increase of almost 10,000 since the 1891 census (302,866). The land revenue and cess

Cess

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es in 1903-4 amounted to Rs.4,00,000.

Administration

The tehsil is subdivided into 52 Union Councils, these are:

Adalargarh Ahmadpura Ballanwala Baonkan Bhagowal Bhagwal Awanan Bherath Chaprar Charind Dalowali Dalowali -History:Dalowali was named after Dalah Singh, the first occupant of the village. Dalah Singh by a profession and lineage was a "Jutt" farmer. He reverted to Islam from Sikhism and is the forefather of most of the occupants of today’s Dalowali, referring to themselves as "Deo"... Doburji Araian Fathgarh Gohadhpur Gondal Gurhi Habibpura Hajipura Head Marala

Hundal Imam Sahib Jurian Kalan Kachimand Kallowal Kammanwala Karimpura Kapurowali Kharota Sydan Kotli Behram Kotli Loharan Langeriali Mianapura Miani (Butter) Model Town Moh. Shah Syedan Momman Kalan Moonger

Muhammad Pura Muzafferpur Naikapura Paragour Phukalian Pindi Araian Pindi Khokhar Ploura Kalan Pura Heeran Rasoolpur Roras Sheehani (Shadiwal) Shohabpura Syedanwali Talwara Mughlan Uggoki Water Works