Talagang, the headquarters of Talagang Tehsil

Talagang Tehsil

Talagang Tehsil is a subdivision of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil, which is headquartered at the city of Talagang, is administratively subdivided into 23 Union Councils. Qaderpur is a well known village of tehsil Talagang due to the famious shrine of Baba shah...

, is a town located in Chakwal District

Chakwal District

Chakwal is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Chakwal district was created in 1985; until the year 2000 when divisions were abolished, it was part of Rawalpindi Division.-Administration:...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is located at 32°55'0N 72°25'0E and lies about 30 kilometres from the M2 motorway

M2 motorway (Pakistan)

The M-2 is a motorway in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is 367 km long and connects Lahore with Islamabad. It passes through Kala Shah Kaku, Sheikhupura, Khanqah Dogran,Kot Sarwar, Pindi Bhattian, Salem, Lilla, Kot Momin, Kallar Kahar, Balksar, and Chakri before ending just outside the...

 and about 45 kilometres from the district capital, Chakwal

Chakwal

Chakwal is the capital of Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 90 km south-east of the federal capital, Islamabad and is named after Chaudhry Chaku Khan, chief of the Mair Minhas tribe from Jammu, who founded it in 1525 CE during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur...

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Administration

Talagang is the administrative centre of Talagang Tehsil

Talagang Tehsil

Talagang Tehsil is a subdivision of Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil, which is headquartered at the city of Talagang, is administratively subdivided into 23 Union Councils. Qaderpur is a well known village of tehsil Talagang due to the famious shrine of Baba shah...

, one of the three tehsil

Tehsil

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

s (administrative subdivisions) of Chakwal District. The tehsil is divided into 23 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...

, two of which from the city of Talagang.There are approximately 102 villages under the tehsil administration of Talagang.

Notable persons

• Air Marshal Malik Noor Khan
• District & Session Judge Sardar Mumtaz Afzal

Health facilities

Talagang has infrastructure of public sector health facilities. City has Tehsil Headquarter Hospital and a 50 bed city hospital which is near its completion and is in the centre of city at the old place of Tehsil Headquarter Hospital. Almost all union councils has Basic Health Units(21) and three RHCs. Fouji Foundation Hospital is also in Danda Shah Bilawal

Danda shah bilawal

Danda Shah Bilawal is a village in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the road between Peshawar and Islamabad. Danda Shah Bilawal is between Islamabad and Mianwali , Chashma, Dera Ismail Khan. Forty people took part in World War I, and two gave their lives. It has a population of 7,000...

, one the main villages of Talagang Tehsil. Apart from public sector health facilities there are number of good hospitals in private sector.

Public sector

In public sector, Talagang City has separate campuses of Boys and girls' colleges and one of the Post Graduate College which contains Master level classes for both male and female. There are number of govt. schools:

• Govt. Degree College for Boys

Govt. Degree College for Girls
Govt. High School No.1 for Boys
Govt. High School No.1 for Girls
Junior Model School Talagang

One of the oldest educational institutions is Fauji Foundation School that has now been upgraded to intermediate college. It was established in 1988 and till now it is actively participating in imparting quality education to local people.

Private educational instititions have also grown up as mushroom growth. Famous private colleges are Orient Girls Science Colledge, VIP College, Florence Hall Girls College, Muslim Girls College. Famous prviate schools are: Shah Hamadan, Florence Hall, Sir Syed School, VIP School, Al-Rehman School System, The edcuators, Holy Child, etc. etc.

people of talagang usually speak mixture of punjabi, siraiki & hindko.

Local newspapers

These are local newspapers. Weekly Mutaqarib, Weekly Talagang Times, Weekly Talagang News and Weekly Khabar Nama.
Online newspapers are Talagangonline.com Talagangnews.com and Talagangupdates.com.