Sohawa Tehsil
Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sohawa is an administrative sub-division (Tehsil) of the Jhelum District, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan,[2] located in the northwestern part of the district.
Sohawa
تحصیل سوہاوہ | |
|---|---|
Tehsil | |
 Shrine of Sultan Shahbbudin Muhammad Ghauri | |
 Sohawa Location in Pakistan  Sohawa Sohawa (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′0″N 73°0′0″E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| District | Jhelum |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,258 km2 (486 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 201,948 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,000 |
| • Rural | 185,948 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal Code | 49230 |
| Area code | 0092544 |
Union Councils
Sohawa Tehsil is subdivided into 9 Union Councils: Adrana, Domeli, Jajial, Kohali, Lehri, Nagial, Pail Bane Khan, Phulrey Sydan, Pind Matay Khan Rai Pur and Sohawa.
Demographics
The village of Kot Dhamiak (Fort of Dhamials) was a fort in the 12th century, and was where Shehab-ud-din Ghori[who?] was murdered by Khokhars.[3] According to the 2017 census of Pakistan, the most widely spoken first languages were Punjabi (98%), Urdu (1.9%) and Pashto (0.1%); Islam was followed by 100% of the population.
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