Mandi Bahauddin District

Mandi-Bahauddin district ضلع منڈی بہاءالدین
District of Punjab
Top: Rasul Barrage, bottom: Busal rest house
Map of Punjab with Mandi-Bahauddin District highlighted
Coordinates: 32°35′N 73°30′E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Gujranwala
Headquarters	Mandi Bahauddin
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Hafiz Shoukat
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
• The Chairman District Counsil	Ch Ghulam Hussain Bosal
Area
• Total	2,673 km2 (1,032 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,594,039
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	3

Mandi Bahauddin, also spelled Mandi Baha ud Din, (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع منڈی بہاءالدین) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is bordered on the northwest by the Jhelum River, on the southeast by the Chenab River (which separates it from Gujranwala District and Gujrat District), and on the southwest by the Sargodha District. The district has an area of 2,673 square kilometres (1,032 sq mi). Mandi district currently has 1.5 million population.

Administration

Mandi Bahauddin is subdivided into Three tehsils and 80 Union Councils:

Name of Tehsil	Number of Union Councils
Malakwal	20
Mandi Bahauddin	30
Phalia	30
Total	80

Geography

The district forms a central portion of the Chaj Doab lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies from 30° 8' to 32° 40' N and 73° 36' to 73° 37' E. The tehsil headquarters towns of Phalia and Malikwal are 22.5 and 28.5 kilometres (14.0 and 17.7 mi) from Mandi Bahauddin, respectively. It is bounded on the north by the Jhelum river, which separates it from Jhelum district; on the west by Sargodha district, on the south by the river Chenab (which separates it from the Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts); and on the east by Gujrat district. The total area of the district is 2,673 square kilometres (1,032 sq mi). The district comprises the Mandi Bahauddin, Phalia, and Malikwal tehsils.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 1,594,039, of which 775,788 were male and 818,056 female. 1,267,681 lived in rural areas while 326,358 lived in urban areas. Islam is the religion of nearly the entire population with 99.57% of the population, while a small minority of Christians lives mainly in the urban area.

At the time of the 2017 census 96.50% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.74% Urdu and 1.48% Pashto as their first language. The dialect of Punjabi spoken here is close to the standard language.

According to the 1998 Pakistan census, the population of the district was 1,160,552, 14.93% of whom lived in urban environments.

Climate

This district has a moderate climate, hot in summer and cold in winter. During the peak of summer the temperature may rise to 48 °C (118 °F) during the day, but in the winter months the minimum temperature may fall below 3 °C (37 °F). The average rainfall in the district is 388 millimetres (15.3 in). mainly resonates with weather from Islamabad

Notable residents

• Hasan Askari Rizvi, Chief Minister Punjab (Caretaker)
• Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani novelist, columnist, travel writer and TV host
• Naved Arif Gondal, Pakistani cricketer
• Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi Ex Chief Of Pakistan Air Force
• Shaukat Ali folk singer
• Hasan Ali cricketer
• Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar, M.N.A Federal Minister of Human Rights (PML-N, Ex PPP)
• Hameeda Waheeduddin M.P.A Minister of Women Development Punjab (PML-N, Ex PLM-Q)
• Nasir Iqbal Bosal, M.N.A. Cousin of District Chairman Mandi Bahauddin (PML-N, Ex PLM-Q)
• Muhammad Tariq Tarar Ex M.N.A (PTI, Ex PPP)
• Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi Ex Minister of Punjab (PML-N)
• Basma Riaz Choudhry Ex M.P.A (PML-Q)
• Asif Bashir Bhagat Ex M.P.A (PPP). Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry )ex MNA PMLN. Haji imtaz Ahmad Chaudhry)MNA PTI