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Mandi Bahauddin District

Coordinates: 32°35′N 73°30′E

Country: Pakistan

Province: Punjab

• Total area ; 2,673 km2 (1,032 sq mi)

 • Total 1,593,292
 • Density 600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)

Time zone: PST (UTC+5)

Number of tehsils: 3

Mandi Bahauddin, also spelled Mandi Baha ud Din, (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع منڈی بہاؤالدین‬‎) 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 which is steadily growing mainly because of latest development and better healthcare in city. It has four campuses of country known universities and produce most number of judges and lawyers in Pakistan.

Administration

Mandi Bahauddin is subdivided into Three tehsils and 80 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 Jehlam 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.

Demography and language

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

Punjabi is the first language of 97% of the population, and Urdu – of 2.5%.:27 still everyone can speak Urdu easily.

Climate

This district has a moderate climate, hot in summer and cold in winter. During the peak of summer the temperature may rise to 45 °C (113 °F) during the day, but in the winter months the minimum temperature may fall below 12 °C (54 °F). The average rainfall in the district is 388 millimetres (15.3 in).mainly resonates with weather from Islamabad

People from Mandi Bahauddin District

Hasan Askari Rizvi, Chief Minister Punjab (Caretaker)
Ch Nazar Muhammad Gondal (Ex Federal minister )
Ch Major (R) Zulfiqar Ali Gondal (Ex MNA)
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
Ch. Muhammad Arif Gondal Chimoana(Ex MPA PML Q) Parliamentary Secretary: S & GAD
Raja Ikram Mustafa S/O Raja Aksar Ali Ex . Security Sargent Rasul Barrage had done MA LLB at Rasul Barrage Colony is belongs to a poor Family
Member: Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Auqaf, Standing Committee on Zakat & Ushar. Son of Ch Ahmed Yar Gondal was born on November 12, 1964 at Mandi Baha-ud-Din. He graduated in 1985 from University of the Punjab, Lahore. He has been elected as Member Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in General Elections 2002. His grandfather, Ch Sai Muhammad, was Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly during 1951-55, Member Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan, during 1956-58, and Member Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan during 1962-65; his father was Member Majlis-e-Shura in 1983; Vice Chairman, District Council, Gujrat during 1984; and Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab during 1993-96; and his uncle, Ch Sultan Mahmood Gondal, was Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab during 1997-99.

Soldier Shoaib Ahmed Shaheed PAK ARMY.

Founder of Sagar Group Pind Bagga which is now converted into Shoaib Ahmed Shaheed Welfare Society Pind Bagga, (President-Malik Muhammad Amjad Sagar)0341-3220492*.

Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar, M.N.A ( Federal Minister of Human Rights ) (Belongs to PML-N, Ex PPP)
Hameeda Waheeduddin M.P.A ( Minister of Women Development Punjab ) (Belongs to PML-N, Ex PLM-Q)
Nasir Iqbal Bosal, M.N.A. ( Cousin of District Chairman Mandi Bahauddin ) (Belongs to PML-N, Ex PLM-Q)
Muhammad Tariq Tarar Ex M.N.A (Belongs to PTI, Ex PPP)
Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi Ex Minister of Punjab ( Late ) ( Was member of PML-N )
Basma Riaz Choudhry Ex M.P.A (Belongs to PML-Q)
Asif Bashir Bhagat Ex. M.P.A (Belongs to PPP)

References

 1998 District Census report of Mandi Bahauddin. Census publication. 117. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.

 Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mandi Bahauddin
 Population – Urban Resource Centre Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. (1998 census details)
 "Mother tongue": defined as the language of communication between parents and children.
 "Average rainfall & Temperature in mandi bahauddin". World Weather. Retrieved 25 October 2013.