Sohawa Tehsil
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| name = Sohawa
| native_name = {{nq|تحصیل سوہاوہ}}
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| settlement_type = Tehsil
| image_skyline = File:Shrine of Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad.JPG
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| image_caption = Tomb of Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan
| coordinates = {{Coord|32|51|0|N|73|0|0|E|type:adm3rd_region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Punjabi, Urdu
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Pakistan
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Punjab
| subdivision_name2 = Rawalpindi
| subdivision_name3 = Jhelum
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| area_total_km2 = 1258
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| population_total = 201,948
| population_as_of = 2017 census
| population_footnotes = {{cite book|title=Punjab Development Statistics 2016|publisher=Bureau of Statistics, Government of The Punjab|page=334(339)|url=https://bos.punjab.gov.pk/system/files/Dev-2016.pdf|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en|chapter=Table 209}}
(21.6% urban)
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| population_urban = 16000
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| population_rural = 185948
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| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = 49230
| area_code = 0092544
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Sohawa is an administrative sub-division (Tehsil) of the Jhelum District, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan,[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum – Government of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043508/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum |date=9 February 2012 }} located in the northwestern part of the district.
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 the Ghurid dynasty ruler Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri was murdered by Khokhars.(according to, Allan (1900), p. 210, Imperial Gazetteers Of India.census of India 1901)
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.
References
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043508/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=12&dn=Jhelum
- http://harrysworldatlas.blogspot.com/2008/03/pakistan-pk-punjab-province-rawalpindi.html
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071130000652/http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/ Government of Punjab]
{{Neighbourhoods of Jhelum}}
{{Tehsils of Punjab (Pakistan)}}