Fort Abbas Tehsil

Fort Abbas (Urdu: تحصِيل فورٹ عباس) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Fort Abbas Tehsil تحصِيل فورٹ عباس
Tehsil
Location of Fort Abbas Tehsil in Punjab, Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Bahawalnagar
Headquarters	Fort Abbas
Area
• Tehsil	2,536 km2 (979 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Tehsil	510,253
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
• Urban	134,065 (26.27%)
• Rural	376,188 (73.73%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

History

The area currently encompassed by Fort Abbas Tehsil was a thriving center of ancient Hakra civilization. A survey of the Cholistan region from 1947 to 1977 dated Hakra ceramics to 5000 BCE.^[2]

Geography

Fort Abbas Tehsil has an area of 2,536 km².^[3]

Adjacent tehsils

• Haroonabad Tehsil (northeast)
• Anupgarh Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (northeast)
• Gharsana Tehsil, Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan, India (southeast)
• Khajuwala Tehsil, Bikaner District, Rajasthan, India (southwest)
• Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District (west)

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	64,749	—
1961	102,362	+4.69%
1972	136,060	+2.62%
1981	195,476	+4.11%
1998	285,596	+2.26%
2017	422,768	+2.09%
2023	510,253	+3.18%
Sources:[4]

As of the 2023 census, Fort Abbas Tehsil had a population of 510,253. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan there were 422,768 people living in Fort Abbas Tehsil in 67,121 households. Its population in 1998 was 285,596.^[5]