Piplan Tehsil

Piplan Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل پِپلاں) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is subdivided into 2 Municipal committees and 12 Union Councils - one of which forms the capital Liaqatabad.^[3] According to 6th Housing and Population Census-2017, the total population of Piplan Tehsil is 403,938, out of which 307,729 people live in rural and 96,209 in urban areas.^[4]

تحصِيل پِپلاں
Tehsil
Piplan Tehsil
Thal Canal
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Mianwali District
Capital	Piplan
Towns	2
Union councils	12
Area
• Tehsil	1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Tehsil	475,763
• Density	370/km2 (960/sq mi)
• Urban	106,271 (22.34%)
• Rural	369,492 (77.66%)
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (63.46%) Male: (76.04%) Female: (50.05%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Administration

Piplan tehsil is administratively subdivided into 2 Municipal Committees (MC Piplan and MC Kundian) and 12 Union Councils:^[5]

• Alluwali
• Dabb Balouchan
• Doaba, Mianwali
• Kacha Gujrat
• Noshera Mor
• Hazara Shumali
• MamuWali
• Chak No 7 ML Hafiz Wala
• Hernoli (Urban)
• Harnoli (Rural)
• Khola Khanqah Sirajia
• Kundian Rural
• Chak No 4 DB
• Tibba Mehrban Shah
• Vichvin Bala
• Kundian

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Name[6]	Area (km²)	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)
Kundian		48,658
Liaqatabad		35,297
Harnoli		22,316

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	...	—
2017	402,050	—
2023	475,763	+2.85%
Sources:[7]

As of the 2023 census, Piplan tehsil has an average household size of 6.2 and a population of 475,763.^[8]