Minchinabad
Minchinabad (Urdu: مِنچِن آباد), is a city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Minchinabad Tehsil. It underwent rapid development in the late 1860s and 1870s. The city is named after Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829-1899), the British Political Agent overseeing the Bahawalpur Princely State from 1866 to 1876
Demographics
The population of city in 1972 was 7,112 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 67,164.
| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 7,112 |
| 1981 | 14,550 |
| 1998 | 25,480 |
| 2017 | 56,563 |
| 2023 | 67,164 |
References
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Punjab (1869). Selections from the records of the government of the Punjab and its dependencies. Punjab. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sir William Stevenson Meyer (1908). James Sutherland Cotton; Sir Richard Burn (eds.). Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series. Vol. 22. p. 353.
- ^ "Punjab (Pakistan): Urban Localities in Districts - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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