Chaubara Tehsil
تحصیل چَوبارا | |
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Coordinates: 30°54′27.1″N 71°30′20.9″E / 30.907528°N 71.505806°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Punjab |
Division | Dera Ghazi Khan |
District | Layyah |
Towns | 1 |
Union councils | 14 |
Population | |
• Tehsil | 252,200 |
• Urban | 48,275 |
• Rural | 203,925 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Chaubara (Urdu: چَوبارہ , Punjabi: تحصیل چوبارا) is a tehsil located in Layyah District, in Dera Ghazi Khan Division, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] The market town of Chaubara is the administrative headquarters of the tehsil. Chaubara is the least populated tehsil in Punjab, with a total population of 252,200.[1] Of this total population, 80.9% lives in rural areas and 19.1% in urban areas.
It is the largest tehsil in Layyah District, followed by the Layyah and Karor Lal Esan, all of which total a land area of 6,291 square kilometres.[1]