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Minchinabad

Coordinates: 30°10′N 73°34′E / 30.167°N 73.567°E / 30.167; 73.567
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Minchinabad
Minchinabad is located in Pakistan
Minchinabad
Minchinabad
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°10′N 73°34′E / 30.167°N 73.567°E / 30.167; 73.567
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictBahawalnagar District
Population
 (2023)
 • Total67,164
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)+6

Minchinabad (Urdu: مِنچِن آباد), is a city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Minchinabad Tehsil.[1] It underwent rapid development in the late 1860s and 1870s.[2] The city is named after Colonel Charles Cherry Minchin (1829-1899), the British Political Agent overseeing the Bahawalpur Princely State from 1866 to 1876[3]

Demographics

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The population of city in 1972 was 7,112 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 67,164.[4]

Census Population
1972 7,112
1981 14,550
1998 25,480
2017 56,563
2023 67,164

References

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  1. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar - Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Sir William Stevenson Meyer (1908). James Sutherland Cotton; Sir Richard Burn (eds.). Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series. Vol. 22. p. 353.
  4. ^ "Punjab (Pakistan): Urban Localities in Districts - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.