Chaubara Tehsil
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 |
| Area | |
| 2,754 km2 (1,063 sq mi) | |
| Population | |
| 299,082 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 57,002 (19.06%) |
| • Rural | 242,080 (80.94%) |
| Literacy (2023) | |
| • Literacy rate | 58.42% |
| 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. 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, according to the 2023 Pakistani census. 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.