Jalalpur Jattan, Kunjah new tehsils of Gujrat.

GUJRAT -- The Punjab government has created two more tehsils in Gujrat district -- Jalalpur Jattan and Kunjah -- taking the total number of tehsils in the district to five.

With the addition of these two tehsils, the district now comprises Gujrat, Kharian, Sara-i-Alamgir, Jalalpur Jattan and Kunjah tehsils.

However, after the readjustment of revenue estates of the previous three, Gujrat has become the smallest tehsil in the district, while Kharian the biggest one with 396 revenue estates. Now Jalalpur Jattan tehsil has 325 revenue estates, followed by 144 of Kunjah and 111 of Sara-i-Alamgir.

The Punjab Board of Revenue (BoR) has formally notified the creation of the two new tehsils of Gujrat district that was upgraded to a division in August, 2022. The divisional complex of Gujrat will be established in Kunjah tehsil.

After inclusion of Gujrat's suburban villages like Kathala, Gurali, Gurala, Tara...