Partner TMA - Okara
Tehsil Okara is one of the four tehsils of district
Okara. It spreads over an area of 1,241 square
kilometres with a population of 862,364 (as per DCR
1998).
Okara Tehsil is about 127 kilometres to the
south-west of Lahore, on the National Highway, and
on the main Lahore-Karachi Railway Line. Okara is
bounded by district Faisalabad and Sheikhupura on
the north-west where river Ravi forms the natural
boundary. On the north-east lies the district of
Kasur. On the south is the district of Bahawalnagar
and south-west is Pakpattan district and the
boundary of Sahiwal district on the west. On the
south runs the river Satluj with some area of Tehsil
Depalpur across the river alongwith Indo-Pak border.
Okara was raised to the level of Municipal Committee
in 1937. After the implementation of Punjab Local
Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status
of TMA.
Website of the TMA, developed by PMDFC,
can be accessed at:
www.tmaokara.com
