Mandi Bahauddin, also spelled Mandi Baha ud Din, (Punjabi and ) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Mandi Bahauddin District is in the north-central area of the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It is bordered on the northwest by the Jhelum River, on the southeast by the Chenab River (which separates it from Gujranwala District and Gujrat District), and on the southwest by the Sargodha District. The district has an area of . Mandi district currently has 1.5 million population. In 1998, it had a population of 1.16 million people. Administration Mandi Bahauddin is subdivided into Three tehsils and 80 Union Councils: Geography The district forms a central portion of the Chaj Doab lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies from 30° 8' to 32° 40' N and 73° 36' to 73° 37' E. The tehsil headquarters towns of Phalia and Malikwal are from Mandi Bahauddin, respectively. It is bounded on the north by the Jhelum river, which separates it from Jhelum district; on the west by Sargodha district, on the south by the river Chenab (which separates it from the Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts); and on the east by Gujrat district. The total area of the district is . The district comprises the Mandi Bahauddin, Phalia, and Malakwal tehsils. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 1,594,039, of which 775,788 were male and 818,056 female. 1,267,681 lived in rural areas while 326,358 lived in urban areas. Islam is the religion of nearly the entire population with 99.57% of the population, while a small minority of Christians lives mainly in the urban area. At the time of the 2017 census 96.50% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.74% Urdu and 1.48% Pashto as their first language. The dialect of Punjabi spoken here is close to the standard language. According to the 1998 Pakistan census, the population of the district was 1,160,552, 14.93% of whom lived in urban environments. Climate This district has a moderate climate, hot in summer and cold in winter. During the peak of summer the temperature may rise to during the day, but in the winter months the minimum temperature may fall below . The average rainfall in the district is . mainly resonates with weather from Islamabad. Notable people Hasan Askari Rizvi, Chief Minister Punjab (Caretaker) Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani novelist, columnist, travel writer and TV