Kamalia

Kamalia is a city in Toba Tek Singh District, Punjab, Pakistan, and the administrative centre of Kamalia Tehsil. It is considered an ancient place that existed before 325 BC and may be a settlement that Alexander the Great met in his campaign against the Malli, though the modern town was founded in the 14th century by Kamal Khan, a chief of the Kharal tribe, from whom the name comes. The Kharals ruled it until the Sikh Confederacy took it in the eighteenth century and Ranjit Singh annexed it in 1803. The municipality was constituted in 1868, and the town was sacked during the Indian Revolt of 1857. The municipal committee estimated 172,432 residents for 2025, after a 2023 census figure of 166,617, which put it about 67th among Pakistani cities. Kamalia has a hot desert climate with long, intense summers and brief, mild winters.