Tehsil Malakwal is one of the five Tehsils of District Mandi Bahauddin .It spreads over an area of 759 square kilometres with a population of 299,111 (as per DCR 1998).

Malakwal town is in Mandi Bahauddin district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is located at 32°55'0N 72°24'0E at an altitude of 452 metres (1486).

Malakwal was declared as small town in 1924 and raised to the level of Town Committee in 1928. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of TMA.