Silanwali Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل سِلانٚوالى), is a subdivision (tehsil) of Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil's headquarters is situated in the town of Silanwali. It is administratively subdivided into 16 Union Councils.Population is 255,000 (1998) being mainly Muslim and Punjabi speaking.