TMA Chiniot is one of the four Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs) of District Jhang. Other TMAs of the district are Jhang, Shorkot and Ahmadpur Syal. Chiniot is the main town of the TMA Chiniot. The Tehsil is predominantly rural as it has only 12 urban Union Councils out of  a total of 44 Union Councils. According to 1998 Population & Housing Census total population of Chiniot is 965,124 including 172,522 urban population. CO unit Headquarter, that is Chiniot town, has eight urban Union Councils.

Chiniot was raised to the level of Municipal Committee in 1922. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was accorded the status of TMA. Chiniot is situated on the left bank of river Chenab at a distance of 30 Km from Faisalabad and is connected by 60 ft wide mettled road. It is also connected with other major cities like Lahore, Jhang and Sargodha by mettled road. Lahore is at a distance of 140 Km, Jhang at 86 Km and Sargodha is at a distance of 58 Km from Chiniot.

Chiniot forms a very important part of historical area of Jhang. The history of Jhang district is very old. It is said that Alexander of Macedonia passed through the district while going back to Greece. But first glimpse of this district appeared in Tuzk-e-Babari written by Zaheerudin Babar, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, in the year 1526 A.D.