Burewala is one of the three tehsils of district Vehari. It spreads over an area of 1,295 square kilometres with a population of 730,583 (as per DCR 1998).
Burewala is located at a distance of about 84 miles from Multan, and is situated at the old historical Delhi Multan road. It is the last settlement of District Multan and is surrounded by Sahiwal District on three sides. The branch railway-line connecting Lahore with Lodhran passes through Burewala and as such Burewala is connected by rail with Pakpattan, Arifwala and vehari and later on to Lodhran on Multan Karachi line. By pass road is connected with Sahiwal via Chichawatni and Arifwala and have a link with Multan via Jahanian.
After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of TMA in 2001.