Abbottabad Tehsil


Abbottabad Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tehsil covers an area of 1,285km².

History

During the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District. After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

Demography

According to the 2023 census the total population of Abbottabad Tehsil was 727,449 of which 366,447 were male and 360,984 were female. The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 977268 Muslim, 4476 Christians, 81 Hindus, 16 Ahmadi Muslims, 31 Sikh, 5 Parsi and 80 listed as others.
ReligionFollowersPercentage
Muslim977,26899.52%
Christian4,4760.46%
Hindu810.01%
Ahmadis16<0.01%
Sikh31<0.01%
Parsi5<0.01%
Others800.01%

The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 42,734 Urdu, 10,401 Punjabi, 730 Sindhi, 81,731 Pushto, 269 Balochi, 1,080 Kashmiri, 1,722 Saraiki, 1,221,957 Hindko, 521 Brahvi, 1,971 Shina, 160 Balti, 14 Mewati, 8 Kalasha, 11,744 Kohistani and 22,545 listed as others.
LanguageSpeakersPercentage
Urdu42,7343.06%
Punjabi10,4010.74%
Sindhi7300.05%
Pushto81,7315.85%
Balochi2690.02%
Kashmiri1,0800.08%
Saraiki1,7220.12%
Hindko1,221,95787.44%
Brahvi5210.04%
Shina1,9710.14%
Balti1600.01%
Mewati140.00%
Kalasha80.00%
Kohistani11,7440.84%
Others22,5451.61%

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Town Councils

Union Councils