Hazara Division


Hazara Division, located along the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, serves as an administrative region of the province, encompassing nine districts: Abbottabad, Allai District, Battagram, Haripur, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Mansehra, Torghar, and Upper Kohistan.

Location

Hazara Division is located in the east of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province - to the west it is bordered by Malakand and Mardan divisions of the province - to the south it is bordered by the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory, to the east by Azad Kashmir and to the north by Gilgit-Baltistan.

History

During the colonial era Hazara Division had been part of Peshawar Division and was made up of three tehsils namely Haripur, Mansehra and Abbottabad - following the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to create the new Hazara Division, with Abbottabad designated as its capital. Initially, the division comprised two districts: Abbottabad and Mansehra. Over the next few years, administrative changes led to the creation of two additional districts—Haripur was carved out of Abbottabad District, and Batagram was separated from Mansehra District.
Hazara functioned as a district until 1976, when it was formally upgraded to a division. In October of that year, Mansehra was granted full district status, encompassing the tehsils of Mansehra and Batagram. Later, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and established as an independent district. This left only the original Abbottabad Tehsil, which was then officially became Abbottabad District.
In 2000, Pakistan abolished its administrative divisions, elevating districts to serve as the new third tier of government. At the time of abolition, Hazara Division consisted of eight districts.
However, in 2008, administrative divisions were reinstated, and Hazara Division was formally re-established.
YearEventTehsil Details
1970Hazara District and two tribal agencies merged to form
Hazara Division 		Hazara District included Abbottabad,
Mansehra, and Haripur tehsils
1970sHaripur District created from Abbottabad;
Batagram District created from Mansehra		Haripur Tehsil became Haripur District;
Batagram Tehsil separated from Mansehra
1976Hazara formally upgraded to division status;
Mansehra becomes a full district		Mansehra District comprised
Mansehra and Batagram tehsils
1991Haripur Tehsil separated from Abbottabad
and made into a district		Abbottabad Tehsil was then split into
Havelian and Abbottabad tehsils
forming the tehsils of Abbottabad District
2000Administrative divisions abolished;
Hazara Division dissolved		Districts functioned independently;
tehsil structure remained intact
2008Administrative divisions reinstated;
Hazara Division restored		Hazara Division included Abbottabad,
Mansehra, Haripur, Batagram,
and later Kohistan and Torghar districts

Demographics

Population

According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division had a population of 6,188,736 roughly equal to the nation of Bulgaria or the US state of Missouri.

The increase in population from 1981 to 2023 was 129.1% equivalent to an average increase of approximately 1.96% per annum.

List of the Districts

Hazara Division contains the following districts:
#DistrictHeadquarterArea
Pop.
Density
Lit. rate
1AbbottabadAbbottabad1,9671,419,072721.677.34%
2AllaiAllai Valley521N/AN/AN/A
3BattagramBattagram1,301554,133425.939.09%
4HaripurHaripur1,7251,174,783681.374.88%
5Kolai PalasKolai1,410280,162198.718.80%
6Lower KohistanPattan642340,017529.522.05%
7MansehraMansehra4,1251,797,177435.663.79%
8TorgharJudba454200,445441.629.74%
9Upper KohistanDasu5,440422,94777.819.05%

List of the Tehsils

The following are a list of tehsils in Hazara Division along with their respective districts.
#TehsilArea
Pop.
Density
Lit. rate
Districts
1Abbottabad Tehsil1,2851,003,339101.76Abbottabad District
2Havelian Tehsil342256,75498.8Abbottabad District
3Lora Tehsil18798,71797.22Abbottabad District
4Lower Tanawal Tehsil15360,26298.88Abbottabad District
5Allai Tehsil804218,149271.33Batagram District
6Batagram Tehsil497335,984676.02Batagram District
7Ghazi Tehsil595151,839255.19Haripur District
8Haripur Tehsil834836,0581,002.47Haripur District
9Khanpur Tehsil296186,886631.37Haripur District
10Bataira / Kolai170142,660839.18Kolai-Palas District
11Palas1,240137,502110.89Kolai-Palas District
12Bankad Tehsil331205,851621.91Lower Kohistan District
13Pattan Tehsil311134,166431.4Lower Kohistan District
14Baffa Pakhal640460,090718.89Mansehra District
15Bala Kot Tehsil2,376310,339130.61Mansehra District
16Darband10251,702506.88Mansehra District
17Mansehra Tehsil700723,3251,033.32Mansehra District
18Oghi Tehsil307251,721819.94Mansehra District
19Tanawal TehsilMansehra District
20Daur Maira Tehsil8650,503587.24Torghar District
21Judba Tehsil6363,0831,001.32Torghar District
22Khander Hassanzai Tehsil30586,859284.78Torghar District
23Dassu Tehsil1,958148,91476.05Upper Kohistan District
24Harban Basha TehsilUpper Kohistan District
25Kandia Tehsil1,926165,23285.79Upper Kohistan District
26Seo Tehsil25859,557230.84Upper Kohistan District

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrict
PK-31 Kohistan UpperNA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas KohistanUpper Kohistan
PK-32 Kohistan LowerNA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas KohistanLower Kohistan
PK-33 Kolai PalasNA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas KohistanKolai-Palas
PK-34 Battagram-INA-13 BattagramBattagram
PK-35 Battagram-IINA-13 BattagramBattagram
PK-36 Mansehra-INA-14 MansehraMansehra
PK-37 Mansehra-IINA-14 MansehraMansehra
PK-38 Mansehra-IIINA-15 Mansehra-cum-TorgharMansehra
PK-39 Mansehra-IVNA-15 Mansehra-cum-TorgharMansehra
PK-40 Mansehra-VNA-15 Mansehra-cum-TorgharMansehra
PK-41 TorgharNA-15 Mansehra-cum-TorgharTorghar
PK-42 Abbottabad-INA-16 Abbottabad-IAbbottabad
PK-43 Abbottabad-IINA-16 Abbottabad-IAbbottabad
PK-44 Abbottabad-IIINA-17 Abbottabad-IIAbbottabad
PK-45 Abbottabad-IVNA-17 Abbottabad-IIAbbottabad
PK-46 Haripur-INA-18 HaripurHaripur
PK-47 Haripur-IINA-18 HaripurHaripur
PK-48 Haripur-IIINA-18 HaripurHaripur