Rustam Tehsil


Rustam Tehsil is a tehsil located in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town of Rustam is the capital of the tehsil. According to the 2017 census the tehsil covering an area of 379sqkm had a population of 279,527 of which 140,896 were male and 138,629 female. The area is part of the PK-55 Mardan-II constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

Demography

According to the 2023 census the religious affiliation of Rustam Tehsil was as follows: 278,915 Muslim, 578 Christian, 2 Ahmadi Muslim, 2 Sikhs and 10 were listed as others.
ReligionPopulation
Muslim278,915
Christian578
Ahmadi2
Sikh2
Others10

The census also recorded the first language of the residents of the tehsil as follows, 102 Urdu, 55 Punjabi, 55 Sindhi, 277,471 Pushto, 225 Balochi, 1 Kashmiri, 1 Saraiki, 115 Hindko, 2 Kalasha, 32 Kohistani and 1,491 listed as others.
LanguageSpeakers
Urdu102
Punjabi55
Sindhi55
Pushto277,471
Balochi225
Kashmiri1
Saraiki1
Hindko115
Kalasha2
Kohistani32
Others1,491