# Peshawar Division

Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves. Later in the mid-1990s, the district of Mardan (and its tehsils) also became a division itself. CNIC code of Peshawar Division is 17.

## List of the Districts

| # | District | Headquarter | Area (km²) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
| 1 | Charsadda | Charsadda | 996 | 1,835,504 | 1,843.1 | 53.94% |
| 2 | Khyber | Landi Kotal | 2,576 | 1,146,267 | 445.0 | 38.45% |
| 3 | Nowshera | Nowshera | 1,748 | 1,740,705 | 995.8 | 56.78% |
| 4 | Peshawar | Peshawar | 1,518 | 4,758,762 | 3,135.6 | 53.28% |
| 5 | Mohmand | Ghalanai | 2,296 | 553,933 | 241.2 | 31.28% |

## List of the Tehsils

| # | Tehsil | Area (km²) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Districts |
| 1 | Charsadda Tehsil | 445 | 909,438 | 2,043.68 | Charsadda District |
| 2 | Shabqadar Tehsil | 204 | 440,524 | 2,159.43 | Charsadda District |
| 3 | Tangi Tehsil | 347 | 485,542 | 1,399.26 | Charsadda District |
| 4 | Bagh Maidan Tehsil | | | | Khyber District |
| 5 | Bara Tehsil | 1,430 | 548,084 | 383.28 | Khyber District |
| 6 | Bazar Zakha Khel Tehsil | | | | Khyber District |
| 7 | Fort Salop Tehsil | | | | Khyber District |
| 8 | Jamrud Tehsil | 311 | 243,290 | 782.28 | Khyber District |
| 9 | Landi Kotal Tehsil | 679 | 312,313 | 459.96 | Khyber District |
| 10 | Mula Gori Tehsil | 156 | 42,580 | 272.95 | Khyber District |
| 11 | Painda Cheena Tehsil | | | | Khyber District |
| 12 | Ambar Utman Khel Tehsil | 273 | 79,455 | 291.04 | Mohmand District |
| 13 | Halim Zai Tehsil | 211 | 89,149 | 422.51 | Mohmand District |
| 14 | Pindiali Tehsil | 454 | 112,247 | 247.24 | Mohmand District |
| 15 | Pran Ghar Tehsil | 257 | 36,046 | 140.26 | Mohmand District |
| 16 | Safi Tehsil | 322 | 109,620 | 340.43 | Mohmand District |
| 17 | Upper Mohmand (Baizai) Tehsil]] | 513 | 63,659 | 124.09 | Mohmand District |
| 18 | Yake Ghund Tehsil | 266 | 63,757 | 239.69 | Mohmand District |
| 19 | Jehangira Tehsil | 718 | 434,984 | 100.72 | Nowshera District |
| 20 | Nowshera Tehsil | 679 | 796,226 | 106.39 | Nowshera District |
| 21 | Pabbi Tehsil | 351 | 509,495 | 102.42 | Nowshera District |
| 22 | Badbher Tehsil | 357 | 439,912 | 1,232.25 | Peshawar District |
| 23 | Chamkani Tehsil | 226 | 624,354 | 2,762.63 | Peshawar District |
| 24 | Hassan Khel Tehsil | 261 | 72,557 | 278 | Peshawar District |
| 25 | Mathra Tehsil | 218 | 495,059 | 2,270.91 | Peshawar District |
| 26 | Peshawar City Tehsil | 176 | 2,113,596 | 12,009.07 | Peshawar District |
| 27 | Peshtakhara Tehsil | 135 | 480,436 | 3,558.79 | Peshawar District |
| 28 | Shah Alam Tehsil | 145 | 532,848 | 3,674.81 | Peshawar District |

## Demographics

According to the 2023 census, Peshawar Division had a population of 10,035,171.
Religious groups in Peshawar Division (British North-West Frontier Province era) :
| Religious group | 1881 | 1881 | 1891 | 1891 | 1901 | 1901 | 1911 | 1911 | 1921 | 1921 | 1931 | 1931 | 1941$^{:22}$ | 1941$^{:22}$ |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 546,117 | 92.14% | 654,443 | 92.99% | 732,870 | 92.92% | 807,788 | 93.38% | 836,222 | 92.16% | 898,683 | 92.24% | 769,589 | 90.35% |
| Hinduism | 39,321 | 6.63% | 35,417 | 5.03% | 40,183 | 5.09% | 35,367 | 4.09% | 48,144 | 5.31% | 42,321 | 4.34% | 51,212 | 6.01% |
| Christianity | 4,088 | 0.69% | 4,742 | 0.67% | 4,288 | 0.54% | 5,604 | 0.65% | 7,652 | 0.84% | 8,974 | 0.92% | 6,890 | 0.81% |
| Sikhism | 3,103 | 0.52% | 9,125 | 1.3% | 11,318 | 1.44% | 16,196 | 1.87% | 15,326 | 1.69% | 24,271 | 2.49% | 24,030 | 2.82% |
| Zoroastrianism | 39 | 0.01% | 37 | 0.01% | 46 | 0.01% | 49 | 0.01% | 20 | 0% | 59 | 0.01% | 24 | 0% |
| Jainism | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 18 | 0% |
| Judaism | — | — | 4 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 0% | 70 | 0.01% |
| Others | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 592,674 | 100% | 703,768 | 100% | 788,707 | 100% | 865,009 | 100% | 907,367 | 100% | 974,321 | 100% | 851,833 | 100% |
| Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Peshawar District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Peshawar Division. |||||||||||||||

## Constituencies

| Provincial Assembly Constituency | National Assembly Constituency | District |
| PK-62 Charsadda-I | NA-24 Charsadda-I | Charsadda |
| PK-66 Charsadda-V | NA-24 Charsadda-I | Charsadda |
| PK-63 Charsadda-II | NA-25 Charsadda-II | Charsadda |
| PK-65 Charsadda-IV | NA-25 Charsadda-II | Charsadda |
| PK-64 Charsadda-III | NA-25 Charsadda-II | Charsadda |
| PK-67 Mohmand-I | NA-26 Mohmand | Mohmand |
| PK-68 Mohmand-II | NA-26 Mohmand | Mohmand |
| PK-69 Khyber-I | NA-27 Khyber | Khyber |
| PK-70 Khyber-II | NA-27 Khyber | Khyber |
| PK-71 Khyber-III | NA-27 Khyber | Khyber |
| PK-72 Peshawar-I | NA-28 Peshawar-I | Peshawar |
| PK-73 Peshawar-II | NA-28 Peshawar-I | Peshawar |
| PK-74 Peshawar-III | NA-28 Peshawar-I | Peshawar |
| PK-75 Peshawar-IV | NA-29 Peshawar-II | Peshawar |
| PK-76 Peshawar-V | NA-29 Peshawar-II | Peshawar |
| PK-77 Peshawar-VI | NA-30 Peshawar-III | Peshawar |
| PK-78 Peshawar-VII | NA-30 Peshawar-III | Peshawar |
| PK-79 Peshawar-VIII | NA-31 Peshawar-IV | Peshawar |
| PK-80 Peshawar-IX | NA-31 Peshawar-IV | Peshawar |
| PK-81 Peshawar-X | NA-31 Peshawar-IV | Peshawar |
| PK-82 Peshawar-XI | NA-32 Peshawar-V | Peshawar |
| PK-83 Peshawar-XII | NA-32 Peshawar-V | Peshawar |
| PK-84 Peshawar-XIII | NA-32 Peshawar-V | Peshawar |
| PK-85 Nowshera-I | NA-33 Nowshera-I | Nowshera |
| PK-86 Nowshera-II | NA-33 Nowshera-I | Nowshera |
| PK-87 Nowshera-III | NA-33 Nowshera-I | Nowshera |
| PK-88 Nowshera-IV | NA-34 Nowshera-II | Nowshera |
| PK-89 Nowshera-V | NA-34 Nowshera-II | Nowshera |