# Hazara Division

Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Torghar and most recently created Allai District.

## Location

Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.

## History

On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.
Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.
In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts:
Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.

## Demographics

* Hindko 56 (55.8%)
* Pashto 20.68 (20.6%)
* Kohistani 14.6 (14.5%)
* Urdu 1.5 (1.49%)
* Shina 1.11 (1.11%)
* Others 6.5 (6.47%)
According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736.
Religious groups in Hazara Division (British North-West Frontier Province era) :
| Religious group | 1881 | 1881 | 1891 | 1891 | 1901 | 1901 | 1911 | 1911 | 1921 | 1921 | 1931 | 1931 | 1941 | 1941 |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 385,759 | 94.76% | 488,453 | 94.61% | 533,120 | 95.15% | 572,972 | 95.02% | 591,058 | 94.97% | 636,794 | 95.03% | 756,004 | 94.95% |
| Hinduism | 19,843 | 4.87% | 23,983 | 4.65% | 23,031 | 4.11% | 24,389 | 4.04% | 26,038 | 4.18% | 25,260 | 3.77% | 30,267 | 3.8% |
| Sikhism | 1,381 | 0.34% | 3,609 | 0.7% | 4,036 | 0.72% | 5,489 | 0.91% | 4,850 | 0.78% | 7,630 | 1.14% | 9,220 | 1.16% |
| Christianity | 90 | 0.02% | 236 | 0.05% | 101 | 0.02% | 178 | 0.03% | 403 | 0.06% | 432 | 0.06% | 737 | 0.09% |
| Jainism | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Judaism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 407,075 | 100% | 516,288 | 100% | 560,288 | 100% | 603,028 | 100% | 622,349 | 100% | 670,117 | 100% | 796,230 | 100% |
| Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Hazara District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Hazara Division. |||||||||||||||

## List of the Districts

Hazara Division contains the following districts:
* Abbottabad District
* Batagram District (part of Mansehra District until 1993)
* Haripur District
* Kolai-Palas District
* Upper Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
* Lower Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014)
* Mansehra District
* Torghar District (part of Mansehra District until 2011)
* Allai District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and part of Battagram District from 1993 to 2023)
| # | District | Headquarter | Area (km$^2$) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km$^2$) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
| 1 | Haripur | Haripur | 1,725 | 1,174,783 | 681.3 | 74.88% |
| 2 | Battagram | Battagram | 1,301 | 554,133 | 425.9 | 39.09% |
| 3 | Abbottabad | Abbottabad | 1,967 | 1,419,072 | 721.6 | 77.34% |
| 4 | Allai | Allai Valley | 521 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | Lower Kohistan | Pattan | 642 | 340,017 | 529.5 | 22.05% |
| 6 | Mansehra | Mansehra | 4,125 | 1,797,177 | 435.6 | 63.79% |
| 7 | Torghar | Judba | 454 | 200,445 | 441.6 | 29.74% |
| 8 | Upper Kohistan | Dasu | 5,440 | 422,947 | 77.8 | 19.05% |
| 9 | Kolai Palas | Kolai | 1,410 | 280,162 | 198.7 | 18.80% |

## List of the Tehsils

| # | Tehsil | Area (km$^2$) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km$^2$) (2023) | Districts |
| 1 | Abbottabad Tehsil | 1,285 | 1,003,339 | 101.76 | Abbottabad District |
| 2 | Havelian Tehsil | 342 | 256,754 | 98.8 | Abbottabad District |
| 3 | Lora Tehsil | 187 | 98,717 | 97.22 | Abbottabad District |
| 4 | Lower Tanawal Tehsil | 153 | 60,262 | 98.88 | Abbottabad District |
| 5 | Allai Tehsil | 804 | 218,149 | 271.33 | Batagram District |
| 6 | Batagram Tehsil | 497 | 335,984 | 676.02 | Batagram District |
| 7 | Ghazi Tehsil | 595 | 151,839 | 255.19 | Haripur District |
| 8 | Haripur Tehsil | 834 | 836,058 | 1,002.47 | Haripur District |
| 9 | Khanpur Tehsil | 296 | 186,886 | 631.37 | Haripur District |
| 10 | Bataira / Kolai | 170 | 142,660 | 839.18 | Kolai-Palas District |
| 11 | Palas | 1,240 | 137,502 | 110.89 | Kolai-Palas District |
| 12 | Bankad Tehsil | 331 | 205,851 | 621.91 | Lower Kohistan District |
| 13 | Pattan Tehsil | 311 | 134,166 | 431.4 | Lower Kohistan District |
| 14 | Baffa Pakhal | 640 | 460,090 | 718.89 | Mansehra District |
| 15 | Bala Kot Tehsil | 2,376 | 310,339 | 130.61 | Mansehra District |
| 16 | Darband | 102 | 51,702 | 506.88 | Mansehra District |
| 17 | Mansehra Tehsil | 700 | 723,325 | 1,033.32 | Mansehra District |
| 18 | Oghi Tehsil | 307 | 251,721 | 819.94 | Mansehra District |
| 19 | Tanawal Tehsil | | | | Mansehra District |
| 20 | Daur Maira Tehsil | 86 | 50,503 | 587.24 | Torghar District |
| 21 | Judba Tehsil | 63 | 63,083 | 1,001.32 | Torghar District |
| 22 | Khander Hassanzai Tehsil | 305 | 86,859 | 284.78 | Torghar District |
| 23 | Dassu Tehsil | 1,958 | 148,914 | 76.05 | Upper Kohistan District |
| 24 | Harban Basha Tehsil | | | | Upper Kohistan District |
| 25 | Kandia Tehsil | 1,926 | 165,232 | 85.79 | Upper Kohistan District |
| 26 | Seo Tehsil | 258 | 59,557 | 230.84 | Upper Kohistan District |

## Constituencies

| Provincial Assembly Constituency | National Assembly Constituency | District |
| PK-31 Kohistan Upper | NA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan | Upper Kohistan |
| PK-32 Kohistan Lower | NA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan | Lower Kohistan |
| PK-33 Kolai Palas | NA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan | Kolai-Palas |
| PK-34 Battagram-I | NA-13 Battagram | Battagram |
| PK-35 Battagram-II | NA-13 Battagram | Battagram |
| PK-36 Mansehra-I | NA-14 Mansehra | Mansehra |
| PK-37 Mansehra-II | NA-14 Mansehra | Mansehra |
| PK-38 Mansehra-III | NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar | Mansehra |
| PK-39 Mansehra-IV | NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar | Mansehra |
| PK-40 Mansehra-V | NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar | Mansehra |
| PK-41 Torghar | NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar | Torghar |
| PK-42 Abbottabad-I | NA-16 Abbottabad-I | Abbottabad |
| PK-43 Abbottabad-II | NA-16 Abbottabad-I | Abbottabad |
| PK-44 Abbottabad-III | NA-17 Abbottabad-II | Abbottabad |
| PK-45 Abbottabad-IV | NA-17 Abbottabad-II | Abbottabad |
| PK-46 Haripur-I | NA-18 Haripur | Haripur |
| PK-47 Haripur-II | NA-18 Haripur | Haripur |
| PK-48 Haripur-III | NA-18 Haripur | Haripur |