Lora Tehsil

**Lora Tehsil** () is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the district and borders Punjab province. It covers an area of 187km².

## History

During the British rule, the district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District. After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it was still a tehsil of Hazara until 1981.

In 1981 Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, this district was divided into two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian. Lora Tehsil used to be part of Havelian Tehsil but then the government of Pakistan divided Havelian Tehsil and made Lora Tehsil as a new tehsil.

## Administration

Lora Tehsil  has 6 union council:

- Goreeni
- Lora
- Nagri Totial
- Phallah
- Seer Gharbi
- Seer Sharqi

## People

According to the 2023 census the total population of Lora Tehsil was 98,717 of which 48,662 were male and 50,054 were female. The census also recorded religions as follows: 98,326 Muslim, 268 Christians, 10 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 1 Sikh, 1 Parsi and 60 listed as others.

|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Religion|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Followers|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Percentage|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|Muslim|style="text-align:center;"|98,326|style="text-align:center;"|99.65%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Christian|style="text-align:center;"|268|style="text-align:center;"|0.27%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindu|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Ahmadis|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sikh|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Parsi|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|60|style="text-align:center;"|0.06%|

The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 4,982 Urdu, 228 Punjabi, 5 Sindhi, 739 Pushto, 6 Balochi, 33 Kashmiri, 58 Saraiki, 83,676 Hindko, 36 Brahvi, 129 Shina, 15 Kalasha, 16 Kohistani and 17 listed as others. The overall literacy rate was 73.73% for the population aged 10 and above with male literacy being 84.09% and female 61.75%.

|Language|Number of speakers|Percentage|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Hindko|83,676|93.01%|
|Urdu|4,982|5.54%|
|Punjabi|228|0.25%|
|Pushto|739|0.82%|
|Shina|129|0.14%|
|Saraiki|58|0.06%|
|Brahvi|36|0.04%|
|Kashmiri|33|0.04%|
|Others|17|0.02%|
|Sindhi|5|0.01%|
|Balochi|6|0.01%|
|Kalasha|15|0.02%|
|Kohistani|16|0.02%|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Abbottabad Tehsil
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Tehsil
- **seat**: Lora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lora
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **blank emblem size**: 100px
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **image map**: Abbottabad District.png
- **mapsize**: 280px
- **map caption1**: Location within Pakistan
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Subdivisions of Pakistan, Province
- **subdivision type2**: Subdivisions of Pakistan, District
- **subdivision name2**: Abbottabad District, Abbottabad
- **population total**: 98717
- **population as of**: 2023
- **area total km2**: 187
- **blank name sec1**: Number of towns
- **blank name sec2**: Number of Union councils of Pakistan, Union Councils
- **timezone1**: Pakistan Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset1**: +5