Havelian Tehsil

**Havelian Tehsil** is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

## History

During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hazara District. After the independence of Pakistan it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981, when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district. After this, the district was split into two tehsils, these are Abbottabad and Havelian.

## People

According to the 2023 census the total population of Havelian Tehsil was 200,329 of which 99,396 were male and 100,931 were female. The census also recorded religion as follows: 25,5703 Muslim, 945 Christians, 1 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 10 Sikhs and 47 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;"|255,703|style="text-align:center;"|99.62%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Christian|style="text-align:center;"|945|style="text-align:center;"|0.37%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindu|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Ahmadi Muslim|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sikh|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|47|style="text-align:center;"|0.02%|

The mother tongue of the people were recorded as follows: 7,479 Urdu, 1,795 Punjabi, 295 Sindhi, 7,263 Pushto, 65 Balochi, 240 Kashmiri, 355 Saraiki, 236,897 Hindko, 91 Brahvi, 177 Shina, 19 Balti, 12 Mewati, 1,153 Kohistani and 869 were listed as other languages.

|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Language|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Speakers|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Percentage|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|Urdu|style="text-align:center;"|7,479|style="text-align:center;"|2.86%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Punjabi|style="text-align:center;"|1,795|style="text-align:center;"|0.69%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sindhi|style="text-align:center;"|295|style="text-align:center;"|0.11%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Pushto|style="text-align:center;"|7,263|style="text-align:center;"|2.78%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Balochi|style="text-align:center;"|65|style="text-align:center;"|0.02%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kashmiri|style="text-align:center;"|240|style="text-align:center;"|0.09%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Saraiki|style="text-align:center;"|355|style="text-align:center;"|0.14%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindko|style="text-align:center;"|236,897|style="text-align:center;"|90.61%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Brahvi|style="text-align:center;"|91|style="text-align:center;"|0.03%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Shina|style="text-align:center;"|177|style="text-align:center;"|0.07%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Balti|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Mewati|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kohistani|style="text-align:center;"|1,153|style="text-align:center;"|0.44%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|869|style="text-align:center;"|0.33%|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Havelian Tehsil
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Tehsil
- **image skyline**: Havelian View of Dor Valley from the parking place on the other bank from Havelian Village 2.jpg
- **image caption**: The valley of the Dor River, Dor
- **seat**: Havelian
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **blank emblem size**: 100px
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **image map**: Abbottabad Union Councils.svg
- **mapsize**: 280px
- **map caption1**: Location within Pakistan
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Subdivisions of Pakistan, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- **subdivision type2**: Subdivisions of Pakistan, District
- **subdivision name2**: Abbottabad District, Abbottabad
- **population total**: 351,322
- **population as of**: 2017 Census of Pakistan
- **leader title**: Chairman
- **leader name**: Uzair Sher Khan
- **blank name sec1**: Number of towns
- **blank info sec1**: 1
- **blank name sec2**: Number of Union councils of Pakistan, Union Councils
- **blank info sec2**: 16
- **timezone1**: Pakistan Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset1**: +5
- **leader party**: Independent candidate, IND