Lower Tanawal Tehsil

**Lower Tanawal Tehsil** () is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It covers an area of 153km².

## History

During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District. After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district. And in 1981 the district had two tehsils named Abbottabad and Havelian. In the past few years Lower Tanawal Tehsil was created by dividing Abbottabad Tehsil.

## People

According to the 2023 census the total population of Lower Tanawal Tehsil was 60,262 of which 29,960 were male and 30,300 were female. The census also recorded religion as follows: 60,097 Muslim, 129 Christians, 5 Hindus, 1 Ahmadi Muslim, 1 Sikh and 4 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;"|60,097|style="text-align:center;"|99.77%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Christian|style="text-align:center;"|129|style="text-align:center;"|0.21%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindu|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Ahmadis|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|<0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sikh|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|<0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|

The mother tongue of the people were recorded as follows: 520 Urdu, 12 Punjabi, 1 Sindhi, 177 Pushto, 4 Kashmiri, 26 Saraiki, 59,449  Hindko, 8 Brahvi, 13 Shina, 2 Balti, 1 Mewati,  1 Kohistani and 25 listed as others.

|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;"|520|style="text-align:center;"|0.86%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Punjabi|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|0.02%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sindhi|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Pushto|style="text-align:center;"|177|style="text-align:center;"|0.29%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kashmiri|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Saraiki|style="text-align:center;"|26|style="text-align:center;"|0.04%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindko|style="text-align:center;"|59,449|style="text-align:center;"|98.69%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Brahvi|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Shina|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|0.02%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Balti|style="text-align:center;"|2|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Mewati|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kohistani|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|0.04%|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Lower Tanawal Tehsil
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Tehsil
- **seat**: -
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **blank emblem size**: 100px
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **image map**: Lower Tanawal Tehsil.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 rural**: 60,262
- **area total km2**: 153
- **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