Abbottabad Tehsil

**Abbottabad Tehsil** is a subdivision of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

## History

During British rule, the whole of Abbottabad District was a tehsil (a subdivision) 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.  When Abbottabad became a district it was created with two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

In September 2017 Lower Tanawal Tehsil was created by splitting off the north-western part of Abbottabad Tehsil.

|Name of District|Number of tehsils|Names of tehsils|Date created|Date ended|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hazara District|3|Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur|1849|1976|
|Abbottabad District|4|Abbottabad, Havelian, Lora, Upper Tanawal|1976|-|
|Haripur District|3|Ghazi, Haripur, Khanpur|1991|-|

## Population

According to the 2023 census the total population of Abbottabad Tehsil was 727,449 of which 366,447 were male and 360,984 were female. The census also recorded religion as follows: 97,7268 Muslim, 4,476 Christians, 81 Hindus, 16 Ahmadi Muslims, 31 Sikh, 5 Parsi and 80 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;"|977,268|style="text-align:center;"|99.52%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Christian|style="text-align:center;"|4,476|style="text-align:center;"|0.46%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindu|style="text-align:center;"|81|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Ahmadis|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sikh|style="text-align:center;"|31|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Parsi|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|<0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|80|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|

The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 42,734 Urdu, 10,401 Punjabi, 730 Sindhi, 81,731 Pushto, 269 Balochi, 1,080 Kashmiri, 1,722 Saraiki, 1,221,957 Hindko, 521 Brahvi, 1,971 Shina, 160 Balti, 14 Mewati, 8 Kalasha, 11,744 Kohistani and 22,545 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;"|42,734|style="text-align:center;"|3.06%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Punjabi|style="text-align:center;"|10,401|style="text-align:center;"|0.74%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Sindhi|style="text-align:center;"|730|style="text-align:center;"|0.05%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Pushto|style="text-align:center;"|81,731|style="text-align:center;"|5.85%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Balochi|style="text-align:center;"|269|style="text-align:center;"|0.02%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kashmiri|style="text-align:center;"|1,080|style="text-align:center;"|0.08%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Saraiki|style="text-align:center;"|1,722|style="text-align:center;"|0.12%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Hindko|style="text-align:center;"|1,221,957|style="text-align:center;"|87.44%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Brahvi|style="text-align:center;"|521|style="text-align:center;"|0.04%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Shina|style="text-align:center;"|1,971|style="text-align:center;"|0.14%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Balti|style="text-align:center;"|160|style="text-align:center;"|0.01%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Mewati|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kalasha|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|0.00%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Kohistani|style="text-align:center;"|11,744|style="text-align:center;"|0.84%|
|style="text-align:center;"|Others|style="text-align:center;"|22,545|style="text-align:center;"|1.61%|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Abbottabad Tehsil
- **settlement type**: Tehsil
- **seat**: Abbottabad
- **seat type**: Headquarters
- **blank emblem size**: 100px
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **image map**: Abbottabad Tehsil.png
- **mapsize**: 280px
- **map caption**: Map of Abbottabad District,
 Abbottabad Tehsil is shown in red
- **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**: 981,590
- **population rural**: 736,748
- **population urban**: 244,842
- **population as of**: 2017
- **area total km2**: 1,285
- **blank name sec1**: Number of towns
- **blank info sec1**: 1
- **blank name sec2**: Number of Union councils of Pakistan, Union Councils
- **blank info sec2**: 35
- **timezone1**: Pakistan Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset1**: +5