Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad Tehsil is a subdivision of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.Abbottabad to have 744 polling stations
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.TABLE - 2 URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE

In September 2017 Lower Tanawal Tehsil was created by splitting off the north-western part of Abbottabad Tehsil.4 new tehsils in Punjab on the cards

 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.TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023 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.TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023

+ Religion Religion Followers Percentage Muslim 977,268 99.52% Christian 4,476 0.46% Hindu 81 0.01% Ahmadis 16 <0.01% Sikh 31 <0.01% Parsi 5 <0.01% Others 80 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.TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023

+ Mother tongue of residents Language Speakers Percentage Urdu 42,734 3.06% Punjabi 10,401 0.74% Sindhi 730 0.05% Pushto 81,731 5.85% Balochi 269 0.02% Kashmiri 1,080 0.08% Saraiki 1,722 0.12% Hindko 1,221,957 87.44% Brahvi 521 0.04% Shina 1,971 0.14% Balti 160 0.01% Mewati 14 0.00% Kalasha 8 0.00% Kohistani 11,744 0.84% Others 22,545 1.61%

References

Category:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa