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.TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

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.TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023 The census also recorded religion as follows: 60,097 Muslim, 129 Christians, 5 Hindus, 1 Ahmadi Muslim, 1 Sikh and 4 listed as others.TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023

+ Religions  Religion Followers Percentage Muslim 60,097 99.77% Christian 129 0.21% Hindu 5 0.01% Ahmadis 1 <0.00% Sikh 1 <0.00% Others 4 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.TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023

+ Mother tongue of residents Language Speakers Percentage Urdu 520 0.86% Punjabi 12 0.02% Sindhi 1 0.00% Pushto 177 0.29% Kashmiri 4 0.01% Saraiki 26 0.04% Hindko 59,449 98.69% Brahvi 8 0.01% Shina 13 0.02% Balti 2 0.00% Mewati 1 0.00% Kohistani 1 0.00% Others 25 0.04%

References

Category:Abbottabad District