Ghazni Khel Tehsil

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Ghazni Khel
Tehsil
CountryPakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Lakki Marwat District
Seat Ghazni Khel
Government
  ChairmanZeeshan Muhammad Khan (IND)
Area
  Total
1,153 km2 (445 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Area code 0969

Ghazni Khel Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Lakki Marwat Districtin the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tehsil covers an area of 1,153km2 and according to the 2023 census has a total population of 329,775 - of which 165,804 are male and 163,968 are female (the total population in 2017 was 295,984). [1] The number of households in the tehsil is 43,615 of which 42,154 are owned and 809 are rented. [2] The tehsil forms part of the PK-106 Lakki Marwat-ll electoral constituency. [3]

Demography

According to the 2023 census, the mother-tongue of residents are as follow: 96 Urdu, 311 Punjabi, 36 Sindhi, 326,571 Pushto, 285 Balochi, 1 Kashmiri, 261 Saraiki, 1 Hindko, 5 Kalasha and 17 others. [4]

Mother tongues of residents
LanguageNumber of speakersPercentage
Pushto326,57199.69%
Punjabi3110.09%
Balochi2850.09%
Saraiki2610.08%
Urdu960.03%
Sindhi360.01%
Others170.01%
Kalasha5<0.01%
Kashmiri1<0.01%
Hindko1<0.01%

According to the 2023 census, the religious affiliation of residents are as follows: 327099 Muslims, 472 Christians, 4 Ahmadis, and 3 Sikhs. [5]

Religious affiliation of residents
ReligionNumber of adherentsPercentage
Muslims327,09999.85%
Christians4720.14%
Ahmadis40.00%
Sikhs30.00%

References

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