Haripur Tehsil

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Haripur Tehsil

تحصیل ہری پور
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Haripur District
Government
  ChairmanSamiullah Khan (IND)
Population
 (2017) [1]
   Tehsil 857,664
   Urban
133,024
   Rural
724,640
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns 1
Number of Union Councils 8

Haripur Tehsil is a tehsil located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 37 Union Councils. [2]

History

The tehsil was described by the Imperial Gazetteer of India, compiled over a century ago during British rule as follows:

Haripur Tehsil of Hazāra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, lying between 33° 44′ and 34° 18′ N. and 72° 33′ and 73° 14′ E., with an area of 657 square miles. It is bounded on the north-west by the Indus. The tahsil consists of a sloping plain, from 1,500 to 3,000 feet high, through which the Siran and Harroh flow. Low hills are dotted here and there over the plain. The population in 1901 was 151,638, compared with 142,856 in 1891. It contains the town of HARIPUR (population, 5,578), the headquarters; and 311 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 1,72,000". [3]

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References

  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Haripur - Government of Pakistan Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Harīpur Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 55.