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Hazara Division ہزارہ ڈویژن هزاره څانګه | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Headquarters | Abbottabad |
Districts | 9 |
Government | |
• Type | Divisional Administration |
• Commissioner | Aamir Sultan Tareen (BPS-20 PAS) |
• Regional police officer | Tahir Ayub Khan (BPS-20 PSP) |
Area | |
• Division | 17,064 km2 (6,588 sq mi) |
Population (2023) | |
• Division | 6,188,736 |
• Urban | 634,914 (10.26%) |
• Rural | 5,553,822 |
Native Speakers | |
• Speakers | |
Literacy | |
• Literacy rate |
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Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Area code | CNIC: 13 |
Website | chd |
Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Torghar and most recently created Allai District.
Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.
On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.
Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.
In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts: [4]
Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.
According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736. [6]
Religious group | 1881 [7] | 1891 [8] | 1901 [9] | 1911 [10] | 1921 [11] | 1931 [12] | 1941 [13] | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 385,759 | 94.76% | 488,453 | 94.61% | 533,120 | 95.15% | 572,972 | 95.02% | 591,058 | 94.97% | 636,794 | 95.03% | 756,004 | 94.95% |
Hinduism | 19,843 | 4.87% | 23,983 | 4.65% | 23,031 | 4.11% | 24,389 | 4.04% | 26,038 | 4.18% | 25,260 | 3.77% | 30,267 | 3.8% |
Sikhism | 1,381 | 0.34% | 3,609 | 0.7% | 4,036 | 0.72% | 5,489 | 0.91% | 4,850 | 0.78% | 7,630 | 1.14% | 9,220 | 1.16% |
Christianity | 90 | 0.02% | 236 | 0.05% | 101 | 0.02% | 178 | 0.03% | 403 | 0.06% | 432 | 0.06% | 737 | 0.09% |
Jainism | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
Judaism | — | — | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Others | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 407,075 | 100% | 516,288 | 100% | 560,288 | 100% | 603,028 | 100% | 622,349 | 100% | 670,117 | 100% | 796,230 | 100% |
Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Hazara District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Hazara Division. |
Hazara Division contains the following districts: [14]
# | District | Headquarter | Area (km²) [15] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
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1 | Haripur | Haripur | 1,725 | 1,174,783 | 681.3 | 74.88% |
2 | Battagram | Battagram | 1,301 | 554,133 | 425.9 | 39.09% |
3 | Abbottabad | Abbottabad | 1,967 | 1,419,072 | 721.6 | 77.34% |
4 | Allai | Allai Valley | 521 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 | Lower Kohistan | Pattan | 642 | 340,017 | 529.5 | 22.05% |
6 | Mansehra | Mansehra | 4,125 | 1,797,177 | 435.6 | 63.79% |
7 | Torghar | Judba | 454 | 200,445 | 441.6 | 29.74% |
8 | Upper Kohistan | Dasu | 5,440 | 422,947 | 77.8 | 19.05% |
9 | Kolai Palas | Kolai | 1,410 | 280,162 | 198.7 | 18.80% |
# | Tehsil | Area (km²) [16] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) | Districts |
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1 | Abbottabad Tehsil | 1,285 | 1,003,339 | 101.76 | Abbottabad District | |
2 | Havelian Tehsil | 342 | 256,754 | 98.8 | ||
3 | Lora Tehsil | 187 | 98,717 | 97.22 | ||
4 | Lower Tanawal Tehsil | 153 | 60,262 | 98.88 | ||
5 | Allai Tehsil | 804 | 218,149 | 271.33 | Batagram District | |
6 | Batagram Tehsil | 497 | 335,984 | 676.02 | ||
7 | Ghazi Tehsil | 595 | 151,839 | 255.19 | Haripur District | |
8 | Haripur Tehsil | 834 | 836,058 | 1,002.47 | ||
9 | Khanpur Tehsil | 296 | 186,886 | 631.37 | ||
10 | Bataira / Kolai | 170 | 142,660 | 839.18 | Kolai-Palas District | |
11 | Palas | 1,240 | 137,502 | 110.89 | ||
12 | Bankad Tehsil | 331 | 205,851 | 621.91 | Lower Kohistan District | |
13 | Pattan Tehsil | 311 | 134,166 | 431.4 | ||
14 | Baffa Pakhal | 640 | 460,090 | 718.89 | Mansehra District | |
15 | Bala Kot Tehsil | 2,376 | 310,339 | 130.61 | ||
16 | Darband | 102 | 51,702 | 506.88 | ||
17 | Mansehra Tehsil | 700 | 723,325 | 1,033.32 | ||
18 | Oghi Tehsil | 307 | 251,721 | 819.94 | ||
19 | Tanawal Tehsil | |||||
20 | Daur Maira Tehsil | 86 | 50,503 | 587.24 | Torghar District | |
21 | Judba Tehsil | 63 | 63,083 | 1,001.32 | ||
22 | Khander Hassanzai Tehsil | 305 | 86,859 | 284.78 | ||
23 | Dassu Tehsil | 1,958 | 148,914 | 76.05 | Upper Kohistan District | |
24 | Harban Basha Tehsil | |||||
25 | Kandia Tehsil | 1,926 | 165,232 | 85.79 | ||
26 | Seo Tehsil | 258 | 59,557 | 230.84 |
Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district. It is about 120 km (75 mi) north of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and 150 km (95 mi) east of Peshawar, at an elevation of 1,256 m (4,121 ft). Kashmir lies a short distance to the east.
Abbottabad District is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is part of the Hazara Division and Hazara region covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town. Neighbouring districts include Mansehra to the north and Haripur to the west in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muzaffarabad to the east in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Rawalpindi to the south in the Punjab province. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Abbottabad district is 1,397,587.
Haripur District is a district in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Before obtaining the status of a district in 1991, Haripur was a tehsil of Abbottabad District Its headquarters are the city of Haripur. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Haripur District is 1,173,056.
Mansehra District is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district. The district has a Hindkowan majority, with a significant Pashtun and Kohistani population.
Haripur is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 14th largest city by population in the province, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district. Located some 65 km (40 mi) north of Islamabad Capital Territory and 35 km (22 mi) south of Abbottabad, Haripur is in a hilly plain area at an altitude of 520 m (1,706 ft).
Kohistan District, also known as Indus Kohistan and Hazara Kohistan, was a former District within the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Consisting of eastern portion of the larger Kohistan region, it was bifurcated into two districts in 2014: Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan. In 2017, the Lower Kohistan District was further bifurcated and a district Kolai-Palas was established. It has an area of 7,492 square kilometres (2,893 sq mi) and a population of 472,570 according to the 1998 Census.
Mansehra is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. By population, it is the 71st largest city in the country and the 7th largest in the province, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district.
Hazara, historically also known as Pakhli, is a region in northern Pakistan, falling administratively within the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It forms the northernmost portion of Sindh Sagar Doab, and is mainly populated by the indigenous Hindko-speaking Hindkowans and Kohistani people, with a significant Pashto-speaking population. The inhabitants of Hazara are collectively called the Hazarewal.
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