Hazara Division

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Hazara Division
ہزارہ ڈویژن
هزاره څانګه
Hazara Division Locator.png
Hazara Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Headquarters Abbottabad
Districts 9
Government
  TypeDivisional Administration
  CommissionerAamir Sultan Tareen (BPS-20 PAS)
  Regional police officerTahir Ayub Khan (BPS-20 PSP)
Area
[1]
   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
[2]
  Speakers
Literacy
[3]
  Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (60.95%)
  • Male:
    (71.42 %)
  • Female:
    (50.33 %)
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Area code CNIC: 13
Website chd.kp.gov.pk

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.

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Location

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.

History

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.

Demographics

Languages of Hazara region (2023) [5]

   Hindko (56%)
   Pashto (20.68%)
   Kohistani (14.6%)
   Urdu (1.5%)
   Shina (1.11%)
  Others (6.5%)

According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736. [6]

Religious groups in Hazara Division (British North-West Frontier Province era)
Religious
group
1881 [7] 1891 [8] 1901 [9] 1911 [10] 1921 [11] 1931 [12] 1941 [13]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 385,759488,453533,120572,972591,058636,794756,004
Hinduism Om.svg 19,84323,98323,03124,38926,03825,26030,267
Sikhism Khanda.svg 1,3813,6094,0365,4894,8507,6309,220
Christianity Christian cross.svg 90236101178403432737
Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg 0300000
Zoroastrianism Faravahar.svg 0400010
Buddhism Dharma Wheel (2).svg 0000002
Judaism Star of David.svg 000000
Others2000000
Total population407,075516,288560,288603,028622,349670,117796,230
Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Hazara District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Hazara Division.

List of the Districts

Hazara Division contains the following districts: [14]

#DistrictHeadquarterArea

(km²) [15]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Haripur Haripur 1,7251,174,783681.374.88%
2 Battagram Battagram 1,301554,133425.939.09%
3 Abbottabad Abbottabad 1,9671,419,072721.677.34%
4 Allai Allai Valley 521N/AN/AN/A
5 Lower Kohistan Pattan 642340,017529.522.05%
6 Mansehra Mansehra 4,1251,797,177435.663.79%
7 Torghar Judba 454200,445441.629.74%
8 Upper Kohistan Dasu 5,440422,94777.819.05%
9 Kolai Palas Kolai 1,410280,162198.718.80%

List of the Tehsils

#TehsilArea

(km²) [16]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Abbottabad Tehsil 1,2851,003,339101.76 Abbottabad District
2 Havelian Tehsil 342256,75498.8
3 Lora Tehsil 18798,71797.22
4 Lower Tanawal Tehsil 15360,26298.88
5 Allai Tehsil 804218,149271.33 Batagram District
6 Batagram Tehsil 497335,984676.02
7 Ghazi Tehsil 595151,839255.19 Haripur District
8 Haripur Tehsil 834836,0581,002.47
9 Khanpur Tehsil 296186,886631.37
10 Bataira / Kolai 170142,660839.18 Kolai-Palas District
11 Palas 1,240137,502110.89
12 Bankad Tehsil 331205,851621.91 Lower Kohistan District
13 Pattan Tehsil 311134,166431.4
14 Baffa Pakhal 640460,090718.89 Mansehra District
15 Bala Kot Tehsil 2,376310,339130.61
16 Darband 10251,702506.88
17 Mansehra Tehsil 700723,3251,033.32
18 Oghi Tehsil 307251,721819.94
19 Tanawal Tehsil
20 Daur Maira Tehsil 8650,503587.24 Torghar District
21 Judba Tehsil 6363,0831,001.32
22 Khander Hassanzai Tehsil 30586,859284.78
23 Dassu Tehsil 1,958148,91476.05 Upper Kohistan District
24 Harban Basha Tehsil
25 Kandia Tehsil 1,926165,23285.79
26 Seo Tehsil 25859,557230.84

See also

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