Oghi Tehsil

Oghi Tehsil تحصیل اوگئی اوګي تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Administrative subdivisions of Mansehra District.
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mansehra
Founded	1986
Government
• Chairman	Nawabzada Hiasam Salah Uddin (PTI)
Population  (2023) [1]
• Total	251,533
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns	1

Oghi is a tehsil of Mansehra District, in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Its territory largely coincides with the Agror Valley, and its headquarters is the town of Oghi. Oghi tehsil was established in 1986. Prior to that, this area was part of Mansehra Tehsil. ^[1]

The tehsil is made up of the following union councils: Oghi, Belian, Dilbori, Kathai, Karori, Shamdhara, Shergarh, and Shungli Bandi. ^[2] In August 2017, the three union councils of Darband, Nika Pani and Shanaya were separated to form the new tehsil of Darband. ^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2023 national census, the total population of Oghi Tehsil was 251,533, with the share of the three largest languages: Hindko, Pashto and Kohistani being 44.41% (111,719), 41.57% (104,563) and 3.13% (7,876), respectively. ^[1]

The major social groups include Tanoli, Swathi, Syed, Yousafzai and Gujar. The predominant languages are Hindko and Pashto, but there is a sizeable group of speakers of Gojri. Most of the area is arid or rain-fed. The main economics activities are agriculture, forestry and livestock production. ^[2]

References

1. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
2. Junaid Ahmed; et al. (2019). "Multivariate approaches evaluated in the ethnoecological investigation of Tehsil Oghi, Mansehra, Pakistan". Acta Ecologica Sinica. 39 (6): 443–450. doi:10.1016/j.chnaes.2018.11.006. ISSN   1872-2032.
3. "Darband given status of tehsil". Dawn. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

External links

• Media related to Oghi tehsil at Wikimedia Commons

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