Oghi Tehsil

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Oghi Tehsil
تحصیل اوگئی
اوګي تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Mansehra District SubDiv.svg
Administrative subdivisions of Mansehra District.
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Mansehra
Government
 • ChairmanNawabzada Hiasam Salah Uddin (PTI)
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total265,728
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns 1

Oghi is a tehsil in Mansehra District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its territory largely coincides with the Agror Valley, and its headquarters is the town of Oghi. Oghi Tehsil in Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, was established in 1986. Prior to that, this area was part of Mansehra Tehsil. A decision was made by the government to reorganize tehsils and create new administrative units, and as a result, Oghi Tehsil was formed in this manner.

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There tehsils 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 into the new tehsil of Darband. [3]

Population

The major social groups are the Tanoli, (Pashton Tribe) Sawati, Syed (Jalali), Pathans mostly Yousafzai - Azizwanis migrated adjacent Tor Ghar area and Gujjars. The predominant language is Pashto, spoken by about three quarters of the population, but there is a large group of Hindko speakers and a smaller number of speakers of Gojri. The main economics activities are agriculture, forestry and livestock production. [2]

Most of the area is arid or rain-fed. About 25% of the people are involved in the agricultural sector. Timber is the main source of fuel.[ citation needed ]

Tanawal Area

On the southwestern side is the Tanawal valley. New Darband Township and Shergarh are the main town and village of the Tehsil, respectively. Tanolis are the main caste of this area.

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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 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. 1 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.

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