Peshawar Division پشاور ڈویژن پېښور څانګه | |
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![]() Peshawar Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Capital | Peshawar |
Government | |
• Type | Divisional Administration |
• Mayor | Zubair Khan (JUI-F) |
• Commissioner | Riaz Khan Mehsud (BPS-20 PCS) |
• Capital City Police Officer | Syed Ashfaq Anwar (BPS-20 PSP) |
Population (2023) | |
10,035,171 | |
• Urban | 2,635,067 (26.26%) |
• Rural | 7,400,104 |
Language Speakers | |
• Speakers | |
Literacy | |
• Literacy rate |
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Website | cpd |
Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves. Later in the mid-1990s, the district of Mardan (and its tehsils) also became a division itself. CNIC code of Peshawar Division is 17.
# | District | Headquarter | Area (km²) [3] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
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1 | Charsadda | Charsadda | 996 | 1,835,504 | 1,843.1 | 53.94% |
2 | Khyber | Landi Kotal | 2,576 | 1,146,267 | 445.0 | 38.45% |
3 | Nowshera | Nowshera | 1,748 | 1,740,705 | 995.8 | 56.78% |
4 | Peshawar | Peshawar | 1,518 | 4,758,762 | 3,135.6 | 53.28% |
5 | Mohmand | Ghalanai | 2,296 | 553,933 | 241.2 | 31.28% |
# | Tehsil | Area (km²) [4] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) | Districts |
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1 | Charsadda Tehsil | 445 | 909,438 | 2,043.68 | Charsadda District | |
2 | Shabqadar Tehsil | 204 | 440,524 | 2,159.43 | ||
3 | Tangi Tehsil | 347 | 485,542 | 1,399.26 | ||
4 | Bagh Maidan Tehsil | Khyber District | ||||
5 | Bara Tehsil | 1,430 | 548,084 | 383.28 | ||
6 | Bazar Zakha Khel Tehsil | |||||
7 | Fort Salop Tehsil | |||||
8 | Jamrud Tehsil | 311 | 243,290 | 782.28 | ||
9 | Landi Kotal Tehsil | 679 | 312,313 | 459.96 | ||
10 | Mula Gori Tehsil | 156 | 42,580 | 272.95 | ||
11 | Painda Cheena Tehsil | |||||
12 | Ambar Utman Khel Tehsil | 273 | 79,455 | 291.04 | Mohmand District | |
13 | Halim Zai Tehsil | 211 | 89,149 | 422.51 | ||
14 | Pindiali Tehsil | 454 | 112,247 | 247.24 | ||
15 | Pran Ghar Tehsil | 257 | 36,046 | 140.26 | ||
16 | Safi Tehsil | 322 | 109,620 | 340.43 | ||
17 | Upper Mohmand (Baizai) Tehsil]] | 513 | 63,659 | 124.09 | ||
18 | Yake Ghund Tehsil | 266 | 63,757 | 239.69 | ||
19 | Jehangira Tehsil | 718 | 434,984 | 100.72 | Nowshera District | |
20 | Nowshera Tehsil | 679 | 796,226 | 106.39 | ||
21 | Pabbi Tehsil | 351 | 509,495 | 102.42 | ||
22 | Badbher Tehsil | 357 | 439,912 | 1,232.25 | Peshawar District | |
23 | Chamkani Tehsil | 226 | 624,354 | 2,762.63 | ||
24 | Hassan Khel Tehsil | 261 | 72,557 | 278 | ||
25 | Mathra Tehsil | 218 | 495,059 | 2,270.91 | ||
26 | Peshawar City Tehsil | 176 | 2,113,596 | 12,009.07 | ||
27 | Peshtakhara Tehsil | 135 | 480,436 | 3,558.79 | ||
28 | Shah Alam Tehsil | 145 | 532,848 | 3,674.81 |
According to the 2023 census, Peshawar Division had a population of 10,035,171. [5]
Religious group | 1881 [6] | 1891 [7] | 1901 [8] | 1911 [9] | 1921 [10] | 1931 [11] | 1941 [12] [13] : 22 | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam ![]() | 546,117 | 92.14% | 654,443 | 92.99% | 732,870 | 92.92% | 807,788 | 93.38% | 836,222 | 92.16% | 898,683 | 92.24% | 769,589 | 90.35% |
Hinduism ![]() | 39,321 | 6.63% | 35,417 | 5.03% | 40,183 | 5.09% | 35,367 | 4.09% | 48,144 | 5.31% | 42,321 | 4.34% | 51,212 | 6.01% |
Christianity ![]() | 4,088 | 0.69% | 4,742 | 0.67% | 4,288 | 0.54% | 5,604 | 0.65% | 7,652 | 0.84% | 8,974 | 0.92% | 6,890 | 0.81% |
Sikhism ![]() | 3,103 | 0.52% | 9,125 | 1.3% | 11,318 | 1.44% | 16,196 | 1.87% | 15,326 | 1.69% | 24,271 | 2.49% | 24,030 | 2.82% |
Zoroastrianism ![]() | 39 | 0.01% | 37 | 0.01% | 46 | 0.01% | 49 | 0.01% | 20 | 0% | 59 | 0.01% | 24 | 0% |
Jainism ![]() | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Buddhism ![]() | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 18 | 0% |
Judaism ![]() | — | — | 4 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 0% | 70 | 0.01% |
Others | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 592,674 | 100% | 703,768 | 100% | 788,707 | 100% | 865,009 | 100% | 907,367 | 100% | 974,321 | 100% | 851,833 | 100% |
Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Peshawar District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Peshawar Division. |