Rustam Tehsil تحصیل رستم رستم تحصیل | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
District | Mardan |
Capital | Rustam |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Rustam Tehsil is a tehsil located in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town of Rustam is the capital of the tehsil. [1] According to the 2017 census the tehsil covering an area of 379sqkm had a population of 279,527 of which 140,896 were male and 138,629 female. [2] The area is part of the PK-55 Mardan-II constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
According to the 2023 census the religious affiliation of Rustam Tehsil was as follows: 278,915 Muslim, 578 Christian, 2 Ahmadi Muslim, 2 Sikhs and 10 were listed as others. [3]
Religion | Population |
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Muslim | 278,915 |
Christian | 578 |
Ahmadi | 2 |
Sikh | 2 |
Others | 10 |
The census also recorded the first language of the residents of the tehsil as follows, 102 Urdu, 55 Punjabi, 55 Sindhi, 277,471 Pushto, 225 Balochi, 1 Kashmiri, 1 Saraiki, 115 Hindko, 2 Kalasha, 32 Kohistani and 1,491 listed as others. [4]
Language | Speakers |
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Urdu | 102 |
Punjabi | 55 |
Sindhi | 55 |
Pushto | 277,471 |
Balochi | 225 |
Kashmiri | 1 |
Saraiki | 1 |
Hindko | 115 |
Kalasha | 2 |
Kohistani | 32 |
Others | 1,491 |