Tehsil Shabqadar تحصیل شبقدر تحصیل شبقدر | |
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Pashtun tribesmen attack the British-held fort during the 1897 Frontier Revolt | |
Coordinates: 34°12′19.584″N71°34′59.9448″E / 34.20544000°N 71.583318000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
District | Charsadda |
Capital | Shabqadar |
Founded | ---- |
Union Councils | 12 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Tehsil Chairman | Hamza Asif Khan (JUI) |
Area | |
204 km2 (79 sq mi) | |
Population | |
440,524 | |
• Rank | 2nd, Tehsil in District Charsadda |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
• Urban | 102,340 (23.23%) |
• Rural | 338,184 (76.77%) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
Postal Code | 24630 |
Area code | 091 |
Languages | Pashto, Urdu |
HDI (2017) | ![]() |
Website | [http:// City Government of Shabqadar] |
Shabqadar Tehsil is a tehsil in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is named after Shabqadar town, which is capital and tehsil headquarter. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The population of Shabqadar Tehsil, according to the 2017 census, is 383,765 while according to the 1998 census, it was 240,751. [7]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | ... | — |
1961 | ... | — |
1972 | ... | — |
1981 | ... | — |
1998 | 240,751 | — |
2017 | 383,765 | +2.48% |
2023 | 440,524 | +2.33% |
Sources: [8] |
Shabqadar becomes tehsil in 1988. [3] The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 12 Union Councils of which the headquarter is Shabqadar town. Under new local government rules, Shabqadar tehsil is divided into 29 village councils (VC) and 6 neighbourhood councils (NC). [4]
List of Shabqadar tehsil union councils are listed below: [9] [10] [11]
The Tehsil is represented in the National Assembly by MNAs who represent the following constituencies:
Constituency | MNA | Party |
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NA-23 (Charsadda-I) | Malik Anwar Taj | PTI |
The Tehsil is represented in the Provincial Assembly by MPAs who represent the following constituencies:
Constituency | MPA | Party |
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PK-60 Charsadda-V | Mohammad Arif | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
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