Swabi District

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Swabi District
ضلع صوابی
سوابۍ ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division Mardan
Headquarters Swabi
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 •  Deputy Commissioner Gohar Ali Khan
 • District Police OfficerHaroon Rasheed Khan
 • District Health OfficerDr Abdul Latif
Area
 • Total
1,543 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population
 (2023) [1]
 • Total
1,894,600
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
 •  Urban
339,670 (17.93%)
 •  Rural
1,554,930
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils 4
Website swabi.kp.gov.pk

Swabi District (Pashto : سوابۍ ولسوالۍ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within the Mardan District. [2] 96% of the population speaks Pashto as their first language. [3]

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The dominating tribe of Swabi is the Yusufzai, followed by the minor Utmankhel, Ghilzai, Tarakai, Jadoon and Khattak. [4] [5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 272,279—    
1961 332,543+2.02%
1972 507,631+3.92%
1981 625,035+2.34%
1998 1,026,804+2.96%
2017 1,625,477+2.45%
2023 1,894,600+2.59%
Sources: [6]

As of the 2023 census, Swabi district has 278,976 households and a population of 1,894,600. The district has a sex ratio of 102.51 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.48%: 72.34% for males and 44.50% for females. 519,863 (27.50% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 339,670 (17.93%) live in urban areas. [1]

Religion in Swabi District
Religion1941 [7] [a] 2017 [8] 2023 [9]
Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 202,41497.71%1,624,39199.93%1,885,37999.74%
Sikhism Khanda.svg 2,7471.33%——57~0%
Hinduism Om.svg 1,9680.95%880.01%800.01%
Christianity Christian cross.svg 160.01%5420.03%4,6080.24%
Others10~0%4560.03%1060.01%
Total Population207,155100%1,625,477100%1,890,230 [b] 100%

Languages of Swabi district (2023) [10]

   Pashto (97.23%)
   Hindko (2.05%)
  Others (0.72%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 97.23% of the population spoke Pashto and 2.05% Hindko as their first language. [10]

Education

Swabi District is now home to many excellent educational institutes. But there was no public sector university until 2012. The only degree awarding institution then was private sector Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, which was inaugurated in 1993. [11] In 2012, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa established the first public sector university in Swabi, when it upgraded Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Swabi campus into full-flege University of Swabi [12] [13] while Women University Swabi [14] was established in 2016. Swabi district also has a public sector medical college Gajju Khan Medical College Swabi, [15] which was established in 2014. [16]

The district also has 2 public sector Postgraduate degree colleges: Government Postgraduate College Swabi [17] and Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi. [18]

Administration

Swabi District is currently subdivided into 4 Tehsils. [19]

Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial AssemblyParty AffiliationConstituencyYear
Rangez Ahmad Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-46 Swabi-I 2018
Aqibullah Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-47 Swabi-II 2018
Abdul Karim Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-48 Swabi-III 2018
Muhammad Ali Tarakai Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-49 Swabi-IV 2018
Shahram Khan Tarakai Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-50 Swabi-V 2018

Newspaper in Swabi

Currently there are couple of newspaper publishing in Swabi under the supervision of the Swabi Group of Newspapers.

Notable people

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  1. ↑ Swabi tehsil of erstwhile Mardan district, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders have shifted since 1941.
  2. ↑ Different from official population figure since it excludes sensitive areas where religion was not asked

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