Takht-e-Nasrati Tehsil

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Takht-e-Nasarati Tehsil
تحصیل تخت نصرتی
تخت نصرتي تحصیل
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Karak
Government
   Nazim Sajjad Ahmad Khattak (PTI)
Area
  Total
813 km2 (314 sq mi)
Population
 (2023) [1]
  Total
298,151
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of village councils21
Number of Union Councils 7

Takht-e-Nasarati is a tehsil of Karak District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [2] The town of Takht-e-Nasrati is the headquarters of the tehsil. The Sheenghar and Sur Ghar mountains make borders with Mianwali District , Punjab on east side while Lakki Marwat to south, Bannu district to the west and Karak on the north side.

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Administration

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 21 Village councils. These are:

Mouza’s in Takht-e-Nasrati

There are 17 mouza’s in Takht-e-Nasrati.

Patwar Halqa’s

It is divided into 11 patwar Halqa’s and 2 Qanungoi circles. The Patwar halqa’s are

The two Qanungoi circles are

Educational Institutions

The literacy rate of Takht-e-Nasrati was 69.55% as per 2023 census more than it neighbouring tehsils in Karak. Takht e Nasrati have many notable public sector educational institutes which include

Takht e Nasrati tehsil have a plethora of private sector schools,colleges, degree colleges, Colleges for allied health sciences in Chokara which have a fruitful result in 86.6% of male literacy rate as per 2023 census.

Transportation

The N-55 Indus Highway goes throuthe middle of takht-e-Nasrati with approximate length of 20 kilometres. All the other roads are connected to this main highway. Other major roads include Takht-e-Nasrati road starting from Amberi kalla to Takht-e-Nasrati with approximate length of 12 kilometres and further extended to Abbasi Banda, Khojaki kalla to ahmad Abad road, Warrana to Ahmad Abad road, Zarkhan Kalla to Inzar Morh , Inzar morh to Hamidan Road and Mirdal Band to Yaghi Musakan Road.

Festivals

Takht-e-Nasrati holds many festivals which provide recreational opportunities and groceries at low prices and many festivities alongside exhibition of culture. The main festivals includes

Notable people

Bazar’s & Market places

There is variety of market places in the tehsil for shopping purposes which includes

References

  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Karak Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today