Hassan Khel Tehsil

This article is about the administrative unit in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. For other uses, see Peshawar (disambiguation).
Hassan Khel Tehsil
تحصیل حسن خیل
حسن خېل تحصیل‎
Frontier Region Peshawar
Tehsil of Pakistan
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
SeatKalakhel
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
64,691

Hassan Khel Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Peshawar District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This subdivision borders Nowshera District to the east and Kohat Subdivision to the south.

The main settlement in Peshawar division is Kalakhel.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Peshawar Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Peshawar was a subdivision of Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The region was named after Peshawar District which lies to the north and west.[2]

Geography and climate

The region is hilly, with average heights of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.[2]

Demography

The population in 1998 was 53,800.[3]: 5  The predominant first language is Pashto, spoken by 99.2% of the inhabitants of the district.[3]: 6 

The main and only tribe of FR Peshawar is the sub-tribe Adam Khel of Afridis. The Afridi tribe is divided into 8 sub-tribes. Details has given below:-

  1. Adam Khel
  2. Malk Din Khel
  3. Qamber Khel
  4. Aqa Khel
  5. Zakha Khel
  6. Koki Khel
  7. Qamer Khel and
  8. Sipah.

References

  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ a b "Historical and administrative profile of the FR peshawar". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. ^ a b 1998 census report of Tribal Area Adjoining Peshawar District. Census publication. Vol. 145. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2001.

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