Hazara Division

Not to be confused with the Hazara region.

Hazara Division
ہزارہ ڈویژن
هزاره څانګه‎
Division
Hazara Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Hazara Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
CountryPakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
HeadquartersAbbottabad
Districts9
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerAamir Sultan Tareen (BPS-20 PAS)
 • Regional police officerTahir Ayub Khan (BPS-20 PSP)
Area
[1]
 • Division
17,064 km2 (6,588 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Division
6,188,736
 • Urban
634,914 (10.26%)
 • Rural
5,553,822
Native Speakers
[2]
 • Speakers
Literacy
[3]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (60.95%)
  • Male:
    (71.42 %)
  • Female:
    (50.33 %)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area codeCNIC: 13
Websitechd.kp.gov.pk

Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Torghar and most recently created Allai District.

Location

Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.

History

On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.

Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.

In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts:[4]

Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.

Demographics

Languages of Hazara region (2023)[5]

  Hindko (56%)
  Pashto (20.68%)
  Kohistani (14.6%)
  Urdu (1.5%)
  Shina (1.11%)
  Others (6.5%)

According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736.[6]

Religious groups in Hazara Division (British North-West Frontier Province era)
Religious
group 		1881[7] 1891[8] 1901[9] 1911[10] 1921[11] 1931[12] 1941[13]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 385,759 94.76% 488,453 94.61% 533,120 95.15% 572,972 95.02% 591,058 94.97% 636,794 95.03% 756,004 94.95%
Hinduism 19,843 4.87% 23,983 4.65% 23,031 4.11% 24,389 4.04% 26,038 4.18% 25,260 3.77% 30,267 3.8%
Sikhism 1,381 0.34% 3,609 0.7% 4,036 0.72% 5,489 0.91% 4,850 0.78% 7,630 1.14% 9,220 1.16%
Christianity 90 0.02% 236 0.05% 101 0.02% 178 0.03% 403 0.06% 432 0.06% 737 0.09%
Jainism 0 0% 3 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 4 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 0%
Judaism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 2 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 407,075 100% 516,288 100% 560,288 100% 603,028 100% 622,349 100% 670,117 100% 796,230 100%
Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Hazara District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Hazara Division.

List of the Districts

Hazara Division contains the following districts:[14]

# District Headquarter Area

(km²)[15]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Haripur Haripur 1,725 1,174,783 681.3 74.88%
2 Battagram Battagram 1,301 554,133 425.9 39.09%
3 Abbottabad Abbottabad 1,967 1,419,072 721.6 77.34%
4 Allai Allai Valley 521 N/A N/A N/A
5 Lower Kohistan Pattan 642 340,017 529.5 22.05%
6 Mansehra Mansehra 4,125 1,797,177 435.6 63.79%
7 Torghar Judba 454 200,445 441.6 29.74%
8 Upper Kohistan Dasu 5,440 422,947 77.8 19.05%
9 Kolai Palas Kolai 1,410 280,162 198.7 18.80%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area

(km²)[16]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Abbottabad Tehsil 1,285 1,003,339 101.76 Abbottabad District
2 Havelian Tehsil 342 256,754 98.8
3 Lora Tehsil 187 98,717 97.22
4 Lower Tanawal Tehsil 153 60,262 98.88
5 Allai Tehsil 804 218,149 271.33 Batagram District
6 Batagram Tehsil 497 335,984 676.02
7 Ghazi Tehsil 595 151,839 255.19 Haripur District
8 Haripur Tehsil 834 836,058 1,002.47
9 Khanpur Tehsil 296 186,886 631.37
10 Bataira / Kolai 170 142,660 839.18 Kolai-Palas District
11 Palas 1,240 137,502 110.89
12 Bankad Tehsil 331 205,851 621.91 Lower Kohistan District
13 Pattan Tehsil 311 134,166 431.4
14 Baffa Pakhal 640 460,090 718.89 Mansehra District
15 Bala Kot Tehsil 2,376 310,339 130.61
16 Darband 102 51,702 506.88
17 Mansehra Tehsil 700 723,325 1,033.32
18 Oghi Tehsil 307 251,721 819.94
19 Tanawal Tehsil
20 Daur Maira Tehsil 86 50,503 587.24 Torghar District
21 Judba Tehsil 63 63,083 1,001.32
22 Khander Hassanzai Tehsil 305 86,859 284.78
23 Dassu Tehsil 1,958 148,914 76.05 Upper Kohistan District
24 Harban Basha Tehsil
25 Kandia Tehsil 1,926 165,232 85.79
26 Seo Tehsil 258 59,557 230.84

See also

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