Lora Tehsil
Lora Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل لورا) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the district and borders Punjab province.[2] It covers an area of 187km². [3] HistoryDuring the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District.[4] After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian. In recent years Lora itself has been created as a tehsil in its own right. Tehsil Lora has always been an important place and also a business hub of Circle Lora which consists of six union councils (Lora, Goreeni, Phallah, Nagri Tutial, Seer Sharqi and Seer Gharbi). It lies at the peripheral boundary of Abbottabad and most of the people works in Islamabad due to easy access by road through the Ghora Gali- Rawalpindi road and now Rakhala road is more important. The tribes of lora are Abbasi, Gujjar, Junjua, Awan, Qureshies and others. AdministrationTehsil Lora has 6 union councils. U.C Phallah, Lora, Seer Sharqi, Seer Gharbi, Goreeni and Nagri Totial.[5] Rajab Ali Khan Abbasi MPA Of PK-43 Abbottabad-II belongs to Tehsil Lora. Tehsil Lora is bisected by the Haro River (on which the Khanpur Dam is built). Locals grow seasonal crops such as Maize (makai) and Wheat (gandum). DemographyAccording to the 2023 census the total population of Lora Tehsil was 98,717 of which 48,662 were male and 50,054 were female.[6] The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 98326 Muslim, 268 Christians, 10 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 1 Sikh, 1 Parsi and 60 listed as others.[7]
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