Pakistani administrative area
Tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Lower Tanawal Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل لوور تناول) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It covers an area of 153km².[2]
History
During the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District.[3] 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 Lower Tanawal itself has been created as a tehsil in its own right.
Demography
According to the 2023 census the total population of Lower Tanawal Tehsil was 60,262 of which 29,960 were male and 30,300 were female.[4] The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 60097 Muslim, 129 Christians, 5 Hindus, 1 Ahmadi Muslim, 1 Sikh and 4 listed as others.[5]
Religious affiliation of residents
| Religion
|
Followers
|
Percentage
|
| Muslim
|
60,097
|
99.77%
|
| Christian
|
129
|
0.21%
|
| Hindu
|
5
|
0.01%
|
| Ahmadis
|
1
|
<0.00%
|
| Sikh
|
1
|
<0.00%
|
| Others
|
4
|
0.01%
|
The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 520 Urdu, 12 Punjabi, 1 Sindhi, 177 Pushto, 4 Kashmiri, 26 Saraiki, 59,449 Hindko, 8 Brahvi, 13 Shina, 2 Balti, 1 Mewati, 1 Kohistani and 25 listed as others.[6]
Mother tongue of residents
| Language
|
Speakers
|
Percentage
|
| Urdu
|
520
|
0.86%
|
| Punjabi
|
12
|
0.02%
|
| Sindhi
|
1
|
0.00%
|
| Pushto
|
177
|
0.29%
|
| Kashmiri
|
4
|
0.01%
|
| Saraiki
|
26
|
0.04%
|
| Hindko
|
59,449
|
98.69%
|
| Brahvi
|
8
|
0.01%
|
| Shina
|
13
|
0.02%
|
| Balti
|
2
|
0.00%
|
| Mewati
|
1
|
0.00%
|
| Kohistani
|
1
|
0.00%
|
| Others
|
25
|
0.04%
|
References
- ^ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
- ^ TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
- ^ Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1
- ^ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
- ^ TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023
- ^ TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
