Abbottabad Tehsil () is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tehsil covers an area of .TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

History During the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District.Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1 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.

Demography According to the 2023 census the total population of Abbottabad Tehsil was 727,449 of which 366,447 were male and 360,984 were female.TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023 The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 977268 Muslim, 4476 Christians, 81 Hindus, 16 Ahmadi Muslims, 31 Sikh, 5 Parsi and 80 listed as others.TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023

+ Religious affiliation of residents Religion Followers Percentage Muslim 977,268 99.52% Christian 4,476 0.46% Hindu 81 0.01% Ahmadis 16 <0.01% Sikh 31 <0.01% Parsi 5 <0.01% Others 80 0.01%

The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 42,734 Urdu, 10,401 Punjabi, 730 Sindhi, 81,731 Pushto, 269 Balochi, 1,080 Kashmiri, 1,722 Saraiki, 1,221,957 Hindko, 521 Brahvi, 1,971 Shina, 160 Balti, 14 Mewati, 8 Kalasha, 11,744 Kohistani and 22,545 listed as others.TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023

+ Mother tongue of residents Language Speakers Percentage Urdu 42,734 3.06% Punjabi 10,401 0.74% Sindhi 730 0.05% Pushto 81,731 5.85% Balochi 269 0.02% Kashmiri 1,080 0.08% Saraiki 1,722 0.12% Hindko 1,221,957 87.44% Brahvi 521 0.04% Shina 1,971 0.14% Balti 160 0.01% Mewati 14 0.00% Kalasha 8 0.00% Kohistani 11,744 0.84% Others 22,545 1.61%

Subdivisions

Municipal Committees Abbottabad (Headquarters)

Cantonments Abbottabad Cantonment Murree Gallies Cantonment

Town Councils

Nawan Shehr

Union Councils

Bagan Bagh Bagnotar Bakot Bal Dheri Banda Qazi Bandi Dhundan Biran Gali Birot Kalan Birot Khurd Boi Chamhad Chatri Dahamtore Galiat Gojri Union Council Dalola Jarral Jhangi Kakol Kakot Kassaki Kalan Kokmang Kothiala Lakhala Malach Moolia Mir Pur Nagaki Nagri Bala Namal Namli Mera Nawan Shehr Janubi Nawan Shehr Shumali Palak Pattan Kalan Pawa Phal Kot Pind Kargoo Khan Qasba Abbatabad Rach Behn Rialah Salhad Seri Shehr Shah Sheikhul Bandi Sherwan Sir Bhanna Tar Nawai

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