Haripur Tehsil is a tehsil located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 37 Union Councils.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Haripur - Government of Pakistan It 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 Today's Haripur Tehsil is a subdivision of Haripur District, prior to 1991 the whole of Haripur District was a subdivision of Abbottabad District - then known as Haripur Tehsil.THE ROLE OF HAZARAS IN THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN: THE POSTINDEPENDENCE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY
Demography According to the 2023 census the total population of Haripur Tehsil was 688,293 of which 348,868 were male and 339,415 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: 832914 Muslim, 1867 Christians, 18 Hindus, 103 Ahmadi Muslims, 13 Sikh and 53 listed as others.TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023
+ Religious affiliation of residents Religion Followers Percentage Muslim 832,914 99.76% Christian 1,867 0.22% Hindu 18 <0.01% Ahmadis 103 0.01% Sikh 13 <0.01% Others 53 0.01%
The mother tongue of residents was recorded as follows: 19,313 Urdu, 7,019 Punjabi, 421 Sindhi, 107,464 Pushto, 166 Balochi, 452 Kashmiri, 939 Saraiki, 689,832 Hindko, 229 Brahvi, 363 Shina, 30 Balti, 5 Mewati, 11 Kalasha, 2,630 Kohistani and 6,100 listed as others.TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
+ Mother tongue of residents Language Speakers Percentage Urdu 19,313 2.52% Punjabi 7,019 0.92% Sindhi 421 0.05% Pushto 107,464 14.04% Balochi 166 0.02% Kashmiri 452 0.06% Saraiki 939 0.12% Hindko 689,832 90.18% Brahvi 229 0.03% Shina 363 0.05% Balti 30 0.00% Mewati 5 0.00% Kalasha 11 0.00% Kohistani 2,630 0.34% Others 6,100 0.80%
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