Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves. Later in the mid-1990s, the district of Mardan (and its tehsils) also became a division itself. CNIC code of Peshawar Division is 17.
List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1CharsaddaCharsadda9961,835,5041,843.153.94%2KhyberLandi Kotal2,5761,146,267445.038.45%3NowsheraNowshera1,7481,740,705995.856.78%4PeshawarPeshawar1,5184,758,7623,135.653.28%5MohmandGhalanai2,296553,933241.231.28%
List of the Tehsils #TehsilArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)Districts1Charsadda Tehsil445909,4382,043.68Charsadda District2Shabqadar Tehsil204440,5242,159.433Tangi Tehsil347485,5421,399.264Bagh Maidan TehsilKhyber District5Bara Tehsil1,430548,084383.286Bazar Zakha Khel Tehsil7Fort Salop Tehsil8Jamrud Tehsil311243,290782.289Landi Kotal Tehsil679312,313459.9610Mula Gori Tehsil15642,580272.9511Painda Cheena Tehsil12Ambar Utman Khel Tehsil27379,455291.04Mohmand District13Halim Zai Tehsil21189,149422.5114Pindiali Tehsil454112,247247.2415Pran Ghar Tehsil25736,046140.2616Safi Tehsil322109,620340.4317Upper Mohmand (Baizai) Tehsil]]51363,659124.0918Yake Ghund Tehsil26663,757239.6919Jehangira Tehsil718434,984100.72Nowshera District20Nowshera Tehsil679796,226106.3921Pabbi Tehsil351509,495102.4222Badbher Tehsil357439,9121,232.25Peshawar District23Chamkani Tehsil226624,3542,762.6324Hassan Khel Tehsil26172,55727825Mathra Tehsil218495,0592,270.9126Peshawar City Tehsil1762,113,59612,009.0727Peshtakhara Tehsil135480,4363,558.7928Shah Alam Tehsil145532,8483,674.81
Demographics According to the 2023 census, Peshawar Division had a population of 10,035,171 roughly equal to the nation of Portugal or the US state of Michigan or Chinese province of Liaoning. + Religious groups in Peshawar Division (British North-West Frontier Province era)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Islam 546,117 654,443 732,870 807,788 836,222 898,683 769,589 Hinduism 39,321 35,417 40,183 35,367 48,144 42,321 51,212 Christianity 4,088 4,742 4,288 5,604 7,652 8,974 6,890 Sikhism 3,103 9,125 11,318 16,196 15,326 24,271 24,030 Zoroastrianism 39 37 46 49 20 59 24 Jainism 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 Buddhism 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 Judaism 4 2 1 0 11 70 Others 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total population 592,674 703,768 788,707 865,009 907,367 974,321 851,833
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPK-62 Charsadda-INA-24 Charsadda-ICharsaddaPK-66 Charsadda-VPK-63 Charsadda-IINA-25 Charsadda-IIPK-65 Charsadda-IVPK-64 Charsadda-IIIPK-67 Mohmand-INA-26 MohmandMohmandPK-68 Mohmand-IIPK-69 Khyber-INA-27 KhyberKhyberPK-70 Khyber-IIPK-71 Khyber-IIIPK-72 Peshawar-INA-28 Peshawar-IPeshawarPK-73 Peshawar-IIPK-74 Peshawar-IIIPK-75 Peshawar-IVNA-29 Peshawar-IIPK-76 Peshawar-VPK-77 Peshawar-VINA-30 Peshawar-IIIPK-78 Peshawar-VIIPK-79 Peshawar-VIIINA-31 Peshawar-IVPK-80 Peshawar-IXPK-81 Peshawar-XPK-82 Peshawar-XINA-32 Peshawar-VPK-83 Peshawar-XIIPK-84 Peshawar-XIIIPK-85 Nowshera-INA-33 Nowshera-INowsheraPK-86 Nowshera-IIPK-87 Nowshera-IIIPK-88 Nowshera-IVNA-34 Nowshera-IIPK-89 Nowshera-V
See also Hazara Division Kohat Division Mardan Division
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