Abbottabad Tehsil

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.

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]