Demographics of Attock
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This article deals with the demographics of Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan.
Population
As of the 2023 census, Attock district had 353,973 households and a population of 2,170,423. The district has a sex ratio of 100.83 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 70.22%: 79.69% for males and 60.66% for females.[3][4] 473,463 (22.2% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[5] 623,984 (28.75%) live in urban areas.[3]
Religion
As per the 2023 census, Islam is the predominant religion with 99.3% of the population.[7]
| Religious
group |
1941[8][a] | 2017[9] | 2023[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
484,616 | 89.85% | 1,877,221 | 99.51% | 2,118,159 | 99.30% |
Hinduism  [b] |
35,593 | 6.60% | 575 | 0.03% | 501 | 0.02% |
Sikhism  |
16,740 | 3.10% | ... | ... | 769 | 0.04% |
Christianity  |
500 | 0.09% | 7,699 | 0.41% | 13,286 | 0.62% |
| Others | 1,910 | 0.36% | 883 | 0.05% | 290 | 0.01% |
| Total Population | 539,359 | 100% | 1,886,378 | 100% | 2,133,005 | 100% |
| Religious
group |
1911[10][11] | 1921[12] | 1931[13] | 1941[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Islam |
471,890 | 90.88% | 465,694 | 90.91% | 531,793 | 91.07% | 611,128 | 90.42% |
| Sikhism |
26,914 | 5.18% | 19,809 | 3.87% | 19,522 | 3.34% | 20,120 | 2.98% |
| Hinduism [b] |
19,741 | 3.8% | 26,184 | 5.11% | 31,932 | 5.47% | 43,209 | 6.39% |
| Christianity |
707 | 0.14% | 557 | 0.11% | 710 | 0.12% | 504 | 0.07% |
Zoroastrianism  |
11 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
Jainism  |
9 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
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1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 7 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 891 | 0.13% |
| Total population | 519,273 | 100% | 512,249 | 100% | 583,960 | 100% | 675,875 | 100% |
| Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: District created in 1904 by taking Talagang Tehsil from Jhelum District and Pindi Gheb, Fateh Jang and Attock Tehsils from Rawalpindi District. | ||||||||
| Tehsil | Islam |
Hinduism |
Sikhism |
Christianity |
Jainism |
Others[c] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Attock Tehsil | 158,313 | 91.26% | 11,203 | 6.46% | 3,428 | 1.98% | 523 | 0.3% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 173,472 | 100% |
| Pindigheb Tehsil | 108,356 | 90.22% | 6,131 | 5.11% | 5,582 | 4.65% | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 120,097 | 100% |
| Talagong Tehsil | 98,887 | 91.14% | 5,233 | 4.82% | 4,379 | 4.04% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 108,501 | 100% |
| Fatehjang Tehsil | 100,138 | 90.89% | 3,617 | 3.28% | 6,420 | 5.83% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 110,179 | 100% |
| Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. | ||||||||||||||
| Tehsil | Islam |
Hinduism [b] |
Sikhism |
Christianity |
Jainism |
Others[d] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Attock Tehsil | 207,557 | 88.6% | 19,346 | 8.26% | 6,047 | 2.58% | 455 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.01% | 846 | 0.36% | 234,264 | 100% |
| Pindigheb Tehsil | 150,458 | 90.09% | 13,112 | 7.85% | 3,347 | 2% | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 50 | 0.03% | 167,007 | 100% |
| Talagong Tehsil | 125,512 | 91.94% | 7,616 | 5.58% | 3,380 | 2.48% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 136,516 | 100% |
| Fatehjang Tehsil | 127,601 | 92.41% | 3,135 | 2.27% | 7,346 | 5.32% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 138,088 | 100% |
| Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. | ||||||||||||||
Languages
In the 2023 census, 65.23% of the population identified their first language as Punjabi, 14.45% as Hindko, 15.59% as Pashto and 2.68% as Urdu. In the previous census of 1998, the multiple choice question did not have an option for Hindko; the percentages were 87% for Punjabi, 8.3% for Pashto and 1.1% Urdu.[15]
The Punjabi dialect of the eastern Fateh Jang Tehsil is called Sohāī̃ and belongs to the Dhani dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi) and of Attock (sometimes called Chhachi) have been classified as a sub dialect of Hindko dialect.