Lower Tanawal Tehsil
Pakistani administrative area
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Lower Tanawal Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل لوور تناول) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It covers an area of 153 km2 (59 sq mi).[2]
History
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. In recent years Lower Tanawal itself has been created as a tehsil in its own right.
Demography
According to the 2023 census the total population of Lower Tanawal Tehsil was 60,262 of which 29,960 were male and 30,300 were female.[4] The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 60097 Muslim, 129 Christians, 5 Hindus, 1 Ahmadi Muslim, 1 Sikh and 4 listed as others.[5]
| Religion | Followers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Muslim | 60,097 | 99.77% |
| Christian | 129 | 0.21% |
| Hindu | 5 | 0.01% |
| Ahmadis | 1 | <0.00% |
| Sikh | 1 | <0.00% |
| Others | 4 | 0.01% |
The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 520 Urdu, 12 Punjabi, 1 Sindhi, 177 Pushto, 4 Kashmiri, 26 Saraiki, 59,449 Hindko, 8 Brahvi, 13 Shina, 2 Balti, 1 Mewati, 1 Kohistani and 25 listed as others.[6]
| Language | Speakers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Urdu | 520 | 0.86% |
| Punjabi | 12 | 0.02% |
| Sindhi | 1 | 0.00% |
| Pushto | 177 | 0.29% |
| Kashmiri | 4 | 0.01% |
| Saraiki | 26 | 0.04% |
| Hindko | 59,449 | 98.69% |
| Brahvi | 8 | 0.01% |
| Shina | 13 | 0.02% |
| Balti | 2 | 0.00% |
| Mewati | 1 | 0.00% |
| Kohistani | 1 | 0.00% |
| Others | 25 | 0.04% |
