Havelian Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
History During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as an administrative subdivision tehsil of Hazara District.Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1 After the independence of Pakistan it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981, when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district. Subsequently, the district was split into two tehsils, namely Abbottabad and Havelian.
Demography According to the 2023 census the total population of Havelian Tehsil was 200,329 of which 99,396 were male and 100,931 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: 255703 Muslim, 945 Christians, 1 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 10 Sikhs and 47 listed as others.TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023
+ Religious affiliation of residents Religion Followers Percentage Muslim 255,703 99.62% Christian 945 0.37% Hindu 1 0.00% Ahmadi Muslim 2 0.00% Sikh 10 0.00% Others 47 0.02%
The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 7,479 Urdu, 1,795 Punjabi, 295 Sindhi, 7,263 Pushto, 65 Balochi, 240 Kashmiri, 355 Saraiki, 236,897 Hindko, 91 Brahvi, 177 Shina, 19 Balti, 12 Mewati, 1,153 Kohistani and 869 listed as others.TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
+ Mother tongue of residents Language Speakers Percentage Urdu 7,479 2.86% Punjabi 1,795 0.69% Sindhi 295 0.11% Pushto 7,263 2.78% Balochi 65 0.02% Kashmiri 240 0.09% Saraiki 355 0.14% Hindko 236,897 90.61% Brahvi 91 0.03% Shina 177 0.07% Balti 19 0.01% Mewati 12 <0.01% Kohistani 1,153 0.44% Others 869 0.33%
Subdivisions
Municipal Committees Havelian (Headquarters)
Cantonments Havelian Cantonment
Union Councils Nara Havelian Nagri Totial
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