Hazara Division, located along the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, serves as an administrative region of the province, encompassing nine districts: Abbottabad, Allai District, Battagram, Haripur, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Mansehra, Torghar, and Upper Kohistan.
Location Hazara Division is located in the east of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province - to the west it is bordered by Malakand and Mardan divisions of the province - to the south it is bordered by the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory, to the east by Azad Kashmir and to the north by Gilgit-Baltistan.
History During the colonial era Hazara Division (then Hazara District) had been part of Peshawar Division and was made up of three tehsils namely Haripur, Mansehra and Abbottabad - following the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to create the new Hazara Division, with Abbottabad designated as its capital. Initially, the division comprised two districts: Abbottabad and Mansehra. Over the next few years, administrative changes led to the creation of two additional districts—Haripur was carved out of Abbottabad District, and Batagram was separated from Mansehra District.
Hazara functioned as a district until 1976, when it was formally upgraded to a division. In October of that year, Mansehra was granted full district status, encompassing the tehsils of Mansehra and Batagram. Later, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and established as an independent district. This left only the original Abbottabad Tehsil, which then officially became Abbottabad District.
In 2000, Pakistan abolished its administrative divisions, elevating districts to serve as the new third tier of government. At the time of abolition, Hazara Division consisted of eight districts.Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure had been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still continued to group districts under the division names
However, in 2008, administrative divisions were reinstated, and Hazara Division was formally re-established.
+ Hazara Division Administrative Timeline with Tehsil Details Year Event Tehsil Details 1970 Hazara District and two tribal agencies merged to formHazara Division (capital: Abbottabad) Hazara District included Abbottabad,Mansehra, and Haripur tehsils 1970s Haripur District created from Abbottabad;Batagram District created from Mansehra Haripur Tehsil became Haripur District;Batagram Tehsil separated from Mansehra 1976 Hazara formally upgraded to division status;Mansehra becomes a full district Mansehra District comprisedMansehra and Batagram tehsils 1991 Haripur Tehsil separated from Abbottabadand made into a district Abbottabad Tehsil was then split intoHavelian and Abbottabad tehsilsforming the tehsils of Abbottabad District 2000 Administrative divisions abolished;Hazara Division dissolved Districts functioned independently;tehsil structure remained intact 2008 Administrative divisions reinstated;Hazara Division restored Hazara Division included Abbottabad,Mansehra, Haripur, Batagram,and later Kohistan and Torghar districts
Demographics Population According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division had a population of 6,188,736 roughly equal to the nation of Bulgaria or the US state of Missouri.
The increase in population from 1981 to 2023 was 129.1% equivalent to an average increase of approximately 1.96% per annum.
List of the Districts Hazara Division contains the following districts:Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names Abbottabad District Allai District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and part of Battagram District from 1993 to 2023) Batagram District (part of Mansehra District until 1993) Haripur District Kolai-Palas District Upper Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014) Lower Kohistan District (part of Mansehra District until 1993 and Kohistan District until 2014) Mansehra District Torghar District (part of Mansehra District until 2011)
#DistrictHeadquarterArea (km2)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km2)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1AbbottabadAbbottabad1,9671,419,072721.677.34%2AllaiAllai Valley521N/AN/AN/A3BattagramBattagram1,301554,133425.939.09%4HaripurHaripur1,7251,174,783681.374.88%5Kolai PalasKolai1,410280,162198.718.80%6Lower KohistanPattan642340,017529.522.05%7MansehraMansehra4,1251,797,177435.663.79%8TorgharJudba454200,445441.629.74%9Upper KohistanDasu5,440422,94777.819.05%
List of the Tehsils The following are a list of tehsils in Hazara Division along with their respective districts. #TehsilArea (km2)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km2)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)Districts1Abbottabad Tehsil1,2851,003,339101.76Abbottabad2Havelian Tehsil342256,75498.83Lora Tehsil18798,71797.224Lower Tanawal Tehsil15360,26298.885Allai Tehsil804218,149271.33Batagram6Batagram Tehsil497335,984676.027Ghazi Tehsil595151,839255.19Haripur8Haripur Tehsil834836,0581,002.479Khanpur Tehsil296186,886631.3710Bataira / Kolai170142,660839.18Kolai-Palas11Palas1,240137,502110.8912Bankad Tehsil331205,851621.91Lower Kohistan13Pattan Tehsil311134,166431.414Baffa Pakhal640460,090718.89Mansehra15Bala Kot Tehsil2,376310,339130.6116Darband Tehsil10251,702506.8817Mansehra Tehsil700723,3251,033.3218Oghi Tehsil307251,721819.9419Tanawal Tehsil20Daur Maira Tehsil8650,503587.24Torghar21Judba Tehsil6363,0831,001.3222Khander Hassanzai Tehsil30586,859284.7823Dassu Tehsil1,958148,91476.05Upper Kohistan24Harban Basha Tehsil25Kandia Tehsil1,926165,23285.7926Seo Tehsil25859,557230.84
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPK-31 Kohistan UpperNA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas KohistanUpper KohistanPK-32 Kohistan LowerLower KohistanPK-33 Kolai PalasKolai-PalasPK-34 Battagram-INA-13 BattagramBattagramPK-35 Battagram-IIPK-36 Mansehra-INA-14 MansehraMansehraPK-37 Mansehra-IIPK-38 Mansehra-IIINA-15 Mansehra-cum-TorgharPK-39 Mansehra-IVPK-40 Mansehra-VPK-41 TorgharTorgharPK-42 Abbottabad-INA-16 Abbottabad-IAbbottabadPK-43 Abbottabad-IIPK-44 Abbottabad-IIINA-17 Abbottabad-IIPK-45 Abbottabad-IVPK-46 Haripur-INA-18 HaripurHaripurPK-47 Haripur-IIPK-48 Haripur-III
See also Hazara Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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