Abbottabad Tehsil

Abbottabad Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل ایبٹ آباد‎) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Abbottabad Tehsil تحصیل ایبٹ آباد
Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Headquarters	Abbottabad
Population  (2017)[1]
• Tehsil	981,590
• Urban	244,842
• Rural	736,748
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns	1
Number of Union Councils	35

History

During British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District,[2] after the independence of Pakistan it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian.

Subdivisions

Municipal Committees

• Abbottabad (Headquarters)

Cantonments

• Abbottabad Cantonment
• Murree Gallies Cantonment

Town Councils

• Nawan Shehr

Union Councils

• Bagan
• Bagh
• Bagnotar
• Bakot
• Bal Dheri
• Banda Qazi
• Bandi Dhundan
• Biran Gali
• Birot Kalan
• Birot Khurd
• Boi
• Chamhad
• Chatri
• Dahamtore
• Galiat
• Gojri Union Council
• Dalola
• Jarral
• Jhangi
• Kakol
• Kakot
• Kassaki Kalan
• Kokmang
• Kothiala
• Lakhala
• Malach
• Moolia
• Mir Pur
• Nagaki
• Nagri Bala
• Namal
• Namli Mera
• Nawan Shehr Janubi
• Nawan Shehr Shumali
• Palak
• Pattan Kalan
• Pawa
• Phal Kot
• Pind Kargoo Khan
• Qasba Abbatabad
• Rach Behn
• Rialah
• Salhad
• Seri Shehr Shah
• Sheikhul Bandi
• Sherwan
• Sir Bhanna
• Tar Nawai

References

1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
2. Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1