Abbottabad Tehsil
تحصیل لورا | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Abbottabad |
| Headquarters | Lora |
| Area | |
• Total | 187 km2 (72 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 98,717 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Lora Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل لورا) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the district and borders Punjab province.[2] It covers an area of 187km². [3]
History
[edit]During the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District.[4] 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 Lora itself has been created as a tehsil in its own right.
Tehsil Lora has always been an important place and also a business hub of Circle Lora which consists of six union councils (Lora, Goreeni, Phallah, Nagri Tutial, Seer Sharqi and Seer Gharbi). It lies at the peripheral boundary of Abbottabad and most of the people works in Islamabad due to easy access by road through the Ghora Gali- Rawalpindi road and now Rakhala road is more important. The tribes of lora are Abbasi, Gujjar, Junjua, Awan, Qureshies and others.
Administration
[edit]Tehsil Lora has 6 union councils. U.C Phallah, Lora, Seer Sharqi, Seer Gharbi, Goreeni and Nagri Totial.[5] Rajab Ali Khan Abbasi MPA Of PK-43 Abbottabad-II belongs to Tehsil Lora.
Tehsil Lora is bisected by the Haro River (on which the Khanpur Dam is built). Locals grow seasonal crops such as Maize (makai) and Wheat (gandum).
Demography
[edit]According to the 2023 census the total population of Lora Tehsil was 98,717 of which 48,662 were male and 50,054 were female.[6] The census also recorded religious affiliation as follows: 98326 Muslim, 268 Christians, 10 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 1 Sikh, 1 Parsi and 60 listed as others.[7]
| Religion | Followers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Muslim | 98,326 | 99.65% |
| Christian | 268 | 0.27% |
| Hindu | 10 | 0.01% |
| Ahmadis | 2 | <0.01% |
| Sikh | 1 | <0.01% |
| Parsi | 1 | <0.01% |
| Others | 60 | 0.06% |
The mother tongue of residents were recorded as follows: 4,982 Urdu, 228 Punjabi, 5 Sindhi, 739 Pushto, 6 Balochi, 33 Kashmiri, 58 Saraiki, 83,676 Hindko, 36 Brahvi, 129 Shina, 15 Kalasha, 16 Kohistani and 17 listed as others.[8] The overall literacy rate was 73.73% for the population aged 10 and above with male literacy being 84.09% and female 61.75%.[9]
| Language | Number of speakers | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Hindko | 83,676 | 93.01% |
| Urdu | 4,982 | 5.54% |
| Punjabi | 228 | 0.25% |
| Pushto | 739 | 0.82% |
| Shina | 129 | 0.14% |
| Saraiki | 58 | 0.06% |
| Brahvi | 36 | 0.04% |
| Kashmiri | 33 | 0.04% |
| Others | 17 | 0.02% |
| Sindhi | 5 | 0.01% |
| Balochi | 6 | 0.01% |
| Kalasha | 15 | 0.02% |
| Kohistani | 16 | 0.02% |
References
[edit]- ^ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
- ^ Abbottabad District map
- ^ TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
- ^ Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1
- ^ Weekly Dengue Fever Bulletin - Directorate General Health Services
- ^ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
- ^ TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023
- ^ TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
- ^ TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
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