Lora Tehsil

Abbottabad Tehsil

تحصیل لورا‎
Tehsil
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictAbbottabad
HeadquartersLora
Area
 • Total187 km2 (72 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total98,717
Time zoneUTC+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

During the British rule, the district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District.[4] After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it was still a tehsil of Hazara until 1981.

In 1981 Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, this district was divided into two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian. Lora Tehsil used to be part of Havelian Tehsil but then the government of Pakistan divided Havelian Tehsil and made Lora Tehsil as a new tehsil.

Administration

Lora Tehsil has 6 union council:[5]

People

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 religions as follows: 98,326 Muslim, 268 Christians, 10 Hindus, 2 Ahmadi Muslims, 1 Sikh, 1 Parsi and 60 listed as others.[7]

Religious affiliation of residents
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]

Mother-tongue of Lora Tehsil residents (2023 census)
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

  1. ↑ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
  2. ↑ Abbottabad District map
  3. ↑ TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
  4. ↑ "Abbottābād Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 1". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ↑ Weekly Dengue Fever Bulletin - Directorate General Health Services
  6. ↑ TABLE 3 : NUMBER OF RURAL LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, CENSUS-2023
  7. ↑ TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023
  8. ↑ TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
  9. ↑ TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023
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