Attock District (Urdu: ضلع اٹک), formerly known as Campbellpur District, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Attock District is 2,133,005 (2.1 million).
Attock
ضلع اٹک | |
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Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Rawalpindi |
Established | April 1904 |
Headquarters | Attock |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Mayor | Malik Tahir Awan, PTI |
• Deputy Commissioner | Rao Atif Raza |
Area | |
6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
2,133,005 | |
• Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
• Urban | 623,984 |
• Rural | 1,546,439 |
Literacy | |
• Literacy rate |
|
Time zone | UTC 5 (PKT) |
Area code | 057 |
ISO 3166 code | PK-PB |
Languages | Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu |
No. of Tehsils | 6 |
Tehsils | Attock Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil Hazro Tehsil Hassan Abdal Jand Tehsil Pindi Gheb Tehsil |
Website | attock |
History
editThe district was created in April 1904[3] by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was Campbellpur. Today the district consists of 6 tehsils: Attock, Fateh Jang, Hazro, Hassan Abdal, Jand and Pindi Gheb.[4]
It is located in the north of the Punjab province, bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest, Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest, and Swabi and Haripur to the north.
The original name of Attock District was Attock. It was changed to Campbellpur after the Commander-in-Chief of British forces Sir Colin Campbell, who rebuilt the city of Campbellpur. The name Attock was restored in 1978.[5]
Demographics
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1951 | 486,043 | — |
1961 | 532,845 | 0.92% |
1972 | 748,890 | 3.14% |
1981 | 876,667 | 1.77% |
1998 | 1,274,935 | 2.23% |
2017 | 1,883,556 | 2.08% |
2023 | 2,133,005 | 2.09% |
Sources:[6][1] |
As of the 2023 census, Attock district has 353,973 households and a population of 2,170,423. The district has a sex ratio of 100.83 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 70.22%: 79.69% for males and 60.66% for females.[7][8] 473,463 (22.2% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[9] 623,984 (28.75%) live in urban areas.[7]
Religion
editAs per the 2023 census Islam is the predominant religion with 99.3% of the population.[11]
Religious group |
1941[12][a] | 2017[13] | 2023[11] | |||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 484,616 | 89.85% | 1,877,221 | 99.51% | 2,118,159 | 99.30% |
Hinduism [b] | 35,593 | 6.60% | 575 | 0.03% | 501 | 0.02% |
Sikhism | 16,740 | 3.10% | — | — | 769 | 0.04% |
Christianity | 500 | 0.09% | 7,699 | 0.41% | 13,286 | 0.62% |
Others | 1,910 | 0.36% | 883 | 0.05% | 290 | 0.01% |
Total Population | 539,359 | 100% | 1,886,378 | 100% | 2,133,005 | 100% |
Religious group |
1911[14][15] | 1921[16] | 1931[17] | 1941[12] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 471,890 | 90.88% | 465,694 | 90.91% | 531,793 | 91.07% | 611,128 | 90.42% |
Sikhism | 26,914 | 5.18% | 19,809 | 3.87% | 19,522 | 3.34% | 20,120 | 2.98% |
Hinduism [b] | 19,741 | 3.8% | 26,184 | 5.11% | 31,932 | 5.47% | 43,209 | 6.39% |
Christianity | 707 | 0.14% | 557 | 0.11% | 710 | 0.12% | 504 | 0.07% |
Zoroastrianism | 11 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
Jainism | 9 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
Buddhism | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 7 | 0% |
Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 891 | 0.13% |
Total population | 519,273 | 100% | 512,249 | 100% | 583,960 | 100% | 675,875 | 100% |
Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: District created in 1904 by taking Talagang Tehsil from Jhelum District and Pindi Gheb, Fateh Jang and Attock Tehsils from Rawalpindi District. |
Tehsil | Islam | Hinduism | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[c] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Attock Tehsil | 158,313 | 91.26% | 11,203 | 6.46% | 3,428 | 1.98% | 523 | 0.3% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 173,472 | 100% |
Pindigheb Tehsil | 108,356 | 90.22% | 6,131 | 5.11% | 5,582 | 4.65% | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 120,097 | 100% |
Talagong Tehsil | 98,887 | 91.14% | 5,233 | 4.82% | 4,379 | 4.04% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 108,501 | 100% |
Fatehjang Tehsil | 100,138 | 90.89% | 3,617 | 3.28% | 6,420 | 5.83% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 110,179 | 100% |
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. |
Tehsil | Islam | Hinduism [b] | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[d] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Attock Tehsil | 207,557 | 88.6% | 19,346 | 8.26% | 6,047 | 2.58% | 455 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.01% | 846 | 0.36% | 234,264 | 100% |
Pindigheb Tehsil | 150,458 | 90.09% | 13,112 | 7.85% | 3,347 | 2% | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 50 | 0.03% | 167,007 | 100% |
Talagong Tehsil | 125,512 | 91.94% | 7,616 | 5.58% | 3,380 | 2.48% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 136,516 | 100% |
Fatehjang Tehsil | 127,601 | 92.41% | 3,135 | 2.27% | 7,346 | 5.32% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 138,088 | 100% |
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. |
Languages
editIn the 2023 census, 65.23% of the population identified their first language as Punjabi, 14.45% as Hindko, 15.59% as Pashto and 2.68% as Urdu.[18] In the previous census of 1998, the multiple-choice question did not have an option for Hindko; the percentages were 87% for Punjabi, 8.3% for Pashto and 1.1% Urdu.[19] The Pashtun population of the area lie in the northern villages of the district such as in the area of Chach valley are the Yusufzai, Barakzai, Ghilzai, Akakhel, Tareen, Dilazak, Lodi and Sadozai.
The Punjabi dialect of the eastern Fateh Jang Tehsil is called Sohāī̃ and belongs to the Dhani dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi) and of Attock (sometimes called Chhachi) have been classified as part of Hindko.[20]
Administration
editThe district of Attock is divided into following six tehsils:[4]
Tehsil[21] | Area
(km²)[22] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[23] |
Union Councils |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attock[4] | 1,002 | 516,277 | 515.25 | 74.80% | ... |
Fateh Jang[4] | 1,249 | 374,726 | 300.02 | 66.94% | ... |
Hassan Abdal | 350 | 253,670 | 724.77 | 70.22% | ... |
Hazro | 348 | 386,544 | 1,110.76 | 66.45% | ... |
Jand | 2,043 | 330,328 | 161.69 | 71.59% | ... |
Pindi Gheb[4] | 1,865 | 308,878 | 165.62 | 70.36% | ... |
Union Councils
editThe District contains a total of 72 Union Councils.[24]
Education
editAttock has a total of 1,287 government schools out of which 51 percent (657 schools) are for female students. The district has an enrolment of 224,487 in public sector schools.[25]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprinted version: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 1989
- ^ a b c d e "Tehsils and Unions in the District of Attock". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Brief History of Attock". Attock Police website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
- ^ a b c India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "District census: Attock". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
- ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 1998 District Census report of Attock. Census publication. Vol. 12. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
- ^ Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 484–86. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 129436200.
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
- ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Union Councils of district Attock". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Punjab Annual Schools Census Data 2014-15". School Education Department, Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Attock, Pindi Gheb and Fateh Jang tehsils of erstwhile Attock district of Punjab province, which roughly corresponds to the present Attock district. District and tehsil borders have altered since 1941.
- ^ a b c 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
- ^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated