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Attock
ضلع اٹک
District of Punjab
Clockwise from top-left: Attock Fort, Inderkot Mosque, Begum ki Sarai, Wah Mughal Gardens, Gurdwara Panja Sahib
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province
Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E / 33.766000; 72.360889
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionRawalpindi
EstablishedApril 1904; 120 years ago (April 1904)
HeadquartersAttock
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • MayorMalik Tahir Awan, PTI
 • Deputy CommissionerRao Atif Raza
Area
 • District of Punjab6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi)
Elevation
355 m (1,165 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Punjab2,133,005
 • Density310/km2 (810/sq mi)
 • Urban
623,984
 • Rural
1,546,439
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (70.22%)
  • Male:
    (79.69%)
  • Female:
    (60.66%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Area code057
ISO 3166 codePK-PB
LanguagesPunjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu
No. of Tehsils6
TehsilsAttock Tehsil
Fateh Jang Tehsil
Hazro Tehsil
Hassan Abdal
Jand Tehsil
Pindi Gheb Tehsil
Websiteattock.punjab.gov.pk

Attock District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan, created in April 1903. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Attock District is 2,133,005 (2.1 million).

History

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The 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.

See also: Attock § History

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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% 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]

Religion

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Religion in Attock district (2023) [7]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 99.3%
Christianity
 
 0.62%
Other
 
 0.08%

As per the 2023 census Islam is the predominant religion with 99.3% of the population.[8]

Religion in Attock District
Religious
group 		1941[9][a] 2017[10] 2023[8]
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 groups in Attock District (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1911[11][12] 1921[13] 1931[14] 1941[9]
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.
Religion in the Tehsils of Attock District (1921)[13]
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.
Religion in the Tehsils of Attock District (1941)[9]
Tehsil Islam Hinduism [b] Sikhism Christianity Jainism Others[d] Total
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

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Languages of Attock district (2023) [15]

  Punjabi (65.23%)
  Pashto (15.59%)
  Hindko (14.45%)
  Urdu (2.68%)
  Others (2.05%)

In 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

Tehsils

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The district of Attock is divided into six tehsils[4]

  1. Attock[4]
  2. Fateh Jang[4]
  3. Hasan Abdal
  4. Hazro
  5. Jand
  6. Pindi Gheb[4]

Union Councils

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The District contains a total of 72 Union Councils.[18]

Education

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Attock 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.[19]

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Attock District.
  1. ^ a b "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprinted version: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 1989
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Brief History of Attock". Attock Police website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b c India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. ^ "District census: Attock". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
  11. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  12. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  16. ^ 1998 District Census report of Attock. Census publication. Vol. 12. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Union Councils of district Attock". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  19. ^ "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.
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
  3. ^ Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
  4. ^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
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