Charsadda Tehsil

Charsadda Tehsil
تحصیل چارسدہ
چارسدې تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictCharsadda
Government
 • ChairmanAbdul Rauf
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil804,194
 • Urban
145,312
 • Rural
658,882
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns1
Number of Union Councils34

Charsadda Tehsil is a tehsil located in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2][3][4][5][6]

Overview & History

During British rule Charsadda was the North-western tehsil of Peshawar District, its boundaries were larger than today lying between 34°2' and 34°32' N. and 71° 30' and 71° 56'E, with an area of 380 square miles (980 km2). The population was 142,756 according to the 1901 census an increase of almost 10,000 since the 1891 census (132,917). It contained three towns, Charsadda, Prang (19,354) and Tangi, with 168 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903–4 to Rs. 3,60,000.

The tehsil consisted of the doab and the Hashtnagar tappas or circles. The former lies between the Adizai branch of the Kabul river and the Swat, and is fertile, highly cultivated, with numerous villages, and better wooded than other parts of the District; even the uplands which run along the foot of the Mohmand hills for their whole length are now irrigated by private canals. It is mainly held by the Gigyani tribe of Pakhtuns. The Hashtnagar tappa comprises a strip of plain country with a rich clay soil, which stretches 10 miles (16 km) eastward of the Swat, and from the Utman Khel hills on the north to the Kabul River on the south. It is held by Muhammadzai (Charsadda), and in it lies Charsadda, the headquarters of the tehsil. This tappa is intersected by the Swat River Canal.[7]

Administration

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, four of which form the headquarters - Charsadda.[3] Under KP local government act 2015, Charsadda is divided into 64 Village Councils (VC) and 11 Neighbourhood Councils (NC).[8]

The population of Charsadda Tehsil, according to 2017 consensus, is 804,194 while according to 1998 consensus, it was 527,152.[9]

List of Union Councils in Tehsil Charsadda [2] 1. UC-I 13. Behlola 2. UC-II 14. Dargai 3. UC-III 15. Dosehra 4. UC-IV 16. Sheikho 5. Agra 17. Meera Prang 6. Tarnab 18. Nisatta 7. Hisara Yaseen Zai 19.Dheri Zardad 8. utman Zai 20. Mera Umer Zai 9. Turangzai 21. Chindro Dag 10. Sarki Titara 22. Umer Zai 11. Muhammad Nari 23. Rajjar-I 12. Khan Mai 24. Rajjar-II 25. Gunda Karkana

See also

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 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ^ a b "Charsadda District UC/Ward List, MNA MPA Seats". www.politicpk.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b Tehsils & Unions in the District of Charsada - Government of Pakistan Archived March 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Power of politics : Number game to decide victory of parties in Charsadda - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Speedy justice: DRC becomes functional in Charsadda - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ "150 staff of Charsadda TMA working at influential people' residences". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ^ Chārsadda Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 180.
  8. ^ "Data showing Name/number of Districts Councils /Tehsils Councils / Village Councils / Neighbourhood Councils in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province" (PDF). lgkp.gov.pk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Tehsil Wise Census 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-06.


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