Attock District
Attock
ضلع اٹک | |
|---|---|
  Top: Wah Gardens, Bottom: Attock Fort | |
 Attock District highlighted within Punjab Province | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′57.6″N 72°21′39.2″E / 33.766000°N 72.360889°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| Headquarters | Attock |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Aamir Aqiq Khan[1] |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,886,378 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Languages | English, Punjabi, and Pashto |
| No. of Tehsils | 6 |
| Tehsils | Attock Fateh Jang Hazro Hassan Abdal Jand Pindi Gheb |
| Website | attock |
Attock District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع اٹک) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.
The district was created in April 1904[4] 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.
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.
History[edit]
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[edit]
According to the 2017 census of Pakistan the district had a population of 1,886,378, of which 938,650 were male and 947,597 were female. 1,395,470 (73.98%) lived in rural areas while 490,908 (26.02%) lived in urban areas.
Religion[edit]
As per the 2017 census Islam is the predominant religion with 99.51% of the population.[2]
| Religion | Population (1941)[6]: 42 | Percentage (1941) | Population (2017)[2] | Percentage (2017) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Islam 
|
611,128 | 90.42% | 1,877,221 | 99.51% |
Hinduism  [b]
|
43,009 | 6.36% | 545 | 0.03% |
Sikhism 
|
20,120 | 2.98% | -- | -- |
Christianity 
|
504 | 0.07% | 7,699 | 0.41% |
| Others [c] | 1,114 | 0.16% | 883 | 0.05% |
| Total Population | 675,875 | 100% | 1,886,378 | 100% |
Language[edit]
In the 1998 census, 87% of the population identified their language as Punjabi. Pashto was the language of 8.3% and Urdu – of 1.1%.[7]
In the 2017 census 64.93% of the population identified their language as Punjabi, 16.51% Hindko, 14.54% Pashto and 1.81% Urdu as their first language.[2]
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.[8]
Tehsils[edit]
The district of Attock is divided into six tehsils[9]
Union Councils[edit]
District contain a total of 72 Union Councils.[10]
Education[edit]
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[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "New DCS appointed in Pindi, Attock". 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Attock district - 2017 census". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprinted version: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 1989
- ^ "Official Website". Attock Police. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2007.
- ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tehsils of district Attock". Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Union Councils of district Attock". Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Punjab Annual Schools Census Data 2014-15". Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Historic district borders may not be 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.
- ^ 1941 census: Including Ad-Dharmis, 2017 census: Including Scheduled Castes
- ^ Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, (Ahmadi and Sikh in the 2017 census) or not stated
Provincial capital: Lahore | ||
| Bahawalpur |  | |
| Dera Ghazi Khan | ||
| Faisalabad | ||
| Gujranwala | ||
| Gujrat | ||
| Lahore | ||
| Mianwali | ||
| Multan | ||
| Rawalpindi | ||
| Sahiwal | ||
| Sargodha | ||
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