Attock District

For other uses, see Attock (disambiguation).

District of Punjab in Pakistan

Attock

ضلع اٹک

District of Punjab

Clockwise from top-left: Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Inderkot Mosque, Begum ki Sarai, Wah Mughal Gardens, 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 / 33.766000; 72.360889
Country|  Pakistan
Province|  Punjab
Division| Rawalpindi
Headquarters| Attock
Government

• Type| District Administration
• Mayor| Malik Tahir Awan, PTI
• Deputy Commissioner| Imran Hamid Sheikh (BPS-19 PAS)
• District Police Officer| Dr. Sardar Ghias Gul Khan (BPS-19 PSP)
Area

• District of Punjab| 6,857 km2 (2,648 sq mi)
Elevation

| 355 m (1,165 ft)
Population

(2023)[1]

• District of Punjab| 2,133,005
• Density| 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
• Urban

| 623,984
• Rural

| 1,546,439
Time zone| UTC+5 (PKT)
Area code| 057
Languages| Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu
No. of Tehsils| 6
Tehsils| Attock
Fateh Jang
Hazro
Hassan Abdal
Jand
Pindi Gheb
Website| attock.punjab.gov.pk

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[2] 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.[3]

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

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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.[4]

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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|

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:[5][1]

### Religion

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| Religion in Attock district (2023) [6]

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.[7]

Religion in Attock District Religious
group  | 1941[8][a] | 2017[9] | 2023[7]

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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 groups in Attock District (British Punjab province era)  Religious
group  | 1911[10][11] | 1921[12] | 1931[13] | 1941[8]

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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 (1941)[8] Tehsil | Islam | Hinduism [b] | Sikhism | Christianity | Jainism | Others[c] | 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

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Languages of Attock district (2023) [14]

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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]

## Tehsils

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The district of Attock is divided into six tehsils[3]

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

## Union Councils

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The District contains a total of 72 Union Councils.[17]

## 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.[18]

## See also

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* Kamra, Pakistan
* Pothohar Plateau

## 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. ^ Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprinted version: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 1989
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Brief History of Attock". Attock Police website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
5. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
8. ^ a b c India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42\. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
9. ^ "District census: Attock". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
10. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
11. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
12. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
13. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
14. ^ a b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
15. ^ 1998 District Census report of Attock. Census publication. Vol. 12\. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
16. ^ 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.
17. ^ "Union Councils of district Attock". Retrieved 23 April 2023.
18. ^ "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 Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated

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