Attock District
Attock
ضلع اٹک | |
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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 | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
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, Hindko, Urdu and Pashto |
No. of Tehsils | 6 |
Tehsils | Attock Fateh Jang Hazro Hassan Abdal Jand Pindi Gheb |
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. Islam is the predominant religion with 99.51% of the population.[2]
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%.[6] In the 2017 census 64.93% of the population spoke 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 Dhanni dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi) and of Attock (sometimes called Chhachi) have been classified as part of Hindko.[7]
Tehsils[edit]
The district of Attock is divided into six tehsils[8]
Union Councils[edit]
District contain a total of 72 Union Councils.[9]
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, having literacy rate of 26.3%. Attock is considered as most under developed district of Punjab.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "New DCS appointed in Pindi, Attock". 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Attock district - 2017 census". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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