Attock Tehsil Explained

Attock Tehsil
Type:Tehsil
Mapsize:100px
Coordinates:33.7667°N 72.3667°W
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Attock
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Population Total:434,705
Population As Of:2017 Census of Pakistan
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5

Attock Tehsil (in Punjabi and Urdu: تحصیل اٹک) is one of the six tehsils of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.[1]

The Indus River bounds it on the north-west, dividing it from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while the Haro River flows through from east to west.[2]

The north-west corner is occupied by the fertile Chach Valley. South of this lies a dry sandy plain, beyond which rises the Kala Chitta Range. The eastern half consists of the tract known as the Nala, which includes, along with a number of low hills and much broken country, a considerable area of fairly good level land, portions of which are irrigated from wells and by cuts from the Haro and other smaller streams.[3]

The major language spoken in the tehsil is Hindko followed by Pashto.

History

The district according to the Imperial Gazetteer of India:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District And Tehsil Level Population Summary With Region Breakup (Attock District & Attock Tehsil) . https://web.archive.org/web/20181123193814/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk:80/sites/default/files/bwpsr/punjab/ATTOCK_SUMMARY.pdf . dead. 23 November 2018. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 20 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Attock (Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. Citypopulation.de website. en. 2023-05-20.
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_144.gif Attock Tahsil - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 138