Muzaffarabad Division | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Settlement Type: | Division |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Azad Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Muzaffarabad |
Government Type: | Divisional Administration |
Leader Title: | Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Adnan Khurshid BPS-20(PAS) |
Leader Title1: | Regional Police Officer |
Leader Name1: | Irfan Masood Kashfi BPS-20(PSP) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 1,072,150 |
The Muzaffarabad Division (ur|{{Nastaliq|مُظفّر آباد ڈِوِژن) is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. It comprises the portion of the former Muzaffarabad District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that came under Pakistani control at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Currently, the Muzaffarabad Division consists of the following districts:[1]
District | Area(km²) | Pop.(2017) | Density(ppl/km²) (2017) | Literacy rate(2017) | Union Councils | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muzaffarabad District | 1,642 | 650,370 | 394 | |||
Hattian Bala District | 854 | 230,529 | 270 | |||
Neelam District | 3,621 | 191,251 | 53 |