Shabqadar Tehsil | |
Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل شب قدر Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|شب قدر تحصیل |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Map Caption1: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Charsadda |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Shabqadar |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Hamza Asif Khan |
Population Total: | 383,765 |
Population Rural: | 291,914 |
Population Urban: | 91,851 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Leader Party: | JUI(F) |
Shabqadar Tehsil is a tehsil in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is named after Shabqadar town, which is capital and tehsil headquarter.[2] [3] [4]
Shabqadar becomes tehsil in 1988.[5] The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 12 Union Councils of which the headquarter is Shabqadar town. Under new local government rules, Shabqadar tehsil is divided into 29 village councils (VC) and 6 neighbourhood councils (NC).
The population of Shabqadar Tehsil, according to the 2017 census, is 383,765 while according to the 1998 census, it was 240,751.[6]
List of Shabqadar tehsil union councils are listed below:[7] [8] [9]