Charsadda Tehsil is a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

located in Charsadda District,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Charsada - Government of Pakistan

Overview & History

During

British rule The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was hims ...

Charsadda was the North-western tehsil of

Peshawar District Peshawar District ( ps, پېښور ولسوالۍ, hnd, , ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The district headquarter is ...

, its boundaries were larger than today lying between 34°2' and 34°32' N. and 71° 30' and 71° 56'E, with an area of . The population was 142,756 according to the 1901 census an increase of almost 10,000 since the 1891 census (132,917). It contained three towns, Charsadda, Prang (19,354) and Tangi, with 168 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 3,60,000. The tehsil consisted of the

doab ''Doab'' () is a term used in South Asia Quote: "Originally and chiefly in South Asia: (the name of) a strip or narrow tract of land between two rivers; spec. (with) the area between the rivers Ganges and Jumna in northern India." for the tract ...

and the

Hashtnagar Hashtnagar (Pashto: هشتنګر, more commonly known as اشنغر in Pashto) is one of the two constituent parts of the Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The name Hashtnagar is derived from the Sanskrit अष्टनगरम् ''A� ...

tappas or circles. The former lies between the Adizai branch of the Kabul river and the Swat, and is fertile, highly cultivated, with numerous villages, and better wooded than other parts of the District; even the uplands which run along the foot of the Mohmand hills for their whole length are now irrigated by private canals. It is mainly held by the Gigyani tribe of Pakhtuns. The Hashtnagar tappa comprises a strip of plain country with a rich clay soil, which stretches eastward of the Swat, and from the Utman Khel hills on the north to the Kabul River on the south. It is held by

Muhammadzai (Charsadda) The Muhammadzai (also Mohammadzai, Mohammedzai, Mohmandzai, Mamanzai, etc.) is a Pashtun tribe residing in Charsadda, modern day Pakistan. The tribe should not be confused with the Muhammadzai of the Barakzai Durrani, who were for many years the ru ...

, and in it lies Charsadda, the headquarters of the tehsil. This tappa is intersected by the Swat River Canal.

Administration

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, four of which form the headquarters -

Charsadda Chārsadda ( ps, چارسده; ; ur, ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

. Under KP local government act 2015, Charsadda is divided into 64 Village Councils (VC) and 11 Neighbourhood Councils (NC). The population of Charsadda Tehsil, according to 2017 consensus, is 804,194 while according to 1998 consensus, it was 527,152. List of Union Councils in Tehsil Charsadda 1. UC-I 13. Behlola 2. UC-II 14. Dargai 3. UC-III 15. Dosehra 4. UC-IV 16. Sheikho 5. Agra 17. Meera Prang 6. Tarnab 18. Nisatta 7. Hisara Yaseen Zai 19.Dheri Zardad 8. utman Zai 20. Mera Umer Zai 9. Turangzai 21. Chindro Dag 10. Sarki Titara 22. Umer Zai 11. Muhammad Nari 23. Rajjar-I 12. Khan Mai 24. Rajjar-II 25. Gunda Karkana https://www.politicpk.com/charsadda-district-ucward-list-mna-mpa-seats-چارسدہ-پروفائل/

References

Charsadda District, Pakistan Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa {{CharsaddaPK-geo-stub

Overview & History

Administration

See also

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