Charsadda Tehsil
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Charsadda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil
) of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
.
, four of which form the headquarters - Charsadda
.
Charsadda was the North-western tehsil of Peshawar District
, 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 380 square miles (984.2 km²). 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
and the Hashtnagar
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 Gigiani clan and by Mohmand
. The Hashtnagar tappa comprises a strip of plain country with a rich clay soil, which stretches 10 miles (16.1 km) 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 Pathans, and in it lies Charsadda, the head-quarters of the tahsil. This tappa is intersected by the Swat River Canal.
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
) of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Administration
The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 34 Union CouncilsUnion Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
, four of which form the headquarters - Charsadda
Charsadda
Charsadda is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°8'43N 71°43'51E with an altitude of 276 metres and lies 29 kilometres from the provincial capital - Peshawar....
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History
During British ruleBritish Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
Charsadda was the North-western tehsil of Peshawar District
Peshawar Division
Peshawar Division was an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar...
, 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 380 square miles (984.2 km²). 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
Tangi, Pakistan
Tangi is a town and union council of Charsadda District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is one of eight towns in Hashtnagar and is located at 34°18'0N 71°39'14E with an altitude of 327 metres lying to the north-west of the district capital - Charsadda....
, with 168 villages. The land revenue and cesses amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 3,60,000.
The tehsil consisted of the doab
Doab
A Doab is a term used in India and Pakistan for a "tongue" or tract of land lying between two confluent rivers...
and the Hashtnagar
Hashtnagar
Hashtnagar is one of the two parts of Charsadda District in khyber pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. This area of Charsadda was for a long time known as Hashtnagar, the reformed name for the Persian word hasht meaning eight, and the Sanskrit root word "nagar" meaning town, thus meaning "Eight Towns",...
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
Mohmand Agency
The Mohmand Agency is a district in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan created in 1951. Before that, the Mohmand Tribes were administered by the Deputy Commissioner based in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. However it was not until 1973 that the headquarters of...
for their whole length are now irrigated by private canals. It is mainly held by the Gigiani clan and by Mohmand
Mohmand
The Mohmand are a clan of Sarban Pashtuns, living primarily in the FATA & Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan & northeastern Afghanistan.- Demographics :...
. The Hashtnagar tappa comprises a strip of plain country with a rich clay soil, which stretches 10 miles (16.1 km) eastward of the Swat, and from the Utman Khel hills on the north to the Kabul River
Kabul River
Kabul River , the classical Cophes , is a 700 km long river that starts in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan and ends in the Indus River near Attock, Pakistan. It is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and is separated from the watershed of the Helmand by the Unai Pass...
on the south. It is held by Muhammadzai Pathans, and in it lies Charsadda, the head-quarters of the tahsil. This tappa is intersected by the Swat River Canal.