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Swabi District

This article is about the Swabi district. For the tehsil, see Swabi Tehsil. For the city, see Swabi.

Swabi District
ضلع صوابی
سوابۍ ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Sunset at Jalbai at Maini
Bottom: Kunal River
Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionMardan
HeadquartersSwabi
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerGohar Ali Khan
 • District Police OfficerHaroon Rasheed Khan
 • District Health OfficerDr Abdul Latif
Area
 • Total
1,543 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
1,894,600
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
339,670 (17.93%)
 • Rural
1,554,930
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4
Websiteswabi.kp.gov.pk

Swabi District (Pashto: سوابۍ ولسوالۍ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within the Mardan District.[2] 96% of the population speaks Pashto as their first language.[3]

The dominating tribe of Swabi is the Yusufzai, followed by the minor Utmankhel, Ghilzai, Tarakai, Jadoon and Khattak.[4][5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 272,279—    
1961 332,543+2.02%
1972 507,631+3.92%
1981 625,035+2.34%
1998 1,026,804+2.96%
2017 1,625,477+2.45%
2023 1,894,600+2.59%
Sources:[6]

As of the 2023 census, Swabi district has 278,976 households and a population of 1,894,600. The district has a sex ratio of 102.51 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.48%: 72.34% for males and 44.50% for females. 519,863 (27.50% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 339,670 (17.93%) live in urban areas.[1]

Religion in Swabi District
Religion 1941[7][a] 2017[8] 2023[9]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 202,414 97.71% 1,624,391 99.93% 1,885,379 99.74%
Sikhism 2,747 1.33% — — 57 ~0%
Hinduism 1,968 0.95% 88 0.01% 80 0.01%
Christianity 16 0.01% 542 0.03% 4,608 0.24%
Others 10 ~0% 456 0.03% 106 0.01%
Total Population 207,155 100% 1,625,477 100% 1,890,230[b] 100%

Languages of Swabi district (2023)[10]

  Pashto (97.23%)
  Hindko (2.05%)
  Others (0.72%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 97.23% of the population spoke Pashto and 2.05% Hindko as their first language.[10]

Education

Swabi District is now home to many excellent educational institutes. But there was no public sector university until 2012. The only degree awarding institution then was private sector Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, which was inaugurated in 1993.[11] In 2012, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa established the first public sector university in Swabi, when it upgraded Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Swabi campus into full-flege University of Swabi[12][13] while Women University Swabi[14] was established in 2016. Swabi district also has a public sector medical college Gajju Khan Medical College Swabi,[15] which was established in 2014.[16]

The district also has 2 public sector Postgraduate degree colleges: Government Postgraduate College Swabi[17] and Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi.[18]

Administration

Swabi District is currently subdivided into 4 Tehsils.[19]

Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial Assembly Party Affiliation Constituency Year
Rangez Ahmad Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-46 Swabi-I 2018
Aqibullah Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-47 Swabi-II 2018
Abdul Karim Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-48 Swabi-III 2018
Muhammad Ali Tarakai Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-49 Swabi-IV 2018
Shahram Khan Tarakai Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-50 Swabi-V 2018

Newspaper in Swabi

Currently there are couple of newspaper publishing in Swabi under the supervision of the Swabi Group of Newspapers.

  • Swabi Times,[20] a weekly publishing newspaper in Urdu.
  • Swabi News, a daily publishing newspaper in Urdu.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ PCO 1998, p. 1.
  3. ^ PCO 1998, p. 29.
  4. ^ KP Government - District Swabi
  5. ^ Tarakai Clan of Swabi (2022)
  6. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Swabi". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute". GIK Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  12. ^ "University of Swabi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". uoswabi.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. ^ Ashfaq, Mohammad (10 August 2012). "University to be set up in Swabi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Women University Swabi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". www.wus.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Recognised Medical and Dental Colleges - Pakistan Medical and Dental Association". www.pmdc.org.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Gajju Khan Medical College | Home". gkmcs.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Government Postgraduate College Swabi". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Pakistan Tehsil Wise Census 2017 [PDF]" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Swabi Times | Home". swabitimes.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Junaid Khan - espncricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Lion of Kargil- Captain Karnal Sher Khan 18th martyrdom anniversary today". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Captain Karnal Sher Khan". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Asad Qaiser | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan". kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Yasir Shah - espncricinfo". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  27. ^ "Shahram khan | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  1. ^ Swabi tehsil of erstwhile Mardan district, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders have shifted since 1941.
  2. ^ Different from official population figure since it excludes sensitive areas where religion was not asked

Bibliography

  • 1998 District Census report of Swabi. Census publication. Vol. 83. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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