| Attock | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Coordinates: | 33.766°N 72.3609°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rawalpindi |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Attock |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | No. of Tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 6 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Tehsils |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Attock Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil Hazro Tehsil Hassan Abdal Jand Tehsil Pindi Gheb Tehsil |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Malik Tahir Awan, PTI |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name1: | Rao Atif Raza |
| Area Total Km2: | 6857 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Demographics Type1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy rate |
| Population Total: | 2,133,005 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 623,984 |
| Population Rural: | 1,546,439 |
| Timezone: | PKT |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Elevation M: | 355 |
| Postal Code: | 43600 |
| Area Code: | 057 |
| Iso Code: | PK-PB |
| Blank Name: | Languages |
| Blank Info: | Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, Urdu |
Attock District (ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع اٹک), formerly known as Campbellpur District, is a district, located on the Pothohar Plateau, in Punjab, Pakistan; created in April 1904. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Attock District is 2,133,005 (2.1 million).
The district was created in April 1904[3] by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was Campbellpur. Today the district consists of 6 tehsils: Attock, Fateh Jang, Hazro, Hassan Abdal, Jand and Pindi Gheb.
It is located in the north of the Punjab province, bordered by Chakwal to the south, Mianwali to the southwest, Rawalpindi to the east, Kohat to the west, Nowshera to the northwest, and Swabi and Haripur to the north.
The original name of Attock District was Attock. It was changed to Campbellpur after the Commander-in-Chief of British forces Sir Colin Campbell, who rebuilt the city of Campbellpur. The name Attock was restored in 1978.[4]
As per the 2023 census Islam is the predominant religion with 99.3% of the population.[5]
| 1941 | 2017[6] | 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484,616 | 89.85% | 1,877,221 | 99.51% | 2,118,159 | 99.30% | ||
| 35,593 | 6.60% | 575 | 0.03% | 501 | 0.02% | ||
| 16,740 | 3.10% | 769 | 0.04% | ||||
| 500 | 0.09% | 7,699 | 0.41% | 13,286 | 0.62% | ||
| Others | 1,910 | 0.36% | 883 | 0.05% | 290 | 0.01% | |
| Total Population | 539,359 | 100% | 1,886,378 | 100% | 2,133,005 | 100% | |
| 1911[7] [8] | 1921[9] | 1931[10] | 1941[11] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 471,890 | 465,694 | 531,793 | 611,128 | ||||||
| 26,914 | 19,809 | 19,522 | 20,120 | ||||||
| 19,741 | 26,184 | 31,932 | 43,209 | ||||||
| 707 | 557 | 710 | 504 | 0.07% | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 891 | 0.13% | ||||
| Total population | 519,273 | 512,249 | 583,960 | 675,875 | |||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attock Tehsil | 158,313 | 11,203 | 3,428 | 523 | 5 | 0 | 173,472 | ||||||||
| Pindigheb Tehsil | 108,356 | 6,131 | 5,582 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 120,097 | ||||||||
| Talagong Tehsil | 98,887 | 5,233 | 4,379 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108,501 | ||||||||
| Fatehjang Tehsil | 100,138 | 3,617 | 6,420 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 110,179 | ||||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attock Tehsil | 207,557 | 19,346 | 6,047 | 455 | 13 | 846 | 234,264 | ||||||||
| Pindigheb Tehsil | 150,458 | 13,112 | 3,347 | 40 | 0 | 50 | 167,007 | ||||||||
| Talagong Tehsil | 125,512 | 7,616 | 3,380 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 136,516 | ||||||||
| Fatehjang Tehsil | 127,601 | 3,135 | 7,346 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 138,088 | ||||||||
In the 2023 census, .23% of the population identified their first language as Punjabi, 14.45% as Hindko, 15.59% as Pashto and 2.68% as Urdu. In the previous census of 1998, the multiple-choice question did not have an option for Hindko; the percentages were % for Punjabi, % for Pashto and % Urdu.[12] The Pashtun population of the area lie in the northern villages of the district such as in the area of Chach valley are the Yusufzai, Barakzai, Ghilzai, Akakhel, Tareen, Dilazak, Lodi and Sadozai.
The Punjabi dialect of the eastern Fateh Jang Tehsil is called Sohāī̃ and belongs to the Dhani dialect group. The dialects of Pindi Gheb Tehsil (called Ghebi) and of Attock (sometimes called Chhachi) have been classified as part of Hindko.[13]
The district of Attock is divided into following six tehsils:[14]
| Tehsil[15] | Area(km²)[16] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[17] | Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attock | 1,002 | 516,277 | 515.25 | 74.80% | ... | |
| Fateh Jang | 1,249 | 374,726 | 300.02 | 66.94% | ... | |
| Hassan Abdal | 350 | 253,670 | 724.77 | 70.22% | ... | |
| Hazro | 348 | 386,544 | 1,110.76 | 66.45% | ... | |
| Jand | 2,043 | 330,328 | 161.69 | 71.59% | ... | |
| Pindi Gheb | 1,865 | 308,878 | 165.62 | 70.36% | ... |
The District contains a total of 72 Union Councils.[18]
Attock has a total of 1,287 government schools out of which 51 percent (657 schools) are for female students. The district has an enrolment of 224,487 in public sector schools.[19]