Mardan Division مردان ڈویژن مردان څانګه | |
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   .jpg)  Images, from top down, left to right: Fields and mountains inSwabi District; A sunset nearSwabi;Swat Expressway atMardan; Guides' Memorial inMardan; A lake inSwabi District | |
 Mardan Division (red) inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Coordinates:34°1′00″N72°2′00″E / 34.01667°N 72.03333°E /34.01667; 72.03333 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | N/A |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Division | 3,175 km2 (1,226 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Division | 4,639,498 |
| • Density | 1,461/km2 (3,785/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 793,012 (17.09%) |
| • Rural | 3,846,486 (82.91%) |
| Native Speakers | |
| • Speakers | |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| National Assembly Seats (2024)[5] | Total (5)
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| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Seats (2024)[6] | Total (13)
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| Website | commissionermardan |
Mardan Division is one of the sevendivisions in theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It consists of twodistricts:Mardan andSwabi.[7] The division bordersHazara Division,Malakand Division, andPeshawar Division.CNIC code of Mardan Division is 16.
Districts are the administrative unit one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Mardan Division consists of the following twodistricts:Mardan andSwabi.[7]
| # | District | Headquarter | Area (km²)[8] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swabi | Swabi | 1,543 | 1,894,600 | 1,228.0 | 58.48% |
| 2 | Mardan | Mardan | 1,632 | 2,744,898 | 1,681.4 | 55.79% |
| # | Tehsil | Area (km²)[9] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) | Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garhi Kapura Tehsil | 143 | 319,465 | 2,234.02 | 51.70% | Mardan District |
| 2 | Katlang Tehsil | 422 | 377,535 | 894.63 | 61.47% | |
| 3 | Mardan Tehsil | 335 | 1,040,893 | 3,107.14 | 56.41% | |
| 4 | Rustam Tehsil | 379 | 279,527 | 737.54 | 49.98% | |
| 5 | Takht Bhai Tehsil | 353 | 727,478 | 2,060.84 | 56.02% | |
| 6 | Lahor Tehsil | 318 | 354,383 | 1,114.41 | 54.16% | Swabi District |
| 7 | Razar Tehsil | 418 | 682,303 | 1,632.30 | 56.61% | |
| 8 | Swabi Tehsil | 389 | 475,352 | 1,221.98 | 63.23% | |
| 9 | Topi Tehsil | 418 | 382,562 | 915.22 | 59.83% |
The area which covers Mardan Division today was carved out of the Peshawar District between the1931 and1941 censuses ofthe British India.[10] The newly demarcated area was a Trans-Indus district designated as the Mardan District. The district comprised two tehsils initially, Mardan Tehsil and Swabi Tehsil, which later evolved to become two districts that forms today's Mardan Division.
This setup continued untilOne Unit, a geopolitical policy that abolished the provinces making up West Pakistan and consolidated West Pakistan into one province. Following the conclusion of the One Unit policy ended in 1970 and the subsequent reinstatement of the original provincial structure, the divisions that emerged during the policy period remained in the North-West Frontier Province. Thus, the Mardan District was situated within the Peshawar Division.
The area received full-fledged division status between thePakistani censuses of1981 and1998, and during the same time period, Swabi Tehsil was also upgraded, to district status (becomingSwabi District).[1]
In August 2000, the division wasabolished along with every other division in the country, but wasreinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after theelections of 2008.
Mardan Division has a total area of 3,175 km2 (1,226 sq mi).[1] The area of the division is split rather evenly across both districts, withMardan District taking up 51.4% of the area of the division (1,632 km2 (630 sq mi)), andSwabi District takes up the remaining 1,543 km2 (596 sq mi).
The division borders the importantIndus River to its south and east, and has an abundance of natural beauty.
To Mardan Division's north and northwest, you will findMalakand Division, to the division's west and southwest,Peshawar Division can be found. To the southeast of Mardan Division,Rawalpindi Division inthe province of Punjab can be found, and Mardan Division borders theHazara Division to its east.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 544,226 | — |
| 1951 | 629,374 | +1.46% |
| 1961 | 813,840 | +2.60% |
| 1972 | 1,204,253 | +3.63% |
| 1981 | 1,506,500 | +2.52% |
| 1998 | 2,486,904 | +2.99% |
| 2017 | 3,997,667 | +2.53% |
| 2023 | 4,639,498 | +2.51% |
| Source:[10][1][2] | ||
As of the2023 Census of Pakistan, the division had a population of 4,639,498[11] roughly equal to the country ofIreland[12] or the US state ofLouisiana[13] or Chinese province ofJilin.
Thelargest city in Mardan Division is its namesake,Mardan. Mardan had a population of 358,604 in 2017[14] and was thesecond-largest city in the entire province (afterPeshawar) at the time.Swabi was the second-largest city in the division, and it had a population of 123,412[15] and was theeighth-largest city in the province. The next three most-populous cities in the division wereTakht-i-Bahi, in the Mardan District, with a population of 80,721,[14]Topi, in the Swabi District, with a population of 52,983,[15] andTordher, also in the Swabi District, with a population of 41,420.[15] The whole division had seven municipalities in 2017, with five of them being concentrated in the Swabi District.[15][14]
The division has onecantonment, theMardan Cantonment, adjacent to the city of Mardan which had a population of 6,871, making up the division's entire military population.[14] This made only 0.17% of the entire population of the division active military personnel (one of the smallest military-civilian ratios in all of Pakistan).[citation needed]
In 2014 - 2015, Mardan Division had a literacy rate of roughly 51%, below the national average of 60%, and just below the provincial average of 53%.[16]
| Religious group | 1911[17] | 1921[18] | 1931[19] | 1941[20] | ||||||||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||
Islam | 293,695 | 95.65% | 316,842 | 95.76% | 341,109 | 95.56% | 483,575 | 95.47% | ||||||
Hinduism | 7,344 | 2.39% | 9,909 | 2.99% | 7,367 | 2.06% | 10,677 | 2.11% | ||||||
Sikhism | 5,889 | 1.92% | 3,936 | 1.19% | 8,204 | 2.3% | 11,838 | 2.34% | ||||||
Christianity | 126 | 0.04% | 197 | 0.06% | 292 | 0.08% | 449 | 0.09% | ||||||
Jainism | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||||
Zoroastrianism | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||||
Buddhism.svg) | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||||
Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||||
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | ||||||
| Total population | 307,056 | 100% | 330,884 | 100% | 356,972 | 100% | 506,539 | 100% | ||||||
| Note:British North-West Frontier Province era figures are forMardan District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Mardan Division. | ||||||||||||||
The climate of Mardan Division varies depending on where you are in the division. In the western part of the division, towards Mardan District and the city of Mardan, the summers are hot, the winters are mild and dry, and little rainfall falls through the year. Here the climate is classified as aBSh (or a hot semi-arid climate) by theKöppen climate classification.[21] In the eastern part of the division, towards Swabi District and the city of Swabi, the summers are hot and long but the winters are dry and cool. Here the climate is classified as aCwa (or a humid subtropical climate) by the Köppen classification.[22]
| Climate data for Mardan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 30.1 (86.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 41.4 (106.5) | 38.5 (101.3) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.3 (95.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 29.6 (85.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.8 (83.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 22.2 (71.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | 14.8 (58.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 47 (1.9) | 53 (2.1) | 67 (2.6) | 44 (1.7) | 20 (0.8) | 17 (0.7) | 88 (3.5) | 122 (4.8) | 45 (1.8) | 12 (0.5) | 14 (0.6) | 30 (1.2) | 559 (22.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[21] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Swabi | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.4 (66.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 36.1 (97.0) | 41.0 (105.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 31.7 (89.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 29.6 (85.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 22.2 (72.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.8 (38.8) | 14.9 (58.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) | 58 (2.3) | 69 (2.7) | 47 (1.9) | 23 (0.9) | 25 (1.0) | 110 (4.3) | 137 (5.4) | 58 (2.3) | 14 (0.6) | 12 (0.5) | 31 (1.2) | 639 (25.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[22] | |||||||||||||
| Provincial Assembly Constituency | National Assembly Constituency | District |
|---|---|---|
| PK-49 Swabi-I | NA-19 Swabi-I | Swabi |
| PK-50 Swabi-II | ||
| PK-51 Swabi-III | ||
| PK-52 Swabi-IV | NA-20 Swabi-II | |
| PK-53 Swabi-V | ||
| PK-54 Mardan-I | NA-21 Mardan-I | Mardan |
| PK-55 Mardan-II | ||
| PK-56 Mardan-III | NA-22 Mardan-II | |
| PK-57 Mardan-IV | ||
| PK-58 Mardan-V | ||
| PK-59 Mardan-VI | NA-23 Mardan-III | |
| PK-60 Mardan-VII | ||
| PK-61 Mardan-VIII |
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