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Oghi Tehsil
Tehsil of Mansehra District, Pakistan
Tehsil of Mansehra District, Pakistan
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Oghi Tehsil | |
| native_name | {{nq | تحصیل اوگئی}} |
| {{script/Arabic | اوګي تحصیل}} | |
| native_name_lang | ur | |
| settlement_type | Tehsil | |
| established_title | Founded | |
| established_date | 1986 | |
| blank_emblem_size | 100px | |
| image_map | Mansehra District SubDiv.svg | |
| mapsize | 280px | |
| map_caption | Administrative subdivisions of Mansehra District. | |
| map_caption1 | Location within Pakistan | |
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Pakistan | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_name1 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| subdivision_type2 | District | |
| subdivision_name2 | Mansehra | |
| population_total | 251,533 | |
| population_as_of | 2023 | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| leader_title | Chairman | |
| leader_name | Nawabzada Hiasam Salah Uddin | |
| blank_name_sec1 | Number of towns | |
| blank_info_sec1 | 1 | |
| timezone1 | PST | |
| utc_offset1 | +5 | |
| leader_party | PTI |
Oghi is a tehsil of Mansehra District, in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Its territory largely coincides with the Agror Valley, and its headquarters is the town of Oghi. Oghi tehsil was established in 1986. Prior to that, this area was part of Mansehra Tehsil.
The tehsil is made up of the following union councils: Oghi, Belian, Dilbori, Kathai, Karori, Shamdhara, Shergarh, and Shungli Bandi. In August 2017, the three union councils of Darband, Nika Pani and Shanaya were separated to form the new tehsil of Darband.
Demographics
According to the 2023 national census, the total population of Oghi Tehsil was 251,533. The three largest languages were Hindko (44.41%, 111,719), Pashto (41.57%, 104,563) and Kohistani (3.13%, 7,876), respectively.
The major social groups include Tanoli, Swathi, Syed, Yousafzai and Gujar. The predominant languages are Hindko and Pashto, but there is a sizeable group of speakers of Gojri. Most of the area is arid or rain-fed. The main economics activities are agriculture, forestry and livestock production.
References
References
- "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11".
- Junaid Ahmed. (2019). "Multivariate approaches evaluated in the ethnoecological investigation of Tehsil Oghi, Mansehra, Pakistan". Acta Ecologica Sinica.
- (31 August 2017). "Darband given status of tehsil". Dawn.
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