Attock Tehsil

Attock Tehsil (in Punjabi and Urdu: تحصیل اٹک) is one of the six tehsils of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Attock Tehsil
View of Attock Fort
Attock Tehsil
Coordinates: 33°46′0″N 72°22′0″E
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictAttock
Population
  Total434,705
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

The Indus River bounds it on the north-west, dividing it from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while the Haro River flows through from east to west.

The north-west corner is occupied by the fertile Chach Valley. South of this lies a dry sandy plain, beyond which rises the Kala Chitta Range. The eastern half consists of the tract known as the Nala, which includes, along with a number of low hills and much broken country, a considerable area of fairly good level land, portions of which are irrigated from wells and by cuts from the Haro and other smaller streams.

The major language spoken in the tehsil is Hindko followed by Pashto.

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