Torghar District
Torghar District
ضلع تورغر تور غر ولسوالۍ Kala Dhaka District ضلع کالا ڈهاکہ کالا ډاکه ولسوالۍ | |
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Confluence of the Indus and Barndo Rivers | |
Torghar District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′49″N 72°47′18″E / 34.613573°N 72.788200°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Hazara |
| Established | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Judba |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Zia-ur-Rehman Marwat |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| 497 km2 (192 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023) | |
| 200,445 | |
| • Density | 403/km2 (1,040/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0 (0%) |
| • Rural | 200,445 (100%) |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Website | torghar |
Torghar District (Pashto: تور غر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع تورغر) formerly known as Kala Dhaka (Hindko: کالا ڈهاکہ, English: Black Mountain) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was officially separated from Mansehra District in 2011 under Article 246 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Primarily, Pashtuns dominate this area. The main Pashtun tribe of Torghar is Swati, which constitutes more than half of the district population.