Torghar District

Torghar District (formerly known as Kala Dhaka)

ضلع تورغر
تور غر ولسوالۍ‎
Kala Dhaka District
ضلع کالا ڈهاکہ
کالا ډاکه ولسوالۍ‎
Torghar District (formerly known as Kala Dhaka) ضلع تورغر; تور غر ولسوالۍ‎ Kala Dhaka District; ضلع کالا ڈهاکہ; کالا ډاکه ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	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
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	497 km2 (192 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	200,445
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	200,445
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	3
Website	torghar.kp.gov.pk

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.^[3] It was officially separated from Mansehra District in 2011 under Article 246 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.^[4]

Primarily, Pashtuns dominate this area. The main Pashtun tribe of Torghar is Yusufzai, which constitutes more than half of the district population.

^ Yousaf, Iqra (3 January 2024). "Deputy Commissioner Torghar takes proactive measures to address health department issues". Associated Press of Pakistan. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2023 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". Dawn newspaper. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ Tor Ghar: Kala Dhaka becomes 25th K-P district The Express Tribune newspaper, 28 January 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2024