Rustam Tehsil

Rustam Tehsil is a tehsil located in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town of Rustam is the capital of the tehsil.^[1] According to the 2017 census the tehsil covering an area of 379sqkm had a population of 279,527 of which 140,896 were male and 138,629 female.^[2] The area is part of the PK-55 Mardan-II constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

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Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mardan
Capital	Rustam
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Demography

According to the 2023 census the religious affiliation of Rustam Tehsil was as follows: 278,915 Muslim, 578 Christian, 2 Ahmadi Muslim, 2 Sikhs and 10 were listed as others.^[3]

Religion	Population
Muslim	278,915
Christian	578
Ahmadi	2
Sikh	2
Others	10

The census also recorded the first language of the residents of the tehsil as follows, 102 Urdu, 55 Punjabi, 55 Sindhi, 277,471 Pushto, 225 Balochi, 1 Kashmiri, 1 Saraiki, 115 Hindko, 2 Kalasha, 32 Kohistani and 1,491 listed as others.^[4]

Language	Speakers
Urdu	102
Punjabi	55
Sindhi	55
Pushto	277,471
Balochi	225
Kashmiri	1
Saraiki	1
Hindko	115
Kalasha	2
Kohistani	32
Others	1,491