Nawan Shehr

Town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
34°9′51″N 73°15′50″E / 34.16417°N 73.26389°E / 34.16417; 73.26389Country PakistanProvince Khyber PakhtunkhwaDistrictAbbottabadTehsilAbbottabadPopulation
 (2017)[1]
 • Total35,737

Nawan Shehr (Urdu: نواں شہر) is a town in Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakthunkhwa of Pakistan. Nawan Shehr's most famous place is Ilyasi Masjid which is the oldest and largest mosque of Abbottabad, there is also a small hill with walking tracks just behind the masjid. The weather is pleasant in summer, so people from other parts of country come to visit Abbottabad and Nawan Shehr. Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of Abbottabad is also in Nawan Shehr. Nawan Shehr has its own old bazaar which is famous for its Chapli Kebab. The language spoken in Nawanshehr is Hindko. Gojri is also spoken in different parts.

Nawan Shehr is located on the way to Abbottabad City, the tourist resorts of Thandiani and Nathia Gali on Murree road at Location: 34°10'N 73°16'E[2] Altitude : 1,216 m (3,990 ft)

Tourist attractions

Nawanshehr features some of its own tourist attractions, such as:

  • Ilyasi Masjid (mosque)
  • Bungalows (Locally known as Havelis) of Babu Sher Das.

In Nawanshehr there is a famous mosque that was built over a stream of water that flows from the mountain. The mosque stills stands to this day and still has water flowing underneath it. It is called Ilyasi Masjid. In front of it is a little pond-like area in which people can ride paddle-driven boats. The place is also famous for the 'Pakora' stalls.

  • Naray a natural spring which is used as a public bath.
  • Cricket Stadium

Demography

Religious groups in Nawan Shehr City (1881−1941)[a]
Religious
group 		1881[4][5][6] 1901[7][8] 1911[9][10] 1921[11][12] 1931[13] 1941[3]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 3,251 75.48% 2,939 71.44% 3,404 73.03% 3,794 74.51% 3,884 75.71% 5,075 79.12%
Hinduism [b] 1,056 24.52% 995 24.19% 1,069 22.93% 1,052 20.66% 883 17.21% 1,030 16.06%
Sikhism 0 0% 180 4.38% 188 4.03% 246 4.83% 363 7.08% 309 4.82%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% — —
Christianity — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% — —
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 4,307 100% 4,114 100% 4,661 100% 5,092 100% 5,130 100% 6,414 100%

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ 1881-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Nawan Shehr, which included Nawan Shehr Municipality and Nawan Shehr Notified Area.[3]: 19 
  2. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

  1. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. ^ Location of Nawanshehr - Falling Rain Genomics, Inc
  3. ^ a b "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 10, North-West Frontier Province". 1941. p. 19. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215543. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I." 1881. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057656. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 520. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III". 1881. p. 250. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057658. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables". 1901. p. 44. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352838. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 26. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Census of India, 1911. Vol. 1., Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 23. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393779. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 13, North-west Frontier Province : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1911. p. 302. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394102. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 1, India. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 25. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394121. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 14, North-west Frontier Province : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 340. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430163. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Census of India, 1931, vol. XV. North-west frontier province. Part I-Report. Part II-Tables". 1931. p. 257. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793233. Retrieved 31 March 2024.