The district is administratively subdivided into 3 Tehsils comprising a total of 58 Union Councils.

The population of the district over the years is shown in the table below.

Tehsil No. of Union Councils
Charsadda                                     34
Tangi                                     12
Shabqadar                                    12

 

Census Year Population Rural Area Urban Area
1951 282,618 233,233 49,385
1961 364,088 288,330 75,758
1972 513,193 408,129 105,064
1981 630,811 498,977 131,834
1998 1,022,364 829,513 192,851
2017 1,610,960 1,340,756 270,204