Dadyal Tehsil

Dadyal
ڈڈیال
Tehsil
Dadyal is located in Azad Kashmir
Dadyal
Dadyal
Location within Azad Kashmir
Dadyal is located in Pakistan
Dadyal
Dadyal
Location within Pakistan
Coordinates: 33°20′48″N 73°40′21″E / 33.34667°N 73.67250°E / 33.34667; 73.67250
Administering countryPakistan
TerritoryAzad Kashmir
DivisionMirpur
DistrictMirpur
Area
: 174 
 • Total
383 km2 (148 sq mi)
Population
 (2017): 174 
 • Total
113,357
 • Density296/km2 (767/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)

Dadyal (Urdu: ڈڈیال) is a tehsil of Mirpur District in Azad Kashmir, a part of Kashmir administered by Pakistan. As of the 2017 Pakistani census, the population of Dadyal was 113,357.

Dadyal saw significant violence during the 2026 Azad Kashmir protests against the regional government, with the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee attributing multiple protesters' deaths to shootings by police.

History

A van on its way from Rawalpindi to Kotli fell into a ditch in Dadyal on 10 June 2012, resulting in six dead and several injured.

Local authorities repatriated over 2,000 Afghan refugees from Dadyal in November 2025.

From July 2026, Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) led demonstrations in Dadyal calling for the abolition of the twelve seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly reserved for Kashmiri refugees from India, ahead of the regional election that month. The demonstrations were part of the region-wide protests that had first erupted in June, initially due to grievances over the regional government's economic policies. The JKJAAC claimed that local police killed two protesters in Dadyal on 5 July, a claim authorities denied. One youth was killed and one policeman was critically wounded in separate shootings in Dadyal on 4 October, amid JKJAAC-led protests that continued after the election.

Administration and geography

Dadyal is located in Mirpur District in Azad Kashmir, a part of Kashmir administered by Pakistan. It is a tehsil (subdistrict) whose local government has jurisdiction over 69 villages within its borders.: 93 

Demographics

The 2017 Pakistani census recorded 113,357 people living in 18,144 households in Dadyal.: 174 

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2024 Statistical Year Book" (PDF). AJ&K Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Dadyal: 6 die as van falls into ravine". Dunya News. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Naqash, Tariq (28 November 2025). "Over 2,000 Afghan nationals repatriated from Dadyal". Dawn. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  4. ↑ Abbasi, Waseem (6 July 2026). "Protest leaders say fresh clashes in Azad Kashmir kill two as police contest claim". Arab News. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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