Districts are the administrative unit one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Mardan Division consists of the following two districts:
Mardan Division has a total area of. The area of the division is split rather evenly across both districts, with Mardan District taking up 51.4% of the area of the division, and Swabi District takes up the remaining. The division borders the important Indus River to its south and east, and has an abundance of natural beauty.
Surrounding areas
To Mardan Division's north and northwest, you will find Malakand Division, to the division's west and southwest, Peshawar Division can be found. To the southeast of Mardan Division, Rawalpindi Division in the province of Punjab can be found, and Mardan Division borders the Hazara Division to its east.
Demographics
As of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the division had a population of 3,997,667, out of which there were 2,016,397 males, 1,981,159 females, and 121 people who identified as Transgender; this made the sex ratio of the division 1,018 males for every 1,000 females. The division had 526,077 households, making the average household size of the division 7.60; 715,250 people in the division lived in an urban area, but the vast majority lived in a rural area, making the urbanization rate of the division 17.89% While geographically, it is the smallest division in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it is the most densely populated, with a population density of, making it the fourth-most populated division in the province. The largest city in Mardan Division is its namesake, Mardan. Mardan had a population of 358,604 in 2017 and was the second-largest city in the entire province at the time. Swabi was the second-largest city in the division, and it had a population of 123,412 and was the eighth-largest city in the province. The next three most-populous cities in the division were Takht-i-Bahi, in Mardan District, with a population of 80,721, Topi, in Swabi District, with a population of 52,983, and Tordher, in Swabi District, with a population of 41,420. The whole division had seven municipalities in 2017, with five of them being concentrated in Swabi District. The division has one cantonment, the Mardan Cantonment, adjacent to the city of Mardan which had a population of 6,871, making up the division's entire military population. This made only 0.17% of the entire population of the division active military personnel. In 2014 - 2015, Mardan Division had a literacy rate of roughly 51%, below the national average of 60%, and just below the provincial average of 53%.
Climate
The climate of Mardan Division varies depending on where you are in the division. In the western part of the division, towards Mardan District and the city of Mardan, the summers are hot, the winters are mild and dry, and little rainfall falls through the year. Here the climate is classified as a BSh by the Köppen climate classification. In the eastern part of the division, towards Swabi District and the city of Swabi, the summers are hot and long and the winters are dry and cool. Here the climate is classified as a Cwa by the Köppen classification.
