CNIC REGIONAL CODE · K-PK

141 Abbottabad

CNIC numbers beginning 141 were registered in Abbottabad District, Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. See the tehsils it covers, its documented local-zone codes, and what each digit of the prefix stands for.

DERIVED FROM THE STANDARD CODING SCHEME

141
PROVINCE
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DIVISION
Hazara DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 4
DISTRICT
Abbottabad District
TEHSILS
3Abbottabad · Havelian · Sherwan

What 141 tells you

A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 141 was registered in Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Hazara Division.

Reading it left to right: 1 is the province digit and is definitive — 1 always means Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 4 selects the division inside that province, here Hazara Division. 1 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Abbottabad. The two digits that follow — positions four and five — narrow it further to a local registration zone inside the district.

WHAT IT DOES NOT TELL YOUThe prefix is a registration record, not an address. It does not prove where someone lives now, it is not a domicile certificate, and it says nothing about ethnicity or nationality beyond Pakistani citizenship. People who move keep the prefix they were first registered under.

TEHSILS OF ABBOTTABAD

Abbottabad District is divided into 3 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.

ADMINISTRATIVE TEHSILS · ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT
#TehsilDistrictProvince
1AbbottabadAbbottabadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
2HavelianAbbottabadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
3SherwanAbbottabadKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 141

These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Abbottabad District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.

14101Abbottabad — city registration zoneDerived code

OTHER DISTRICTS IN HAZARA DIVISION

142BatagramDerived code143HaripurDerived code144KohistanDerived code145MansehraDerived code146TorgharDerived code

COMMON QUESTIONS

Which district is CNIC code 141?

141 belongs to Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, within Hazara Division.

Digit 1 (1) is the province, digit 2 (4) the division, and digit 3 (1) the district within that division.

Does a 141 CNIC mean the holder lives in Abbottabad?

No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.

It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.

Which tehsils fall under Abbottabad District?

Abbottabad District covers 3 administrative tehsils: Abbottabad, Havelian, Sherwan.

Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.

What comes after 141 in a full CNIC?

A complete CNIC is thirteen digits: the five-digit regional prefix, then a seven-digit family/serial number, then a single check digit that also encodes gender (odd for male, even for female).

For Abbottabad, this register documents 1 local-zone code: 14101.

How reliable is the code 141?

141 is reconstructed from the standard coding scheme and community lists rather than an official published table. The province digit is definitive; the district mapping should be treated as a strong indication rather than a guarantee.

NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.

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Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.