- PROVINCE
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- DIVISION
- Malakand DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 5
- DISTRICT
- Swat District
- LOCAL ZONE
- Swat — Mingora / Saidu Sharif beltDigits 4–5 of the prefix — 01
- TEHSILS
- 8Mingora · Saidu Sharif · Matta · Khwazakhela · Kabal · Barikot · Bahrain · Kalam
What 15601 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 15601 was registered in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Malakand Division.
Reading it left to right: 1 is the province digit and is definitive — 1 always means Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 5 selects the division inside that province, here Malakand Division. 6 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Swat. The final pair, 01, is a local registration zone — roughly union-council level, recorded in this register as Swat — Mingora / Saidu Sharif belt.
TEHSILS OF SWAT
Swat District is divided into 8 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.
| # | Tehsil | District | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mingora | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 2 | Saidu Sharif | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 3 | Matta | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 4 | Khwazakhela | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 5 | Kabal | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 6 | Barikot | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 7 | Bahrain | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 8 | Kalam | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 156
These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Swat District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN MALAKAND DIVISION
COMMON QUESTIONS
Which district is CNIC code 15601?
15601 belongs to Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, within Malakand Division.
The first three digits (156) identify the district; the last two (01) identify a local registration zone inside it — recorded here as Swat — Mingora / Saidu Sharif belt.
Does a 15601 CNIC mean the holder lives in Swat?
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 Swat District?
Swat District covers 8 administrative tehsils: Mingora, Saidu Sharif, Matta, Khwazakhela, Kabal, Barikot, Bahrain, Kalam.
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.
How reliable is the code 15601?
15601 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.
KEEP LOOKING
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.