CNIC REGIONAL CODE · K-PK

181 Hangu

CNIC numbers beginning 181 were registered in Hangu District, Kohat 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

181
PROVINCE
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DIVISION
Kohat DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 8
DISTRICT
Hangu District
TEHSILS
3Hangu · Thall · Doaba

What 181 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 181 was registered in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Kohat Division.

Reading it left to right: 1 is the province digit and is definitive — 1 always means Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 8 selects the division inside that province, here Kohat Division. 1 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Hangu. 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 HANGU

Hangu 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 · HANGU DISTRICT
#TehsilDistrictProvince
1HanguHanguKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
2ThallHanguKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
3DoabaHanguKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

OTHER DISTRICTS IN KOHAT DIVISION

182KarakDerived code183KohatDerived code

COMMON QUESTIONS

Which district is CNIC code 181?

181 belongs to Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, within Kohat Division.

Digit 1 (1) is the province, digit 2 (8) the division, and digit 3 (1) the district within that division.

Does a 181 CNIC mean the holder lives in Hangu?

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 Hangu District?

Hangu District covers 3 administrative tehsils: Hangu, Thall, Doaba.

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 181 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).

NADRA has never published the full list of local-zone codes, so the last two digits of the prefix cannot be resolved to a named area for this district.

How reliable is the code 181?

181 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.