Most of the Hazara region was home to Hindko speaking tribes such as the Awan, Gakhar, Sarara, Karral, Turk and Dhund, as well as Gujjars.
The main tribes of the district are Rajput, Ghakars, Awan, Dhund Abbasi, Dhanyal, Kethwal, Bhatti, Chauhan, Janjua, Maliar, Mangral, Jasgam, Mughals, Pashtuns, Jats, Qureshi, Rawal, Satti, Sheikh, Kashmiris, Gujars and Sayyid.
Divya Palat is an Award winning Producer and Director for theatre plays like -"A Personal War- Stories of the Mumbai Terror Attacks" and was a Hindi actress who has done many films such as Masti with Vivek Oberoi, Dhund with Apurva Agnihotri, Kuch Naa Kaho with Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan, Krishna Cottage with Sohail Khan, Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Mara with actress Mallika Kapoor.