Drazanda Tehsil

For other uses, see Dera Ismail Khan District and Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil.

Drazanda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It borders South Waziristan to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan and Musa Khel to the south and Zhob to the west. The capital is the town of Drazanda.

Drazanda Tehsil تحصیل درازندہ درازنده تحصیل‎ Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan سرحدی علاقہ ڈیره اسماعیل خان دېره اسماعيل خان سرحدي سیمه‎
Tehsil
Location of Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Dera Ismail Khan District
Headquarters	Drazanda
Area [1]
• Total	2,008 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	68,556
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)

Before 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, and before that as Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan. The region was named after Dera Ismail Khan District which lay to the east.^[3]

Geography and climate

The geography of Drazanda Tehsil is mostly hilly as it lies near Sulaiman Range. The Sherani Area is totally under the eastern shadow of highest peak of Takht-e-sulaiman. The northern side is bounded by Gomal pass.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1972	49,822	—
1981	55,824	+12.0%
1998	38,990	−30.2%
2017	68,556	+75.8%
[1][2]

First languages of Drazanda Tehsil (2017 census)^[4]

  Pashto (97.6%)

  Urdu (1.07%)

  Saraiki (0.61%)

  Balochi (0.23%)

  Sindhi (0.22%)

  Brahui (0.13%)

  Punjabi (0.02%)

  Kashmiri (0.02%)

  Others (0.26%)

The population according to the 2017 census is 68,500.^[4] The first language of 97.6% of the population is Pashto.^[4]

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, Drazanda Tehsil is ranked 127 out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the tehsil is ranked 95 out of 148.^[5]

See also

• Pakistan portal

• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Dera Ismail Khan District

References

1. "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
2. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
3. "Historical background and administrative profile of the FR Kohat". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018092707/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//population_census/results/03411.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 26 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2015-05-07.

External links

• Constitutional Provisions on the Tribal Areas - Chapter 3, Part XII of the Constitution of Pakistan
• Government of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Pakistani Federal Ministry of States and Frontier Regions
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas travel guide from Wikivoyage

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