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Administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dera Ismail Khan Division ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان ڈویژن
ډېره اسماعيل خان څانګه‎
Division
Dera Ismail Khan Division (red) in Khyber PakhtunkhwaDera Ismail Khan Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
CapitalDera Ismail Khan
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerAmir Latif (PAS)
 • Regional Police OfficerNasir Memood Satti (PSP)
Area
 • Division18,854 km (7,280 sq mi)
Population
 • Division3,188,779
 • Density169.13/km (438.0/sq mi)
 • Urban423,929 (13.29%)
 • Rural2,764,850
Ethnicities
 • People
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (41.73%)
  • Male:
    (53.74%)
  • Female:
    (28.52 %)
Websitecdk.kp.gov.pk

Dera Ismail Khan Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the southernmost division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. CNIC code of Dera Ismail Khan Division is 12.

Location

Dera Ismail Khan Division borders Bannu Division (also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in the north, Dera Ghazi Khan Division and Sargodha Division (both Punjab) in the south-east and east respectively, Zhob Division (Balochistan) province in the south, and Afghanistan in the west.

History

It was formed after the implementation of the One Unit Scheme in 1954, according to which the North-West Frontier Province was divided into Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar Divisions reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Until the 1990s, it also contained Bannu Division. After the passing of the 25th Amendment in 2018, the South Waziristan Tribal Agency was added to the division.

List of the Districts

# District Headquarter Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Upper South Waziristan Spinkai 2,815 N/A N/A 31.96%
2 Lower South Waziristan Wana 3,805 N/A N/A 31.96%
3 Tank Tank 2,900 470,293 162.2 40.67%
4 Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 9,334 1,829,811 196.1 46.58%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Daraban Tehsil 1,540 149,447 97.04 Dera Ismail Khan District
2 Darazinda Tehsil 2,008 82,386 41.03
3 Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil 1,167 767,979 658.08
4 Kulachi Tehsil 1,229 102,595 83.48
5 Paharpur Tehsil 1,657 406,467 245.3
6 Paniala Tehsil
7 Paroa Tehsil 1,733 320,937 185.19
8 Birmil Tehsil 923 112,757 122.16 Lower South Waziristan District
9 Shakai Tehsil
10 Toi Khulla Tehsil 567 102,835 181.37
11 Wana Tehsil 2,315 184,645 79.76
12 Ladha Tehsil 289 108,344 374.89 Upper South Waziristan District
13 Makin Tehsil 404 66,042 163.47
14 Sararogha Tehsil 813 145,118 178.5
15 Sarwakai Tehsil 398 58,804 147.75
16 Shaktoi Tehsil 177 44,332 250.46
17 Shawal Tehsil
18 Tiarza Tehsil 734 65,798 89.64
19 Jandola Tehsil 1,221 44,794 36.69 Tank District
20 Tank Tehsil 1,679 425,499 253.42

Demographics

Languages of Dera Ismail Khan Division (2023)

  Pashto (58%)  Saraiki (40.1%)  Urdu (1%)  Others (0.9%)

In the 1951 Census of Pakistan, 74.8% of population of Dera Ismail Division was reported to be speaker of Saraiki (labelled as Punjabi), forming a majority. The share of Pashto speakers was 22%.

Religious groups in Dera Ismail Khan Division (British North-West Frontier Province era)
Religious
group 		1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 385,244 87.23% 420,189 86.42% 218,338 86.51% 224,992 87.85% 218,315 83.72% 235,707 86% 255,757 85.79%
Hinduism 54,446 12.33% 62,961 12.95% 29,434 11.66% 28,617 11.17% 39,311 15.08% 35,822 13.07% 39,167 13.14%
Sikhism 1,691 0.38% 2,840 0.58% 4,362 1.73% 2,175 0.85% 1,904 0.73% 1,878 0.69% 2,390 0.8%
Christianity 253 0.06% 204 0.04% 230 0.09% 336 0.13% 1,237 0.47% 657 0.24% 810 0.27%
Zoroastrianism 13 0% 7 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 2 0% 0 0% 15 0.01% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 5 0%
Judaism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 441,649 100% 486,201 100% 252,379 100% 256,120 100% 260,767 100% 274,064 100% 298,131 100%
Note: British North-West Frontier Province era figures are for Dera Ismail Khan District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Dera Ismail Khan Division.

Districts

It currently contains the following districts:

References

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