Dera Ismail Khan Division ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان ڈویژن ډېره اسماعيل خان څانګه | |
|---|---|
 Dera Ismail Khan Division (red) inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Capital | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | Amir Latif (PAS)[1] |
| • Regional Police Officer | Nasir Memood Satti (PSP) |
| Area | |
• Division | 18,854 km2 (7,280 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Division | 3,188,779 |
| • Density | 169.13/km2 (438.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 423,929 (13.29%) |
| • Rural | 2,764,850 |
| Ethnicities | |
| • People | |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Website | cdk |
Dera Ismail Khan Division is an administrativedivision ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,Pakistan.[4] It is the southernmost division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.CNIC code of Dera Ismail Khan Division is 12.
Dera Ismail Khan Division bordersBannu Division (also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in the north,Dera Ghazi Khan Division andSargodha Division (bothPunjab) in the south-east and east respectively,Zhob Division (Balochistan) province in the south, andAfghanistan in the west.
It was formed after the implementation of theOne Unit Scheme in 1954, according to which theNorth-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 containedBannu Division. After the passing of the25th Amendment in 2018, theSouth Waziristan Tribal Agency was added to the division.[5][6]
| # | District[7] | Headquarter | Area (km²)[8] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023)[8] | Lit. rate (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper South Waziristan | Spinkai | 2,815 | 488,438 | 173.5 | 31.96% |
| 2 | Lower South Waziristan | Wana | 3,805 | 400,237 | 105.2 | 31.96% |
| 3 | Paharpur | Paharpur | ||||
| 4 | Tank | Tank | 2,900 | 470,293 | 162.2 | 40.67% |
| 5 | Dera Ismail Khan | Dera Ismail Khan | 9,334 | 1,829,811 | 196.1 | 46.58% |
| # | Tehsil | Area (km²)[8] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023)[8] | Lit. rate (2023)[8] | Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daraban Tehsil | 1,540 | 149,447 | 97.04 | 26.89% | Dera Ismail Khan District |
| 2 | Drazanda Tehsil | 2,008 | 82,386 | 41.03 | 28.67% | |
| 3 | Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil | 1,167 | 767,979 | 658.08 | 56.97% | |
| 4 | Kulachi Tehsil | 1,229 | 102,595 | 83.48 | 30.29% | |
| 5 | Paroa Tehsil | 1,733 | 320,937 | 185.19 | 35.56% | |
| 6 | Paharpur Tehsil | 1,657 | 406,467 | 245.3 | 48.86% | Paharpur District |
| 7 | Paniala Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 8 | Birmil Tehsil | 923 | 112,757 | 122.16 | 23.06% | Lower South Waziristan District |
| 9 | Shakai Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 10 | Toi Khulla Tehsil | 567 | 102,835 | 181.37 | 7.81% | |
| 11 | Wana Tehsil | 2,315 | 184,645 | 79.76 | 31.29% | |
| 12 | Ladha Tehsil | 289 | 108,344 | 374.89 | 47.95% | Upper South Waziristan District |
| 13 | Makin Tehsil | 404 | 66,042 | 163.47 | 48.71% | |
| 14 | Sararogha Tehsil | 813 | 145,118 | 178.5 | 35.07% | |
| 15 | Sarwakai Tehsil | 398 | 58,804 | 147.75 | 37.67% | |
| 16 | Shaktoi Tehsil | 177 | 44,332 | 250.46 | 32.93% | |
| 17 | Shawal Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 18 | Tiarza Tehsil | 734 | 65,798 | 89.64 | 27.31% | |
| 19 | Jandola Tehsil | 1,221 | 44,794 | 36.69 | 33.63% | Tank District |
| 20 | Tank Tehsil | 1,679 | 425,499 | 253.42 | 41.43% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ... | — |
| 1961 | ... | — |
| 1972 | ... | — |
| 1981 | 635,494 | — |
| 1998 | 1,091,211 | +3.23% |
| 2017 | 2,019,017 | +3.29% |
| 2023 | 3,188,779 | +7.91% |
| Sources:[9] | ||
According to2023 census, Dera Ismail Khan division had a population of 3,188,779[10] roughly equal to the country ofQatar[11] or the US state ofIowa.[12]
In the 1951 Census of Pakistan, 74.8% of population of Dera Ismail Division was reported to be speaker ofSaraiki (labelled as Punjabi), forming a majority. The share ofPashto speakers was 22%.[14]
| Religious group | 1881[15] | 1891[16] | 1901[17] | 1911[18] | 1921[19] | 1931[20] | 1941[21][22]: 22 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.svg) | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0% |
Judaism | N/a | N/a | 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 forDera Ismail Khan District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Dera Ismail Khan Division. | ||||||||||||||
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