Banda Daud Shah Tehsil

Banda Daud Shah Tehsil تحصیل بانڈہ داؤد شاہ بانډه داود شاه تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Karak
Seat	Banda Daud Shah
Government
• Type	Local Government
• Chairman	Inayat Ullah (PTI)
Area
• Total	1,438 km2 (555 sq mi)
Elevation	585 m (1,919 ft)
Population  (177,744 2023) [1]
• Total	177,744
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	26400

Banda Daud Shash is Headquarter of BD Shah Tehsil a tehsil located in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population of Tehsil is 177,744 according to the 2023 census. ^[2]

Administration

Banda Daud shah is administratively divided into 14 village councils namely:

• Bahadur Khel
• Darish Khel
• Khurram Muhammad Zai
• Dagar Nari
• Nari Panos
• Jatta Ismail Khel
• Makori
• Mami Khel
• Teri Chapri
• Teri
• Ahmadi Banda
• Esak Khumari
• Mardan Khel
• Gurguri

Mouza's

There are 52 mouza's in BD Shah.

Patwar Halqa's

There is 13 patwar halqa in this tehsil namely:

• Bahadar khel
• Darish Khel
• Khurram Muhammad zai
• Dagar Nari
• Nari Panos
• Jatta Ismail Khel
• Makori 1
• Makori 2
• Teri 1
• Teri 2
• Esak Khumari
• Mardan Khel
• Gurguri

Qanungoi Circles

There are two qanungoi circles name:

• Bahadar khel
• BD Shah

Natural Resources

BD Shah is rich in natural resources owing it to its geology. The resources include Oil & gas, rock salt, Gypsum and limestone. The Nashpa oil & gas field which is located in the Jatta Ismail khel region of BD Shah has a production of 11,683 barrels of oil per day and 89.17 MMscfd gas as of 2022. Adding to that , there was another discovery of a reservoir ( of 22 million cubic feet of gas and more than 2100 barrels of oil per day) in the Tal block in BD Shah. Bahadur khel, a region in BD Shah is known for rock salts reservoirs with a purity of about 95% NaCl along with impurities in shape of gypsum and limestone. BD shah is also rich in gypsum and limestone. The provincial government is planning to build a salt and gypsum city in Banda Daud Shah.

Education

Literacy rate of BD shah is 46.1%. The major educational institutions includes:

• Government Degree college BD shah
• Cadet College Teri

See also

• List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

References

1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.